The World Ice Golf Championship has been held on Greenland's first golf course, on a small island called Uummannaq, since 1999.
Golfers with a handicap of up to 36 are admitted to the tournament, which consists of a 36 hole-stroke competition played over two days. The first day the ice-golfers get the opportunity to acclimatize to the
freezing weather conditions and get used to the layout of the course by competing in a 'Ryder Cup' style tournament, called The Niemann Cup, as a tribute to Mr. Arne Niemann, the founder of the Championship. For many of them it is also an opportunity to get introduced to golfing on ice.
The nine-hole course is laid out afresh on the fjord ice every year, a week prior to the actual championship in March . Its shape is largely determined by the icebergs in the fjord. The surface itself is very rough and variable, due to the layer of approx. 1-2 cm frozen "powder" that lies over the hard ice surface. As the course is shaped by movements in the pack ice and weather conditions, records cannot be beaten hole-by-hole, day-by-day or even event-by-event.
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