Kongsvingers GC – Hickory Committee 2025
Kongsvingers GC - Hickory Committee
Welcomes you to the 4th International Liermoen Hickory Golf Tournament
Kongsvinger – Norway, 12th – 13th of July 2025
Friday 11th of July:
Play the course – individual practice-round.
Saturday 12th of July:
Start: 12:00 hrs.
Peter Nordwall’s Hickory Challenge, 18 holes Stableford with hickory hcp, front nine Greensome Foursome and back nine Four-ball Bestball.
Followed by a dinner-party, entertainment and a prize-giving ceremony.
Sunday 13th of July:
Start: 10:00 hrs.
Liermoen Hickory Invitational, 18 holes stroke play competition, followed by lunch and a prize-giving ceremony. Net- & gross score-prizes will be given.
The tournament dinner will be a “Max Ivan’s grilled game of the area-buffé” held in the club house the 12th of July at 19:00 hrs. If you wish to attend, please sign up for the dinner when you sign up for the competition. The dinner-fee will include a welcome drink, a grill-buffé of local game incl. dessert and coffee. Beverage at the dinner will be for sale.
The competitions are open to all golfers with a valid golf club membership and will be played with hickory-shafted clubs made before 1935. Dress code accordingly is recommended.
To sign up for the Liermoen Hickory Golf Tournaments, please send an e-mail with the enclosed
entry form by 15th of June at the latest to cmaeland@online.no.
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Warmest Hickory Regards
Claus Mæland, Norway +47 928 62 048
Liermoen Hickory Golfers
Kongsvingers Golf Club
Norway
Program
Dag 1.
12.juli '25
Peter Nordwall’s Hickory Challenge.
Velkommen, turneringsinfo. & lunch.
12:00 : Peter Nordwall’s Hickory Challenge.
Stableford 18 hulls parturnering m/ hickory handicap.
Greensome Foursome, front 9
Four-ball – Bestball, back 9
19:00 : Turneringsmiddag m/ underholdning og premiering.
Dag 2.
13.juli '25
Liermoen Hickory Invitational.
10:00 : Individuell slagkonkurranse 18 hull m/ hickory hcp.
15:00 : Premiering og lunch før avreise.
Turneringsbestemmelser
- Turneringen er åpen for norske og utenlandske spillere med offisielt handicap og med registrert gyldig medlemskap i golfklubb.
- Spill er kun tillatt med treskaftede golfklubber m/ lærgrep og klubbehoder fra før 1935 i opprinnelig eller renovert stand.
- Det forventes at deltagerne er kledd i tidsriktig bekledning.
- Turneringen spilles etter Golfreglene, Reglene for amatørstatus og lokale regler, men moderne hjelpemidler som avstandsmålere (GPS, laser, kikkert etc.) er ikke tillatt.
- Herrer spiller fra blå tee og damer fra rød tee.
- Hickory handicap: Spillerens offisielle WHS-handicap + 40% hickory tillegg og avrundes til nærmeste heltall.
- Banens slope rating benyttes ikke.
- Plukk opp ballen etter hullets par + 5 slag og dette noteres i scorekortet.
Entry form
Liermoen Hickory Golf Tournament
The 11th – 13th of July 2025
To sign up for the tournament, please use Golfbox registration or send an e-mail with the entry form enclosed by the 15th of June at the latest to: cmaeland@online.no / Claus Mæland / +47 928 62 048
Player
Velkommen til Liermoen
og
Kongsvingers Golfklubb.
Vi er stolte av å presentere en av nordens beste skogsbaner, en fullverdig 18 hulls golfbane i et vakkert skogsterreng omgitt av åpne og lyse furumoer, tilrettelagt og bygget under ledelse av den svenske banearkitekten Peter Nordwall og hans beskrivelse av området er:
«I løpet av mine år som golfspiller og golfbane-arkitekt har jeg i Skandinavia ikke sett et område som har så fine og naturlige forutsettninger for en førsteklasses golfbane som på Liermoen. Topografi og jordsmonn minner meg mye om de ondulerte sanddynene langs kysten av Storbritania og de sandbaserte hedene sydvest for London».
Banen byr på stillhet, naturopplevelser og utfordringer for spillere på alle nivåer, og med god plass mellom de enkelt fairways. Det finnes ingen out of bounds markeringer og det er tilnærmet umulig å oppleve en plugget ball på fairway pga. områdets naturlige drenering. De fleste baner har noen få hull som kan karakteriseres som signaturhull, men på Liermoen har du mange å velge mellom når du skal velge ditt favoritthull. Golfbanen er stemt fram i regi av World Golf Award som Norges beste bane også i 2024 og totalt hele 9 ganger.
Kongsvingers første golfklubb ble opptatt i Norges Golfforbund, 1988 og hadde sin første par 3 hulls bane m/ 9 hull i nåværende klubbs nærområde.
