Flommen

Falsterbo, Skåne län

Rankings

AddressFädriften, 239 40 Falsterbo, Sweden

It’s never easy for a golf club when its course lies in close proximity to another of higher stature and in the case of Flommen, it suffers twice the discomfort because it’s situated right next door to the clebrated links layouts at Falsterbo and Ljunghusen, both of which sit comfortably within the upper reaches of the national rankings.

Originally formed as Falsterbo Golf Society in 1935, the club changed its name when it joined the Swedish Golf Federation eleven years after its formation to avoid confusion with its celebrated next door neighbour.

It’s not known who laid out the original 9-hole course but two members, Stig Kristersson and Stig Bergendorff, added a further nine holes when land became available for expansion in 1966.

The name Flommen is taken from the shallow lagoon that lies to the west of the course and the springy-turfed fairways on the layout wind through areas of wetlands, low-lying sand bars and inland waterways that characterise the landscape at the tip of the Falsterbo peninsula.

The par four 6th is a tough hole on the front nine, where the tee shot is played to an island fairway en route to the green. On the inward half, back-to-back par fives are sandwiched between short holes at the 14th and 17th.