Europe's Most Popular Golf Courses 2011
2554 Golfers from 34 countries have voted.
Club de Golf Alcanada
Alcudia, Spain
The 18-hole-course of the Club de Golf Alcanada, situated directly at the sea, offers and almost ideal terrain, grown with olives, stone pines and oaks.
St Andrews Links
St Andrews, United Kingdom
Play golf in a landscape of infinite variety, where golf has been played for over 600 years.
Club de Golf Valderrama
Sotogrande, Spain
On the primly private club the Ryder Cup took place in 1997 for the first time in continental Europe.
GC St. Leon-Rot Betriebsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG
St. Leon-Rot, Germany
The golf course is a successful combination of practicing golf on the highest international level and relaxing in the midst of nature.
Golfclub Budersand Sylt
Hörnum/Sylt, Germany
The area of about 73 hectares around the Budersand Dune north of the yacht harbour and at the heart of the borough Hörnum captivates because of its typical links course landscape.
Golfclub Adamstal Franz Wittmann
Ramsau, Austria
The club is situated at the foot of the Unterberg in the middle of the most wooded region in Middle Europe, in Lilienfeld, and therefor in Vienna's classical nearby resort- You play golf in untouched nature, secluded from noise and turmail.
Golf Son Gual S.L.
Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Thomas Himmel's design is well thought out and incredibly challenging, making the best possible use of the 156-hectares of gently rolling Mallorcan landscape.
Club de Golf Novo Sancti Petri
Chiclana de la Frontera, Spain
Course A (Mar-Pinos): The holes 1-9 offer wide fairways and three lakes. The green at hole 6 must be mentioned particularly, since it is situated on the coast.
Golf & Sportclub Fontana
Oberwaltersdorf, Austria
"The course ranks among the best in europe. Deespite the continental-European climate the providence-greens and bent-grass-fairways are to be compared to the best US-courses- The quality of the fairways and greens, the perfectly placed bunkers, water hazards and the 19 ha large lake at the 17th and the 18th give the course its own character.
Abama Golf
Guía de Isora, Tenerife, Spain
Abama Golf is part of the Abama Hotel Resort, which is situated in the south-west of Tenerife.
Golf Resort Bad Griesbach, Golfplatz Brunnwies
Haarbach, Germany
An 18-hole championship course that could only have been designed by Bernhard Langer.
Gardagolf Country Club
Soiano del Lago, Italy
Here we have a course in a magnificent landscape, which is technically perfect and is ideally suited for top-class tournaments.
Golf & Country Club Praia d'El Rey
Obidos, Portugal
The typical links-course for the most part runs directly along the steep coast of the Atlantic Ocean and offers fabulous voews over the sea, dunes, lakes and the typical stone pine groves.
Golf & Landclub Achensee
Pertisau, Austria
The Golf Club Achensee was already founded in 1934 and is situated on 950 m sea level directly between the beautiful Achensee and the majestic towering Karwandel Mountains.
Costa Navarino - The Dunes Course
Pylos, Greece
The Dunes Course, designed by former US Masters Champion and Ryder Cup Captain Bernhard Langer is set in a diverse landscape with amazing sea and river views.
Golfclub Eichenheim-Kitzbühel
Kitzbühel, Austria
"The art of working with nature" was the motto the American golf course architect Kyle Phillips had in mind when he set out to design the Eichenheim golf course, which has ranked among Austria's, if not Europe's, most beautiful golf courses over the past 10 years.
Montenmedio Golf & Country Club
Vejer de la Frontera, Spain
The course is one of the most natural and beautiful courses in Spain and impresses with varied flora and fauna.
Aphrodite Hills Golf
Kouklia-Pafos-Zypern, Cyprus
The course, arranged in championship standards, spreads over two plateaus. Exceptional characteristic of this course is that almost all holes are arranged with view on the sea.
Arabella Golf Son Vida
Palma de Mallorca, Spain
The oldest course of Majorca was built in 1964 and since then lost nothing of its splendour.
San Lorenzo Golf Course & Le Meridien Dona Filipa
Almansil, Portugal
The very neat course is scenically an eye candy and sportively a great challenge for every player.
Wendelinus Golfpark
St. Wendel, Germany
The new 27/9-hole golf course near St. Wendel in the Saarland has the fascination and the sportive challenge of the typical golf courses in Ireland, England, Canada, and Florida.
Vall D'Or Golf
S'Horta-Mallorca, Spain
This course is rather suitable for ambitious golfers, since the difficulties exasperate a unpractised player very fast.
Buenavista Golf, S.A.
Tenerife, Islas Canarias, Spain
The 18-hole-course, designed by Severiano Ballesteros, is situated directly at the sea, 5 greens are situated in immediate proximity of the steep coast, where the waves break and offer the players a spectacular show.
Kingsbarns Golf Club
Kingsbarns, United Kingdom
The site fosters ideal conditions for links turf to flourish amid interesting natural terrain.
Monte Rei Golf & Country Club
Vila Nova De Cacela, Portugal
The Golf Club of Monte Rei was situated in the picturesque foothills of the Eastern Algarve.