Nåværende golfbanens- første 9 hull ble åpnet for spill i 2005 og de siste 9 ble åpnet i 2009. Den består av fem par 3 hull, åtte par 4 hull og fem par 5 hull.
Banens totale lengder er: 6 248 mtr. fra hvit tee, 5 833 mtr. fra gul tee, 5 417 mtr. fra blå tee og 5121 mtr. fra rød tee.
Accommodation:
FESTNINGEN HOTELL & RESORT
Kongsvinger Festning +47 62 81 62 00
mail@festningenhotel.no www.festningenhotel.no
Festningen Hotell & Resort ligger på Kongsvinger Festning med en fantastisk utsikt over Kongsvinger by og Glomma. Festningen er et av Hedmark fylkes viktigste kulturminner og et fyrtårn i reiselivssammenheng. Hotellet har 28 gjesterom i tillegg til flere kurs- og selskapslokaler. Festningen er gjennom de siste årene rehabilitert og flere viktige historiske bygninger er satt i stand og tilrettelagt for ny bruk. Hotellet holder en svært høy standard og er et hotell med historisk betydning.
Since the 1600, the Kongsvinger Fortress has been an important part of Norway’s border history. It has been Napoleon’s north-west frontier, crucial to Norway’s independence and a strategic military key that has secured the border. Up to modern times, the fortress has guarded one of the main military travel routes into Norway. These historic buildings have now been turned into a hotel and become a unique experience you’ll only find in Kongsvinger.
KONGSVINGER BUDGET HOTEL
Osloveien 103, 2212 Kongsvinger +47 62 20 35 35
booking@kongsvingerbudgethotel.no www.kongsvingerbudgethotel.no
FINNSKOGSTUA
A private place for groups in the heart of the Norwegian Woodland, at the lake “Skasen”.
20 min. drive from the golf course.
Ingrid@finnskogstua.no / + 47 913 03 661
VINGER HOTELL
Østre Solørveg 6, 2211 Kongsvinger +47 628 88 180
selger@vinger.no www.vinger.no
SIGERNESSJØEN FAMILIECAMPING
Strengelsrudvegen 1, 2210 Granli
+47 40 60 11 22
A short summary in English for our foreign guests Kongsvinger Hickory Committee welcomes you to our 4th International Hickory Golf Tournaments in modern times at Kongsvingers Golf Club - Norway. The 12th – 13th of July 2025.
The Kongsvinger GC was for the first time founded in 1988 and the present golf course is located on Liermoen, and is designed by the well-known Swedish golf architect Peter Nordwall. The front 9 was opened in 2005 and the back 9 in 2009.
Peter quotes: “In all my years as a player and architect, have I never come across an area in Scandinavia better equipped for a first class championship golf course. The topography and the sandy soil reminds me of the undulating dunes of sand along the south coast of England and the sandy areas of heather southwest of London, where you find some of the most fascinating and the best golf courses in the United Kingdom.”
The 18 hole golf course has been developed into a stunning course with lush undulating fairways cut through a natural pine forest with tall slender trees that surrounds every fairway. Each hole has its own room in the forest with its own character and challenge. Playing the golf course is like having a private walk in the pine forest of Liermoen, with no out of bounds or plugged balls on the fairway.
Kongsvinger Golf Club is located 80 km east of Oslo Airport (OSL), the main airport in Norway and 30 km from the Swedish boarder.
Liermoen is located on historical ground of great importance for the independent Norway as of today and is located along the ancient main road between Christiana (Oslo) in Norway and Stockholm in Sweden. Liermoen is the forest surrounding the Lier Estate witch can be traced back to the Bronze Age (550 – 1050 a.c.). Kongsvinger Fortress have been for over 200 years a part of the Norwegian defense against Sweden and the fortress most important forward defense was Lier Bastion located on the Lier Estate. Several war battles have taken place her and the Norwegian Defense, Department of Culture and Tradition (FAKT) have recreated two historical war battles from 1808 and 1814 in 2008 and 2014 on Lier Bastion, Liermoen.
The Liermoen Hickory Golf Tournaments will take place over 2 days. The first day will be The Peter Nordwall’s Hickory Challenge, 18 hole Stableford w/ hickory hcp. Front nine: Greensome Foursome and back nine: Four-ball Bestball. Followed by a Dinner-party, entertainment and a prize-giving ceremony.
The second day will be The Liermoen Hickory Invitational, 18 hole stroke play competition w/ hickory hcp. (Maximum score play, rule no. 21.2). Followed by lunch and a price ceremony before departure.
To sign up for the Liermoen Hickory Golf Tournaments, please use GolfBox registration or send an e-mail with the enclosed entry form by 15th of June at the latest, to: cmaeland@online.no.
The invitation is open to all golfers with a valid golf club membership, the competition will be played with original hickory clubs from before 1935 and dress code accordingly is recommended.
