Albatross Golf Club is a golf club located 9 km north of central

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. It has hosted the

Volvo International Tournament The Volvo Ladies Invitational was a women's professional golf tournament on the Ladies European Tour held in Sweden. It was played in 1980 and 1981 at Albatross Golf Club near Gothenburg. The tournament was the first LET event held in Sweden a ...

on the

Ladies European Tour The Ladies European Tour is a professional golf tour for women which was founded in 1978. It is based at Buckinghamshire Golf Club near London in England. Like many UK-based sports organisations it is a company limited by guarantee, a legal stru ...

History

The club was admitted to the

Swedish Golf Federation The Swedish Golf Federation ( sv, Svenska Golfförbundet, SGF) is the governing body for the sport of golf in Sweden, founded in 1904. The federation is responsible for administering the Rules of Golf, as laid down by The R&A, at the national leve ...

in 1974 and the first 18 hole course was inaugurated in 1975. With global vehicle manufacturer

Volvo The Volvo Group ( sv, Volvokoncernen; legally Aktiebolaget Volvo, shortened to AB Volvo, stylized as VOLVO) is a Swedish multinational manufacturing corporation headquartered in Gothenburg. While its core activity is the production, distributio ...

headquartered in Gothenburg, it was only natural for the up-and-coming club to host the

, the first

event held outside the UK and France, starting in 1980. The club also hosted the Volvo Albatross, Tour Final of the

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1986–1989, with winners such as Magnus Persson,

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and

Magnus Sunesson Arvid Magnus Sunesson (born 26 March 1964) is a Swedish professional golfer who played on the European Tour between 1987 and 1994. Amateur career Sunesson won the unofficial 1978 Swedish Youth Championship, Colgate Cup, at his age level (14 year ...

. Amongst the successful players to represent the club are Ladies European Tour players

Helene Koch Heléne Elisabeth Koch (née Andersson) (born 9 May 1967) is a Swedish professional golfer. She played on the Ladies European Tour and was runner-up at the 1996 Costa Azul Ladies Open. Amateur career Koch was a member of the winning Swedish te ...

and

Kärstin Ehrnlund Kärstin Helena Ehrnlund Strand (born 10 February 1959 in Karlstad) is a Swedish professional golfer. She was the first Swedish woman to join a professional golf tour and the first Swede to record a victory on an international tour. Early years ...

and

Mats Lanner Mats Åke Lanner (born 5 March 1961) is a Swedish professional golfer, who formerly played on the European Tour. In 1987, he became the second Swedish player to win a European Tour tournament. Early life and amateur career Lanner was born in Got ...

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winner and member of the winning Swedish team at the

1991 Dunhill Cup The 1991 Dunhill Cup was the seventh Dunhill Cup. It was a team tournament featuring 16 countries, each represented by three players. The Cup was played 10–13 October at the Old Course at St Andrews in Scotland. The sponsor was the Alfred Dunhil ...

Tournaments hosted

Ladies European Tour

Swedish Golf Tour

* Volvo Albatross – 1986–1989

Swedish Golf Tour (women)

Bridgestone Ladies Open The Albatross Ladies Open (also called the Mercedes-Benz Ladies Open and Bridgestone Ladies Open) was a women's professional golf tournament on the Swedish Golf Tour played annually from 1999 until 2001 at the Albatross Golf Club in Gothenburg, S ...

– 1999 *Mercedes-Benz Ladies Open – 2000 *Albatross Ladies Open – 2001

References

External links

*{{Official, https://www.albatrossgolfklubb.se/ Golf clubs and courses in Sweden