The coach Thyra Larsson shows Tore Kåmark how the score card is to be filled in.
Skellefteå golf club has a nine hole course where anyone can play without any previous knowledge or a membership. You only need to pay a fee and get out there. There is also the possibility of hiring clubs.
The distance between the holes is shorter than at a regular golf course. It has nine holes and the distances from tee off to the hole is everything from 70 to 270 metres.
– I worked here before the new course was built and I see a great difference. There is less of a barrier to try it out and the game is simpler. The more who try golf the better for the sport, says the PGA coach Stephen Skinner.
Children and young people especially could benefit from the shorter distances. A group of young players are practising when Norran tags along. They do not have time for the whole course in an hour so they select some holes they want to play.
– You otherwise need to allow up to two hours to do the whole course, Stephen says.
You cannot book this course and that is why you may sometimes have to wait, both to start playing and if or when you catch up with other groups.
– During the summer holiday people play all day. In the pre-season and off-season there are more people out on the course on afternoons and evenings, he says.
Tore Kåmark chips in front of Stephen Skinner, Olle Viderlund and Norran’s readers.
Other things that anyone can do at Skellefteå golf club is visit the restaurant. You can actually camp here as well.
In the caravan park Ann-Katrin and Svante Adamsson have a front-row seat towards the blue trail of the golf course.
– It has happened that a ball has ended up among the caravans but it’s unusual, says Svante.
The couple has spent seasons in the golf camp site for close to 25 years. Initially they lived in Arjeplog.
– If Skellefteå residents can go to Arjeplog to ski we thought we can go to them to play golf.
They now live in Skellefteå.
– When we stay out here we play almost every day, you feel like playing when you see everyone out on the course, says Ann-Katrin.
Svante and Ann-Katrin Adamsson have a view over the golf course from the camp site.
The club house.
Ture Roos prepares to tee off the first hole.
More tips
Other sporty activities in selection.
Footgolf Is offered by Bureå Idrottsförening.
Crazy golf Courses can be found in many places. Extra lavish ones can be found at the Skellefteå and Byske camp sites.
Disc golf At Skellefteå Discgolf in Bergsbyn.
Padel There are a number of facilities
Tennis Older courses can be found in some villages. Otherwise there is Skellefteå tennis club.
Cycling There is a mountain bike trail at Vitberget, downhill in Bygdsiljum.
Riding The clubs have camps, often at the beginning of summer.
Canoeing Canoes can be rented in several locations.
Fishing Lots of opportunities.