Kristianstad Golf Club is a golf club located in Åhus 18 km southeast of

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. It has hosted the

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and

Kristianstad Ladies Open The Kristianstad Ladies Open is a professional golf tournament on the Ladies European Tour (LET). The tournament is played at Kristianstad Golf Club in Åhus, southern Sweden. It was first played in 1986, before being cancelled in 1987. It fea ...

on the

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History

The club was admitted to the

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in 1924 as only the 6th club in the country. The first 9-hole course was located at Rinkaby military training ground. It was moved to its current location in Åhus in 1940 and the first 18-hole course, Åhus East, was completed by 1969. The first 9 holes of Åhus West was built in 1980 and its extension to 18 holes was completed in 2006. The Åhus East course saw a major overhaul in 2016 by

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and Adam Mednickson, and Åhus West re-opened with a new layout in 2021. The East course was ranked third best in the country in 2020. The club has had a vibrant youth section and was a dominant force in ladies golf in Sweden in the 1990s by winning the Swedish Team Championship for women ten years in a row 1992–2001. Amongst the successful players to come out of the club's youth system were

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-players Anna Berg,

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, Sarah Nilsson and

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winner

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, and 1996

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champion Daniel Olsson. The club hosted the

on the

in 1986, where

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of Australia won by one stroke over

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. It hosted the Creekhouse Ladies Open on the same tour in

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, where local players Maja Stark and Linn Grant secured the top two spots. It also hosted the 1999

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on the Challenge Tour, the 2017 Tour Final for the Swedish Golf Tour ( men and

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), and many amateur tournaments such as the 2002

, won by

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History

Tournaments hosted

Professional tournaments

Amateur tournaments

See also

References

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