{"id":144306,"date":"2018-02-05T10:00:33","date_gmt":"2018-02-05T10:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.golf1.is\/en\/?p=144306"},"modified":"2018-02-07T03:25:25","modified_gmt":"2018-02-07T03:25:25","slug":"axel-and-olafia-thorunn-elected-golfers-of-the-year-2017-by-the-icelandic-golf-association","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.golf1.is\/en\/axel-and-olafia-thorunn-elected-golfers-of-the-year-2017-by-the-icelandic-golf-association\/","title":{"rendered":"Axel and \u00d3laf\u00eda \u00de\u00f3runn elected Golfers of the Year 2017 by the Icelandic Golf Union"},"content":{"rendered":"

In December last year (2017) the Icelandic Golf Union chose, as it does annually, the Golfers of Year 2017. The Golfers of the Year 2017 in Iceland are \u00d3laf\u00eda \u00de\u00f3runn Kristinsd\u00f3ttir<\/strong> (GR) and Axel B\u00f3asson<\/strong> (GK).<\/p>\n

\u00d3laf\u00eda \u00de\u00f3runn had great success in her first season on the LPGA Tour, which is the world’s strongest women\u00b4s professional golf tour. She ended up in T-73 on the Race to the CME Globe and thus has priority to play in all LPGA tournaments in the 2018 season.<\/p>\n

\u00d3laf\u00eda \u00de\u00f3runn also took part in 3 major championships of the 5 in women\u00b4s golf. She is the first Icelander to play in a major. In addition she was selected to take part in the Queens tournament in Japan. She is the first Icelander to get selected to play in a team with such first class golfers.<\/p>\n

In total, \u00d3laf\u00eda \u00de\u00f3runn played 26 tournaments on the LPGA. Her best achievement during the 2017 season was 4th place in the Indy Women in Tech Championship in July 2017. \u00d3laf\u00eda \u00de\u00f3runn was the 10th best rookie on the LPGA in 2017. \u00d3laf\u00eda \u00de\u00f3runn\u00b4s success on the Rolex rankings is the best of any golfer in the golf history of Iceland. By the end of 2017 she was ranked in the 179 place and went up 420, therby strengthening her position significantly for participation in the Tokyo Olympics in Japan in 2020.<\/p>\n

Axel B\u00f3asson had his best season ever in 2017. Axel, who\u00b4s a member of the Golf Club Keilir in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, Ibecame Icelandic Champion in stroke play the second time around, in 2017, in memorable fashion at his home course the Hvaleyrar Golf Course, in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur. Axel also won two tournaments on the Professional Nordic Golf League, which is a 3rd tier European Golf Tour – but Axel was the first Icelandic golfer to win on this Tour.<\/p>\n

In addition, Axel was on top Nordic Golf League Ranking, and it was also the first time an Icelandic golfer achieved this accolade. With his achievements Axel secured his card on the 2nd tier European Challenge Tour.<\/p>\n

Axel has also climbed up in the offical world golf ranking list – went up 1400 places to no. 449, the highest ranked male golfer in Iceland.<\/p>\n

This was the 20th time where two individuals were selected as golfers of the year by the Icelandic Golf Union. This is the sixth time that \u00d3laf\u00eda \u00de\u00f3runn gets this recognition, but the first time Axel is on top in this election.<\/p>\n

In 1973, the first election of the Golfer of the Year took place by the Icelandic Golf Union. Birgir Leifur Haf\u00fe\u00f3rsson is the golfer who\u00b4s been elected golfer of the year for men most often or a total of 11 times. \u00d3laf\u00eda \u00de\u00f3runn is the one who has most often received this recognition of any female golfer in Iceland or six times.<\/p>\n

