Mölle Golf Club is a golf club located on the Kullen peninsula in

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, southwestern

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. It has hosted the

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on the

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Location

The course, partially overlooking the Öresund strait, is situated inside the Kullaberg nature reserve, on a

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protruding into the Kattegat near the town of Mölle. The course sits on top of a ridge in terrain dominated by rocky outcrops and steep cliffs rising from the sea, with an elevation of up to 188 meters. Vegetation surrounding the course includes a mixed

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broadleaf forest consisting of birch,

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, oak and pine trees with an understory of

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juniper Junipers are coniferous trees and shrubs in the genus ''Juniperus'' () of the cypress family Cupressaceae. Depending on the taxonomy, between 50 and 67 species of junipers are widely distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere, from the Arcti ...

, wild honeysuckle and blackthorn. The site is an area of considerable biodiversity supporting a number of rare species and has been designated as an

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as well as a Special Protection Area.C.Michael Hogan, ''Kullaberg Nature Reserve, Skåne, Sweden'', Lumina Technologies Press, Aberdeen (2004)

History

The course was conceived and constructed in the middle of World War II by an enthusiastic group of Swedish industrialists, on a site overlooking

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. The club was admitted to the

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in 1943 and the opening shot was made by Gustaf Adolf, Crown Prince of Sweden on July 6, 1945. The full 18 hole course was completed in 1959 under the supervision of Thure Bruce. Amongst the successful players that have represented the club are Johny Andersson, winner of the 1961 European Amateur Team Championship, and

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, 1974

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. The club has hosted the

on the

twice. In 1984 when

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won ahead of Liselotte Neumann, and in 1985 when Liselotte Neumann won by one stroke over Laura Davies to secure the first Swedish European tour victory on home soil. Höganäs Ladies Open continued until 1994 as part of the Swedish Golf Tour, then feeder-tour for the LET, and saw Annika Sörenstam win as an amateur in 1990 and again in 1993.

Tournaments hosted

Gallery

File:Kullagården 2011.jpg, Kullagården Club House File:Mölle golfklubb 1.jpg, Driving range File:Mölle golfklubb 2.jpg, Hole 7 and 8 File:Mölle GK.JPG, Hole 13 File:Mölle, view to the Kullaberg.JPG, Ridge hosting the course seen from sea level

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