 He founded the Icelandic Disabled Golf Association (GSFÍ), in collaboration with the Icelandic Golf Association (GSÍ), and was the president of the board until his untimely death in 2009.He was also a board member of the European Disabled Golf Association (EDGA), who decided, in the fall 2010, to commission a trophy in his memory, "The Hordur Barddal Trophy", which has been awarded since in both male and female categories.Hörður married Bergþóra Sigurbjörnsdóttir in the year 1968 but their ways parted.