User Reviews
for Golfclub Hamburg-Oberalster, Tangstedt, Germany
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Always a challenge
Reviewed June 18, 2023
You have to accept this place as it is. It is a real challenge for the "normal" golfer. The fairs are not necessarily visually beautiful and maybe not "carpet-like" maintained, but always fair to play. You just have to face this "challenge" and accept that sometimes the ball doesn't land perfectly on the flag.
We were there with a larger group - not all with a handicap under 24 - and the comments were accordingly. They went from so hard I don't have to go back until super I'll be back.
Clubhouse, service and gastronomy have some weaknesses here and there. but are - especially the gastro - very committed.
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Medium to moderate
Reviewed June 1, 2022
Tournament day, dry, some wind. The place requires some tactical flair, length isn't everything. A ball in the PA isn't found either, it's in the thick, tall reeds. Some obstacles seem too intrusive and useless, see lane 6 middle.
On lane 3, the 20m wide but only 5m deep green must be played from about 130 - 140m to the GiR. If the ball bounces over the short green, it is hopelessly lost in the PA. What's that green?
Why there is only one bunker on the 9 in front of the green and not another one behind it to prevent the ball from rolling into the water is anyone's guess. The shot on the green has to be high, or you have to, given the length of the lane, present it and play the 3rd on it. Playing high with the 2nd is difficult because of the length, so there is no bunker behind it.
Not a typical links course, if he would like to be. Rather frustrating for beginners, for mid-HCP players with a bit of luck it can be mastered, for low-HCP players just ok The food in the club container would have been ok if it had been warm and available in sufficient quantity.
Two stars deduction because of some unfair greens and the gastro.
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Great golf course - worth a visit!
Reviewed May 28, 2022
Played in May 2022
Approaching through a small industrial area, you still think you took a wrong turn, then the view of the square opens up. And what the first glance promises, the place keeps!
It's not a links course, but the built-in style elements, eg at the 17 (short PAR3) create a very nice visual impression and a real feeling of well-being. What more do you want?
The practice area and driving range are great, so it's fun to let the balls fly even before the round.
The place itself was in great shape and a lot of ideas were put into the layout of the tracks. The waters fit nicely into the course and require precise play, especially on the 9 and 18 when attacking the bordered greens. Again well thought out: whoever hits the greens but does not get the ball to lie on the island continues to play from drop zones on the island. Equally well considered, far-reaching left and right of the lanes "Penalty". This saves a long search, but loss of stroke but taking the length with you. So the game stays fluid.
Unlike real links courses, the course is in my opinion also playable for medium and high handicaps, without frustration (e.g. due to deep pot bunkers) likely to arise.
Conclusion: a very nice and thoughtfully designed golf course, which certainly needs to grow in at one point or another. But a real experience and definitely worth a visit.
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As good as ever
Reviewed January 1, 2022
Played in October 2021, handicap 14
About 3 years after my first visit, I played the course for the second time. Still a very enjoyable, interesting round! There is hardly anything to add to my review from September 2018 (see below). The place has “grown in” a little better - otherwise everything is as usual (including the still quite “rudimentary” infrastructure), only the restaurant menu has expanded a little.
Small drawback: the putting green was in excellent condition (very fast), but due to the weather-related moisture, the greens on the course were sometimes significantly slower and of very different speeds (not dodged). A shame - otherwise the condition was very neat.
Conclusion: It stays with scarce 4 stars - I would love to come back! (In the "Golf Bear Ranking": 7 out of 10 points.)
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Quite ok, but...
Reviewed May 25, 2021
... for such a young place it was very wet after two dry days after three rainy days. Is the drainage tight? Is it even available everywhere? At some holes you waded through one to two cm of water mud and that for many meters, although it did not rain for the last two or the game day. The three rainy days before - no continuous rain! - Other places in the region are better off, and that although this place is open and it was windy in the last few days and the sun was shining. Clear negative point.
The green of the 9 is a beautiful island green, you have to play it high if you don't want to lose the ball. But why it has to be so undulating given its small size, probably only a handful of people know. Even if you hit it high, there is a risk that the ball will roll off the green, at best into the bunker, at worst into the water - not a plus point either.