Here you can see who\u00b4s been awarded the titel Golfer of the Year in Iceland from 1973 (within parentheses an abbreviation of the Golf Club the golfer is affiliated with in Iceland).
\n1973 Bj\u00f6rgvin Thorsteinsson GA
\n1974 Sigur\u00f0ur Thorarensen GK
\n1975 Ragnar \u00d3lafsson GR
\n1976 \u00deorbj\u00f6rn Kj\u00e6rbo GS
\n1977 Bj\u00f6rgvin Thorsteinsson GA
\n1978 Gylfi Kristinsson GS
\n1980 Hannes Eyvindsson GR
\n1981 Ragnar \u00d3lafsson GR
\n1982 Sigurdur P\u00e9tursson GR
\n1983 Gylfi Kristinsson GS
\n1984 Sigur\u00f0ur P\u00e9tursson GR
\n1985 Sigurdur P\u00e9tursson GR
\n1986 \u00dalfar J\u00f3nsson GK
\n1987 \u00dalfar J\u00f3nsson GK
\n1988 \u00dalfar J\u00f3nsson GK
\n1989 \u00dalfar J\u00f3nsson GK
\n1990 \u00dalfar J\u00f3nsson GK
\n1991 Karen S\u00e6varsd\u00f3ttir GS
\n1992 \u00dalfar J\u00f3nsson GK
\n1993 \u00deorsteinn Hallgr\u00edmsson GV
\n1994 Sigurp\u00e1ll Geir Sveinsson GA
\n1995 Bj\u00f6rgvin Sigurbergsson GK
\n1996 Birgir Leifur Haf\u00fe\u00f3rsson GL
\n1997 Birgir Leifur Haf\u00fe\u00f3rsson GL
\n1998 Bj\u00f6rgvin Sigurbergsson GK and Ragnhildur Sigur\u00f0ard\u00f3ttir GR
\n1999 \u00d6rn \u00c6var Hjartarson GS and \u00d3l\u00f6f Mar\u00eda J\u00f3nsd\u00f3ttir GK
\n2000 Bj\u00f6rgvin Sigurbergsson GK and Ragnhildur Sigur\u00f0ard\u00f3ttir GR
\n2001 \u00d6rn \u00c6var Hjartarson GS and Herborg Arnard\u00f3ttir GR
\n2002 Sigurp\u00e1ll Geir Sveinsson GA and \u00d3l\u00f6f Mar\u00eda J\u00f3nsd\u00f3ttir GK
\n2003 Birgir Leifur Haf\u00fe\u00f3rsson GKG and Ragnhildur Sigur\u00f0ard\u00f3ttir GR
\n2004 Birgir Leifur Haf\u00fe\u00f3rsson GKG and \u00d3l\u00f6f Mar\u00eda J\u00f3nsd\u00f3ttir GK
\n2005 Hei\u00f0ar David Bragason GKj. and \u00d3l\u00f6f Mar\u00eda J\u00f3nsd\u00f3ttir GK
\n2006 Birgir Leifur Haf\u00fe\u00f3rsson GKG and N\u00edna Bj\u00f6rk Geirsd\u00f3ttir GKj.
\n2007 Birgir Leifur Haf\u00fe\u00f3rsson GKG and N\u00edna Bj\u00f6rk Geirsd\u00f3ttir GKj.
\n2008 Hlynur Geir Hjartarson GOS and \u00d3l\u00f6f Mar\u00eda J\u00f3nsd\u00f3ttir GK
\n2009 \u00d3lafur Bj\u00f6rn Loftsson NK and Vald\u00eds \u00de\u00f3ra J\u00f3nsd\u00f3ttir GL
\n2010 Birgir Leifur Haf\u00fe\u00f3rsson GKG and Tinna J\u00f3hannsd\u00f3ttir GK
\n2011 \u00d3lafur Bj\u00f6rn Loftsson NK and \u00d3laf\u00eda \u00de\u00f3runn Kristinsd\u00f3ttir GR
\n2012 Haraldur Franklin Magn\u00fas GR and \u00d3af\u00eda \u00de\u00f3runn Kristinsd\u00f3ttir GR
\n2013 Birgir Leifur Haf\u00fe\u00f3rsson GKG and Sunna V\u00ed\u00f0isd\u00f3ttir GR
\n2014 Birgir Leifur Haf\u00fe\u00f3rsson GKG and \u00d3laf\u00eda \u00de\u00f3runn Kristinsd\u00f3ttir GR
\n2015 Birgir Leifur Haf\u00fe\u00f3rsson GKG and \u00d3laf\u00eda \u00de\u00f3runn Kristinsd\u00f3ttir GR
\n2016 Birgir Leifur Haf\u00fe\u00f3rsson GKG and \u00d3laf\u00eda \u00de\u00f3runn Kristinsd\u00f3ttir GR
\n2017 Axel B\u00f3asson GK and \u00d3laf\u00eda \u00de\u00f3runn Kristinsd\u00f3ttir GR<\/p>\n

The photo of\u00a0Axel B\u00f3asson GK and \u00d3laf\u00eda \u00de\u00f3runn Kristinsd\u00f3ttir GR was taken 7 years ago, in 2011, when the two became Icelandic Champions Stroke Play – Photo taken at the Holms Golf Course in Leira, in Keflav\u00edk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In December last year (2017) the Icelandic Golf Union chose, as it does annually, the Golfers of Year 2017. The Golfers of the Year 2017 in Iceland are \u00d3laf\u00eda \u00de\u00f3runn Kristinsd\u00f3ttir (GR) and Axel B\u00f3asson (GK). \u00d3laf\u00eda \u00de\u00f3runn had great success in her first season on the LPGA Tour, which is the world’s strongest women\u00b4s professional golf tour. She ended up in T-73 on the Race to the CME Globe and thus has priority to play in all LPGA tournaments in the 2018 season. \u00d3laf\u00eda \u00de\u00f3runn also took part in 3 major championships of the 5 in women\u00b4s golf. She is the first Icelander to play in a major. In Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":21091,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-144306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","cat-7-id"],"acf":[],"views":2431,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.golf1.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.golf1.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.golf1.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.golf1.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.golf1.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.golf1.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144306\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.golf1.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.golf1.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.golf1.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.golf1.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}