Iceland golf facts

6.7%	of Icelanders were registered golfers in 2024, the highest share in Europe (Sweden 5.3%, Scotland 3.8%, England 1.4%).
33,000+	club members in 2026, up about 14% in a year. Around 60,000 Icelanders play.
2nd	Golf is Iceland's second-biggest sport, after football.
~65	golf courses, for a population of about 390,000.
~470	people per golf hole, which LINKS Magazine called "the best ratio in the world".
1934	Iceland's first golf club, Golfklúbbur Reykjavíkur, is founded.
June	The Arctic Open in Akureyri tees off late into the night, as it has every year since the 1980s.
21 h	of sunshine on midsummer's day near Reykjavík. From late May to late July, it never gets dark.
No. 16	Brautarholt's place in Golf World's 2026 world list of X Factor courses.
+25%	rounds played by foreign golfers in summer 2025, a record.