World Ice Golf Equipment

Golf clubs with a steel shaft are best in the cold.

A recommendation is to bring a half set: 3, 5, 7, 9, PW, SW and maybe driver and 5 wood, or just a 3 wood.

The organizers recommend barebags, as trolleys cannot be used on the course.

Balls are issued at the tournament.

The weather the greatest unknown factor Uummannaq is reknowned for its very stable climate, often having high pressure weather systems over the region in both summer and winter, bringing stable weather and many hours of sunshine. Nevertheless, you need to be prepared for practically anything when it comes to the weather in Greenland. In March, when the world championships are held, the average temperature is minus 13.9 degrees Celsius, but temperatures as low as minus 25 can occur. However, the cold feels less bitter than one might expect, due to the dry climate and the strong sunshine.

World Ice Golf Weather

Day light late March
Sun rise 06:07 AM WGT
Sun set 07:08 PM WGT
Length of day: 13h 02m
Length of visible day: 15h 12m

World Ice Golf has been around since the 17th century as evidenced by a painting by the Dutch painter Aert van der Neer (1603-1677) showing players with a club in their hands attempting to get a ball into a hole in the ice covering a frozen canal in Holland. At that time the game was called "kolven".

A Brief Retrospect

The World Ice Golf Championship was the brainchild of Mr. Arne Neimann, a local resident and hotel proprietor on a small island called Uummannaq, off Greenland's North West coast. In 1997 Mr. Neimann challenged architect Rolf-Henning Jensen to design Greenland's first golf course, which proved remarkably easy to do. With support of the local community, Uummannaq Municipality and Greenland Tourism the World Ice Golf Committee was set-up to establish the ice golf championship. The World Ice Golf Championship in Uummannaq has become a genuine and inimitable international golfing event.