Lofoten Links

Gimsoysand, Lofoten, Norway • Private

World's 100 Greatest

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Jacob Sjöman

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Kevin Murray

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Jacob Sjöman

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Kevin Murray

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Kevin Murray

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Kevin Murray

Overview

The most remote course in the rankings, Lofoten Links is located, for reference, four degrees latitude north of Iceland on Norway’s Lofoten archipelago that branches deep into the Norwegian Sea. The course is set in an austere but stunning Game of Thrones landscape of rock and ocean, and the bumpy links-like holes are studded with pot bunkers and ramble through fields of stone and cold season native grasses. Lofoten started as a six-hole course in the 1990s and was only expanded to 18 holes in 2015, so it’s a newcomer to global golf travelers, and it’s already jumped 20 places in the rankings since its debut in 2022.