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The best golf courses in Iceland

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By Stephen Hennessey, Derek Duncan, and Paul Detre
May 28, 2026
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If you haven’t considered visiting Iceland for golf, you wouldn't be alone—but you’re also missing out. Where else in the world can you tee off at midnight and have complete sunlight?

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During summer months, Midnight Sun allows golfers to tee off at seemingly any time of the day—it won't set for weeks at a time. The season is short for Iceland’s population of just under 400,000, equivalent to about half the people who live in Alaska. But about 10 percent of Icelanders are said to play golf, mostly due to the fact that you can find a course in nearly every village. Iceland has 65 courses, 50 of which are nine holes but many of the courses sit along the coastline, creating epic journeys. Though golf in Iceland is different than any other European golf trip, it’s one worth considering.

Scroll down to discover our new 2026-2027 ranking of the Best Courses in Iceland.

We urge you to click through to each individual course page for bonus photography, drone footage and expanded reviews. Plus, you can now leave your own ratings on the courses you’ve played … to make your case why your favorite should be ranked higher.

Editor's Note: Our Best Courses in Iceland ranking is part of the rollout of the Best Courses in Every Country. Check back over the next few weeks for more of our rankings of the best golf around the world.

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5. Oddur Golf Club (Urrida)
Urridavollur , Gardabaer , Iceland
Oddur Golf Club’s Urrida course is routed alongside Reykjavík conservation area Heiðmörk with gently turning fairways and greensites fitting naturally into the surrounding terrain. Oddur sits 20 minutes from Reykjavik along a hillsite with the water visible in the distance on some of the more elevated holes.
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4. Reykjavik G.C. (Grafarholt)
Korpulfsstadir , Reykjavik, Iceland
Reykjavik Golf Club is Iceland’s oldest club, though the city forced a move out of city limits in the 1963 into a more barren area east of the city. The Grafarholt course was completed in 1968 and with the boom in popularity in golf in Iceland, Reykjavik Golf Club built a second course in the 1990s. Reykjavik is an incredibly popular club with more than 2,500 members, and Grafarholt is a popular spot in the country to host tournaments.
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3. Keilir Golf Club
Hafnarfjordur, Reykjavik, Iceland
Keilir Golf Course’s links-like front nine meanders through ancient lava flow along the water before heading out to former farmland along a peninsula for the back nine, which includes clifftop holes but others that meander up into higher settings with blind shots. Located in Hafnarfjordur, 15 minutes from downtown Reykjavik, the course is one of Iceland’s most popular.
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2. Akureyri Golf Club: Jaoarsvollur
Jaðar, Akureyri , Iceland
The second-most northern 18-hole course in the world (only Norway's Tromsø Golf Park is more north), the Jaoarsvollur course at Akureyri is host to the annual Arctic Open with tee times extending past midnight. Situated on the north coast of Iceland along the rugged Eyjafjörður mountain range, Akureyri is also the second-oldest club in Iceland, dating to its original founding in 1935. Icelandic professional Magnus Gudmundsson designed the current nine-hole layout at the club's permanent home in 1970. Ten years later, Gunnar Thordarson added the final nine holes following Gudmundsson’s original ideas. The current layout consists of Gudmundsson’s front nine and Thordarson’s second nine with recent renovations by Edwin Roald. From 2020 to 2023 Roald’s team focused on the addition of new teeing areas, transplanting trees, and providing better drainage to encourage heartier grass for the challenging winters. Designed in a moorland-style layout, the course is played over naturally sloping terrain that snakes through dense forests of native trees and bushes. Nearly every fairway and green complex is surrounded by rows of mature trees with snowcapped mountains peaking out in the background. Less than 40 miles from the Arctic Circle, Akureyri Golf Club provides a unique round of golf in one of the most peaceful environments in Europe.
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1. Brautarholt Golf Club
Kjalarnes , Reykjavik, Iceland
Though Golf Digest traditionally ranks only 18-hole courses, Iceland is a land of nine-holers. Brautarholt actually boasts 12 holes with a design planned by Icelandic designer Edwin Roald and built by American shaper Michael Kelly, with some help with local crews. The layout tumbles down beautifully rolling terrain along the clifftop shores, making for dramatic vistas and fun holes. Work is underway on Brautarholt building six additional holes, with the goal of opening up the expanded course in the summer of 2025. The club also aims to do additional work, modifying the seventh hole, changing the 10th, and adding additional length by building new tee boxes to expand the layout to over 6,500 yards.
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