Högni Bergþórsson published a new LIDAR course version, his home course: Keilir GK – Hvaleyrarvollur Course in Iceland, under the name ” Keilir – Hvaleyri 2023 (L)”.This is how the course will be played when the current redesigning phase of the back nine will be finished. Par 72 instead of Par 71 as of today.The current 10th and 11th holes will be merged, to make the new Par 5, 16th hole. 14th and 17th are new holes. The back nine has been completely re-arranged. Current 13th will be the new 10th etc. etc.
For people who haven’t played the course IRL: The course is a Links style course. Lot of Lava terrain on the front nine. There are 4 sets of tees and 4 pin positions. All the way from White down to Red Tees (ladies and seniors). Pin set no. 4 is the most challenging one. 6886yds (white tees), 6226yds (yellow tees), 5976 (blue tees) and 5157 (red tees).
