Countries · GREEN ZONE GOLF · HOLE 3

Here a ball can land an hour before it was hit.

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Green Zone Golf lies on the border between Tornio in Finland and Haparanda in Sweden, and Finland's clocks run an hour ahead of Sweden's. On the third hole the back tees are in Finland and the fairway is in Sweden, so a drive hit at 12:05 can come down at 11:05.

The one to remember

Hit on Saturday, lands on Friday.

Facts and sources

  • Green Zone Golf sits on the border between Tornio, Finland, and Haparanda, Sweden: 7 of its 18 holes are in Finland and 11 in Sweden, and a round crosses the border four times (the club).
  • Finland keeps Eastern European Time, an hour ahead of Sweden, and both move to summer time on the same days, so the gap is always one hour.
  • On the 3rd hole the back tees (58 and 61) are in Finland and the fairway and green are in Sweden, so a drive hit at 12:05 Finnish time comes down at 11:05 Swedish time.
  • On the 6th it runs the other way, from a Swedish tee to a green the border cuts in two: the club calls a hole in one there the world's longest, more than an hour in the air.
  • In midsummer the sun shines all night there, and golf can be played around the clock (the club).

Illustration: the course layout, the dashed border line and its posts, the sheet of light over the line where the drive crosses it, the clocks and the sped-up sun in the midsummer shot are drawn to explain, not surveyed. The club's hole guide shows the third hole's back tees in Finland and its forward tees, fairway and green in Sweden.

Sources

  1. Väyläopas / Kenttä (course guide) · Green Zone Golf (Tornio Golf Oy) checked 11 October 2026
  2. Väylätaulut (hole-by-hole guide, PDF) · Green Zone Golf (Tornio Golf Oy) checked 11 October 2026
  3. Green Zone Golf (home page, English) · Green Zone Golf (Tornio Golf Oy) checked 11 October 2026
  4. Green Zone Golf · HaparandaTornio tourist information checked 11 October 2026
  5. HaparandaTornio · Heart of Lapland (the destination company for Haparanda, Kalix, Pajala, Överkalix and Övertorneå) checked 11 October 2026
  6. Summertime · European Commission, Mobility and Transport checked 11 October 2026

The narration is AI-generated. Sources last checked 11 October 2026.

Script

On one golf course, a ball can land an hour before it was hit. The Green Zone course sits right on the border between Tornio, in Finland, and Haparanda, in Sweden. Seven of its holes are in Finland and eleven in Sweden, and a round crosses the border four times. And Finland's clocks run an hour ahead of Sweden's. On the third hole, the back tees are in Finland and the fairway is in Sweden. So a tee shot hit in Finland at 12:05 can come down in Sweden at 11:05. In midsummer the sun shines all night, and golfers can play around the clock. A drive off the third, just after midnight on a Saturday, lands on Friday.