About: Ragnheiður Jónsdóttir

A game of midnight golf seems an unlikely prospect to many enthusiasts and few golfers have experienced this delight. But now you have a novel opportunity to participate in an event which features round the clock golf in mid-summer at high latitudes. The Akureyri Golf Club hosts this tournament which is known as The Arctic Open Golf Championship. It is an international event which attracts golfers from various parts of the world. Highest number of international players so far is 120 participants. We have had players from all four corners of the world which has given us a great pleasure and from the ever increasing number of enquiries, we assume Read more

Three Icelandic ladies competed in the Pinehurst Intercollegiate, a tournament where 8 US University teams competed: Eastern Kentucky, Richmond, Gonzaga, Boston University, The University of Lousiana at Monroe, Longwood, Bucknell and Southern New Hampshire. The tournament took place at Pinehurst no. 8 in North Carolina, March 14th-16th 2018. The Icelanders taking part in the tournament were: Ragnhildur Kristinsdóttir, from Golf Club Reykjavík, competing with her team Eastern Kentucky University (EKU); Eva Karen Björnsdóttir, from Golf Club Reykjavík and her team from The University of Louisiana at Monroe (ULM) and Særós Eva Óskarsdóttir, from The Golf Club of Kópavogur and Garðabær (GKG) in Iceland and her team, Boston University. Ragnhildur held Read more

Guðrún Brá Björgvinsdóttir, from Golf Club Keilir in Hafnarfjörður, Iceland is taking part in the Patsy Hankins Cup. The tournament takes place on March 8.-10. 2018 at the Doha GC, in Qatar. As everyone knows Eddie Pepperell won the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters tournament on the European Tour at the same location. Especially memorable is the bogey he got at the 400 m, par-4 12th hole there. Guðrún Brá stepped in Pepperells footsteps as you can see on the main photo accompanying this article. You can follow the score at the Patsy Hankins Cup by CLICKING HERE:

Icelandic professional golfer, Valdís Þóra Jónsdóttir, from the Golf Club Leynir in Akranes, Iceland, had a marvelous result at the Ladies Classic Bonville in Bonville, New South Wales, Australia. The tournament took place at the Bonville Golf Resort, February 22nd-25th 2018. To see the beautiful setting of the Bonville golf course CLICK HERE:  She took 3rd place in the tournament with a total score of 7 under par, 282 strokes (69 70 72 70). When there were only 6 holes to play, Valdís Þóra was tied in 3rd place along with Daniela Holmqvist from Sweden, England´s Holly Clyburn and Nanna Coertz Madsen from Denmark, all with a score of 5 Read more

The following is taken from the Iceandic Statistics: The analysis of naming practice in Iceland shows that: *only 200 given names (eiginnöfn) account for the names of almost 80% of the male or female population *more than 35% of people less than 30 years old inherit some of their grandparents’ given names. This percentage is higher for older generations *over 8% of people less than 50 years old inherit some of their parents’ names, more often men than women. The percentage is about the same for older generations *newborns’ names in Iceland are correlated to popular names from sports (football, handball), music and film around 82% of people have patronymics Read more