Otherwise, the course is varied, fair lengths and can be played well for long hitters as well as for less range players.
It is a shame that the clubhouse is missing, the undergrowth, which every now and then is called rough and protrudes from the area, and some misplaced artificially created hills and waste areas.
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Very nice, well-maintained place with a great practice area
Reviewed June 14, 2020
Well, actually my title and the rating of "Berlin Golf Bear" says it all.
We were very friendly not only from the secretariat but also from the club members. Gastro was small, but perfect for a snack after the round.
The course was in excellent condition, varied and is certainly more difficult to play in stronger winds. I personally am not a fan of the title "left course". A real left course is on the coast. Visually, however, I was able to understand why some of them wrote about a link course.
We would like to come again. I would particularly like to highlight the green fee, which is very bearable for the region.
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What the golfer's heart desires!
Reviewed October 4, 2019
Here are just a few highlights:
Warm, professional welcome
Gastronomy offer for the basic needs completely sufficient
Course Layout 70% Left / 30% Parkland
Fair well maintained overall layout
Excellent undulating brisk greens
Always a light breeze
Since we have entered smooth times...
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Holsteiner left mixture
Reviewed September 7, 2019
The decent guest player is offered a wonderful mix of parkland and links. Fair roughs, idyllic biotopes and undulating fairways make for a very entertaining round of fun. Water comes into play again and again. The design of the course is imaginative and when I was there (August 2019) the greenkeepers had done a very decent job.
I also liked the clubhouse, small and fine and operated by a very friendly service. My conclusion: Absolute well-being facility for golfers with moderate handicap!
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4 stars
Reviewed August 26, 2019
Oberalster is a pleasing place in the north of Hamburg. A links course is not me, but a good golf course!
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Class design north of Hamburg
Reviewed May 20, 2019
Place on 19.5.19 at pleasant temperatures and cf. little wind played. Can the previous reviews - especially Berlin Golf Baer - confirm. Closer in many places than it appears from tea. Greens optically top, but are slower than they look. In normal wind conditions it gets really demanding.
Who is looking for a real challenge is right here. Very friendly secretariat. Clubhouse etc. is a provisional, a little like the GC Siek.
Fair conditions. Visit recommended.
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Super Site
Reviewed April 24, 2019
Difficult, interesting place! Very nice reception
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Great "newcomer"!
Reviewed January 4, 2019
Played on 5.9.2018, HCP 12
A, as particularly noticeable in the infrastructure, still quite young place. The driveway is curiously hidden on a small industrial area - who has very good eyes, somewhere recognizes a micro-label "Golf ->", further evidence is missing. Behind the site opens suddenly a fantastic view of a links similar-looking, visually wonderful golf course.
The landscape is actually reminiscent of typical British links courses in many places - but the impression is always counteracted by atypical elements. Huge solitaire trees play tactically and tactically from time to time, and the many water hazards are atypical for a true links course. The bunkers are less in the game and have nothing in common with the nasty Scottish pots.
But just this style mix (Holsteiner Knicklandschaft meets Scotland with park elements) makes the place extremely varied. Again and again new tactical and technical challenges, beautiful landscape and a very good care condition let joy arise. In particular, the greens were quite slow despite the long-lasting drought, but in good condition - the fairways have suffered in places, but were also still playable well. Thumbs up for greenkeeping! "Friendly" there is hardly any rough on the course - the tracks are lined with side water. So you only lose the ball and the punch, but not the distance. Balls that "water off" away then but mostly gone. Although there is often no water in these obstacles, but dense reeds and other man-high herb. You can hardly find the ball again (but lots of others).
A cart is "actually" not needed because the place is largely flat. However, the paths from the hole to the next tee are sometimes quite long.
Little shortcomings:
The course has only YELLOW (6.070m) and RED (5.095m) tees - no tee boxes for long hitters.
And - the already mentioned infrastructure. Clubhouse / sanitary facilities / Gastro are housed in a kind of container. There is a shower available, but only one. However, the clean and well-kept, there are enough towels and even disinfectants for the paws. The Gastro "is currently (September 2018) the card to" - I had time to memorize over the Alsterwasser selbige COMPLETE: Chili con Carne, Zurich Geschnetzeltes, potato salad with sausage or dented freak (Freak à Delle). The End.