Golf & Country Club Fleesensee
Göhren-Lebbin, Germany
The largest combination of golf & tennis courses in Germany is situated in the county of Fleesensee in the midst of the Mecklenburg lakeland area and features a total of 72 holes: Schloss Course (18 holes), Scandinavian Course (18 holes), axel lange Generali Course (18 holes), Coca-Cola Course (9 holes), and the Coca-Cola Family Course (9 holes).
Golfclub Seefeld-Wildmoos
Seefeld/Tirol, Austria
In an altitude of 1.300 m, in an alpine region the golfer will find restful quiet and demanding game in the middle of a nature reserve.
Golf Club Bad Ragaz
Bad Ragaz, Switzerland
The tradition of golf sport in Bad Ragaz is over 100 years old. Many a golf ace surrendered to the charm of this course with its outstanding level of maintenance, the intact park and the natural water hazards in front of a unique mountain scenery.
Bled Golf & Country Club
Bled, Slovenia
The golf course of Bled has a long tradition, it was already built in 1937 as the first golf course in Slovenia and is considered as one of the most beautiful in Europe.
Capdepera Golf
Artá, Spain
Characterised through its 6 facticiously laid out lakes, ample, raised greens, with a run of long and wide courses combined with other more narrow ones, it fulfills all in all both the expectations of more experienced players and of the beginners.
Golf du Kempferhof
Plobsheim, France
In a rural environment with firs, spruces and birches it turns out difficult to concentrat on the golfing.
Golf Sempachersee
Hildisrieden, Switzerland
Golf Sempachersee offers playing golf in front of an unique scenery. Situated on a high plateau above the Sempacher Lake, in clear weather an impressive alpine panorama spreads out, which reached from the Säntis to the Bernese Alps.
Golfclub Beuerberg e.V.
Beuerberg, Germany
Set up on a spacious terrain of 290 acres, this course is situated in a scenic location in front of the Alps before the terrific backdrop of the mountains.
Golf Valley München
Valley, Germany
Golf Valley is situated in an idyllic recreation area, offering a breathtaking view on the Alpine scenery of the Lake Tegernsee.
Arcos Gardens Golf Club and Country Estate
Arcos de la Frontera, Spain
Designed by Landmark Spain, the Arcos Gardens Golf Course has been developed as a challenge to professionals, whilst providing an enjoyable experience for amateurs.
PGA Golf de Catalunya
Girona, Spain
The fairways of this course are picturesquely framed by stone pines and crossed by water hazards.
Golfclub Schloß Schönborn
Schönborn 4, Austria
There's a 18-hole-course within the park of the palace Schönborn and an additional 9-hole-course outside.
Golf-Club Schloss Klingenburg e.V.
Jettingen-Scheppach, Germany
Schloss Klingenburg is situated in the Mindel Valley between the towns of Augsburg and Günzburg.
Oceânico Old Course
Vilamoura-Algarve, Portugal
Like with all truly great courses, every single hole is a memorable event on the Old Course of Vilamoura.
Real Pula Golf
Son Servera, Spain
The course is characterised by mostly flat fairways and therefor particularly suited for just-for-for-fun-golfers.
WINSTONgolf
Gneven-Vorbeck, Germany
Only a few minutes away from Schwerin, this course, which was laid out on a natural, undulating terminal moraine, offers terrific and diverse views of lakes and forests from all of its teeing grounds.
Golfclub Zell am See Kaprun
Zell am See, Austria
"Zell at the Lake Kaprun is member of the ""Leading Golf Courses of Austria"". The 18-hole championship courses are situated on flat, park-like terrain in immediate neighbourhood to the ""National Park Hohen Tauern"".
Golf Club Crans-sur-Sierre
Crans-sur-Sierre, Switzerland
The open championship course is situated in the midst of the Alps and has a beautiful alpine panorama to offer, that reaches from the Matterhorn over the Monte Rosa, the Mont Blanc to the Bernese Alps.
Golfclub Wilder Kaiser-Ellmau
Ellmau, Austria
An even course with magnificent panorama directly at the foot of the Wilden Kaiser.
Golfclub Kastelruth Seiser Alm
Kastelruth (BZ), Italy
Embedded in the middle of the Dolomite Alps, the newly developing 18-hole-course of the GC Kastelruth-schlern is at the foot of the Schlern, in 850 m a.
Golfclub Mieminger Plateau
Mieming, Austria
The course offers 9 attractive playing courses with magnificent views on the imposing mountain scenery.
Golf Club Alvaneu Bad
Alvaneu Bad, Switzerland
The course is built on two different forms of terrain, what concerns the topography and the environment, and is framed by an old stock of trees.
Golf Club Patriziale Ascona
Ascona, Switzerland
The course was opened up in 1928, the foundation was in 1933. The course is embedded in the beautiful landscape and on the subtropical penisula in an altitude of 200 m directly over the Lago Maggiore.
Club de Golf Canyamel
Capdepera-Mallorca, Spain
For Majorcan measures the perservance of the players is well put to the test here.
About the Survey
The survey was conducted on 1Golf.eu in August 2011. The respondents were asked to name 3 favourite courses in Europe. In total 2.554 persons participated. 70 Percent of the respondents were from Germany, Switzerland and Austria. The remaining 30 percent were from 31 different countries. The first named course received 3 points, the second 2 points and the third 1 point.
