Sports News Minute: Lofoten Links
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00:00 Rick Harwin, one point three trillion dollar business of sports.
00:07 Man, we have a sports news minute for you.
00:09 Lofoten Links, Hjemsø Island, it's in a remote section of a country, Norway.
00:18 Been here, this is unbelievable.
00:20 Still have the beard.
00:21 It is 90 miles north of the Arctic Circle.
00:24 The sun does not set for two months out of the year.
00:28 Yet, this is one of the jewels.
00:30 This is one of the top hundred golf courses in the world.
00:34 The bottom line is that people come from miles around, handful of courses in the Arctic Circle,
00:40 but nothing like this.
00:42 It's the farthest north.
00:43 Links Golf Course in the world.
00:45 And by the way, tourism important.
00:47 We'll talk about that in a couple of minutes.
00:49 Viktor Hovland, by the way, the course record, 63.
00:52 I'm trying to shoot out here, 63, maybe in the front nine, but certainly is a very significant
00:58 tourist destination.
00:59 When you talk about off the beaten track, this is it.
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