Worth mentioning is still the very generous driving range. Only the various bunkers CENTER ON THE RANGE (!) I find irritating. Anyone volunteering to practice there must already be a member of the flying suicide command...
Conclusion: A great place, you should definitely play. Also repeated. It remains to wish the operators that it is well received, so that the coal soon not only enough for space and range, but also for the "all around" (although the investment around me a thousand times better than a swanky clubhouse next to a grottigen Space).
Just 4 stars. (In the "Golf Bear Ranking": 7 out of 10 points.)
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A great golfing experience on a Sunday morning
Reviewed June 5, 2017
We were fourth to Greenfe players for the first mail on this great place. Oberalster is well integrated into the landscape, with many holes, water comes into play and is visually very appealing. Greens are quite sprintreu, the Fairways fair and now quite well grown. My favorite hole is the 9 with the island green. Great playing experience! We will certainly come back as guests.
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Appealing links course
Reviewed November 24, 2016
9 holes played on 11/24/16.
Easy going in typical Holsteiner Pastureland with many natural water courses and very well-designed greens.
A fair review is because the season is not possible, but it all made a neat impression.
The court must still develop - this applies especially for the club structures.
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Large Goflerlebnis
Reviewed October 24, 2016
Even on the weekend to play for normal mortal Grenfeespieler and not only for members, which in this region is almost uncharacteristically already... please preserving you that! Otherwise, I can only congratulate; at an exceptional place, although it wants to grow even right at one point or another... and will, but now with the best gaming experience offers, I have ever had. Stay as you are and open to guests.
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Can a brand be Grosser
Reviewed October 10, 2016
Despite 4h. Cloudy golf enjoyment can compete fully with the adjacent golferisch Gut Kaden. The Range is perfect.
Very friendly, helpful lady at reception in the reception container.
With an adequate clubhouse and restaurant all the makings zm 5th star
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Genuine Links Feeling. Definitely worth repeating!!!
Reviewed August 29, 2016
Impressive from the start. Once you go to the club area opens up a the idea of an exceptional for the region links course golf landscape.
Exciting, difficult to view railways, narrow fairways, great shade, plenty plenty of water and fine greens, created everything with love and passion. The whole, we experienced a very varied Wettermix from rain and summer sun and a lot a lot of wind. Eben real links feel. Definitely worth repeating!!!
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Discerning Links Course
Reviewed August 11, 2016
From the parking area you immediately have a look at what this course is characterized... water, water, water. I have rarely seen a golf course with so much water (lateral water, small ponds, large ponds) and a lot of vegetation in and around the water, know what the animals there (different species of dragonflies, grass frogs), but also kestrels to estimate gray heron.
Since there is no birdie Book are, it is often not easy to recognize the history of the fairways and the obstacles. It would be useful to present the different tee panels and profiles of individual tracks.
Most fairways were in good condition, but there were also introduced, such as the fairway of hole 5, on the lot of "weeds" grew.
I was impressed by the design of some holes. If you want to allude the green of hole 9 for example, one must first overcome the water after a stone edge, then a sand bunker, then an edge until you come at last to the green is (or not).
Overall a challenging, very beautiful place that should have played once.
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Links Course in northern Hamburg
Reviewed June 25, 2016
Even though a bit bumpy start, but now the extraordinary links course is playable on all 18 holes.
An exceptionally well-equipped driving range studied their equals in northern Germany, offers everything a golfer to practice. Top Pros, equipped with the latest technology Trackman offer their services. A small well-furnished clubhouse with bistro, nice staff and great views of the driving range invite you to linger. A glance at the greens of holes 9 and 18 raise hope for an exceptional place. It is this first impression does not deceive. Toll-designed tracks, undulating fast greens, well defended by a lot of water and many bunkers require the golfer from everything. A links course composed in a fairly open country with some trees and the often existing stiff breeze can "Home of Golf" pay feelings. Yet the fairways are not here to be able to also offer a top quality 100% free of foreign grasses, but is working feverishly. The Oberalster GC will Evolving to extraordinary plant in northern Germany within a short time with safety. Those looking for something special golf experience in northern Hamburg, will find his Challange here.
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