Golf plays on a different axis in the “Land of the Midnight Sun,” and nowhere is that difference more pronounced than at Tromsø golf club, the world’s northernmost 18-hole golf course.
Arguably though, it’s overhead where Tromsø golf club really separates itself.
It’s a one-of-a-kind experience that has helped drive what Sonsteby has noted as an increased appetite for golf in the region, with Tromsø golf club adding 65 new members to its 470 total membership this year alone.
“Now we see the massive increase that Viktor and Suzann have created in golf in this country,” Stephen Newey, head pro at Oslo Golf Club and Pettersen’s junior coach, told CNN.
“The kids want to play golf – ‘I want to be like Viktor, I want to be like Suzann,’ and they can.”
Persons:
Bjorn Sonsteby’s, ” Sonsteby, “, ‘, Cam Bauer, Sonsteby, Jan Morten Bjoernbakk, Viktor, Viktor Hovland, Hovland, Ryder, Richard Heathcote, Suzann Pettersen, Suzann, ” Stephen Newey, ”
Organizations:
CNN, Sun, Norway –, Lights, PGA, Getty, Oslo Golf, Pettersen’s
Locations:
Norwegian, “, Tromsø, Norway, Oslo, Rome