THE FACTS ABOUT FALSTERBO

Sweden

WHAT? A piece of the best Scottish links terrain seemingly transplanted to Sweden. Remote and windswept, with sand dunes, spectacular beaches, a lagoon, even a lighthouse. Opened in 1909, it has the links-golf feel now becoming fashionable on US courses WHERE? On the edge of the Baltic Sea, the course sits on a peninsula at Skane, southern Sweden. Across the sea is Denmark; 485km to the north-east is Stockholm. The new bridge linking Sweden and Demark makes Falsterbo more accessible, but only just WHY? Well worth the long detour. Golf-mad Sweden has new courses all over the country but few can match Falsterbo, which would be on many more 'World's Best' lists were it not so remote WHEN? Like all the best links courses, and thanks to the seaside climate, it can be played throughout the year. The Swedes treat Falsterbo as a place of summer pilgrimage; but before May and after September, tee-times are not difficult to get CONTACT 23940 Falsterbo, Sweden (00 46 40 470078; fax: 472722). Green fees from about £20