User Reviews
for Golfclub Mannheim Viernheim 1930 e.V., Viernheim, Germany
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Original version
Pleasant!
Reviewed November 12, 2023
The course between or partly in the Käfertal forest and the motorway is a good course, a mixture of traditional or excellent holes and good average.
The club offers good infrastructure for training and club life - between tradition and modernity. The clubhouse and changing rooms are large and well-designed, but the area is relatively spacious.
Due to the rather flat and sandy terrain, the course can be played all year round and in difficult weather conditions and is easily accessible by car. The greens and fairways are generally outstanding - like the club teams of recent years.
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Desolate state
Reviewed June 25, 2023
Apart from the greens (which are really unique in Germany) and most of the tee boxes, the course is in a desolate state at the end of June. Hardly any grass is played on the "fairways" anymore, most of the sprinklers have been dug up and the corresponding excavation, which has now been overgrown by weeds, has been on the fairways and next to the holes for several weeks. The bunkers are unkempt and partly overgrown with weeds.
Under these circumstances, the green fee prices are not even remotely justified and the course in no way lives up to the claim to being a leader.
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It was fun
Reviewed August 24, 2022
Played for the first time today. Despite the drought, the course was in good condition and the greens are really great. Very nice reception and thanks to Golflandheft not too expensive. Worth playing.
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District class, national league, world class
Reviewed June 19, 2021
As an experienced “a lot of space player” I have seen this many times, but not too often in this form!
The explanation:
Viernheim was an ancient 9-hole course, which unfortunately was supplemented with 9 new holes in the 90s, LowBudget Country Shrubs! The club mixed the tracks (old & new), which cannot necessarily be regarded as successful. Hole 1 - 5 are from the old course and world class including sod wall bunkers, huge pines and good old design!
From 6-9 the 3 weakest courses of the new course come unfortunately.
Strauch and Busch open-country tracks that fall into the district class compared to the first five. From 10-14 it goes on the clearly better loop of the new holes, with water and deep bunkers there is a little inland feeling and state league level! From the 15 - 18,4 grenade holes from the old course come into play again! All tracks were very well maintained during our visit, 33 degrees! Greens were great, fairways, tees and bunkers in top condition!
I would particularly like to highlight the 16-hole, for me one of the most beautiful par 3s in all of Germany! The marshal was extremely friendly. Hole 1-5 & 15-18 absolute German top! I would convert the other holes to open inland courses with the old solitary trees! Just a pot bunker and clear water hazards and Viernheim would have 2 very varied courses!
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Tradition meets young people with small cutbacks
Reviewed September 22, 2020
Played on September 18th, 2020. The mostly flat facility is located directly at the A6 and B38 motorway junction, which unfortunately can be clearly heard across almost the entire square. Otherwise, the location is very close to nature, embedded in mostly high trees so that one can mostly speak of a parkland space. In addition to some very nice views from the fairways, for example at the 2, there are also views, for example of the back wall of a POCO furniture store. I mean, not all that glitters is gold, despite membership of the Leading Golf Clubs of Germany. Also the condition with some bare and brown / burned spots on the fairways was worse than expected. The greens were in perfect condition, moreover, fast and faithful. There are enough challenges for ambitious golfers due to the high stock of trees, trees in front of the tee (e.g. hole 14), doglegs, bunker landscapes (including some head-high pot bunkers) and a few water hazards on the back nine. With a strategic game, higher HC should also be able to cope with the mostly open tees. Somewhat unusual is the men's tee on the 11, which is to be carried out on the tee of the 18. Some of the tee boards are a bit old and have probably already been replaced by new boards on some railways. The club has a long tradition and impresses with its youth work, which is also reflected in the success of the first team in the Bundesliga. You can see a lot of young golfers on the course. The training opportunities including well-known trainers and the large driving range, which can be reached via a small footpath, are good. When I visited on a Friday afternoon, the facility was very busy and the parking spaces were already running out. In Corona times, tee times must also be booked here, so it's best to reserve in advance. However, nobody is likely to stick to the start times and only serve as a rough guide. If you want to play, you throw your ball, as always, into the spiral. At least that's what I was told by the members waiting at the 1st tee. The members are well aware that they are playing on a traditional system. Many proudly wear the club outfit, which unfortunately says nothing about the quality of the game in my opinion. Playing together with a guest is also rather not popular and so I unfortunately played alone, which led to waiting times, since even playing through is probably not that popular. Possibly. just a snapshot, but it was like that for me. I would describe the green fee of € 50 on weekdays as cheap and is paid in an adjoining building where the secretariat and the pro shop are located. However, in a way that is incomprehensible and does not promote golf, a surcharge of € 20 is required for guests without a hologram. At the weekend, the surcharge is € 30, so a green fee of € 110 has to be paid, which the place is really not worth. The ladies at the counter were busy and friendly. The actual clubhouse is large and modern. The changing rooms are located in the lower part (access only with a PIN code) and the restaurant above. The restaurant was well attended (not tested by me). A few showcases with historic golf clubs are set up in front of the changing rooms. As a guest, you shouldn't be put off by the notice on the entrance door saying “For members only”. All in all, a solid facility with slight compromises in terms of maintenance and tranquility. But the youth work tears it out
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Very satisfied
Reviewed September 30, 2012
It is interesting to notice that after about 10 years, the integration of the new 9 hole with the old system is very well done.
The trees planted in the new holes come more and more into the game and it's created a very successful and challenging 18 hole course. The place is very well maintained and the greens are in great condition. The park like space is characterized by short, efficient ways and sometimes narrow, demanding fairways. The restaurant is really good, the wait staff very friendly. If the new club house is finished, a real Leading Golf Course
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Fumed against strong competition!
Reviewed April 27, 2012
I can only agree with me there. The "Leading courses" are always ne sham. Since many of the best are not there. But, four home it is definitely not. The first nine are really beautiful. The new part is to unlearn. Other facilities mau. And in the race with Heddesheim Limburgerhof, Biblis or even St. Leon, since four home runs behind only the broom wagon...
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Poor
Reviewed February 16, 2011
How this place can play in the league of leading-Course-Germany is a mystery to me. The place was unkempt on game day, the discounts badly battered with bald spots, but the greens are okay. The "old forest holes" are all right, the new nine, but only a loveless appendage-18 hole at all costs. Token for the ball machine there is not, the cheapest ticket costs 5, -. € service is different! How to do it better, one could easily abgucken in nearby St. Leon-Rot!
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