Golf Club Villars

Something completely different

4.0 of 5 starsReviewed July 31, 2022

I don't think you should simply compare a mountain golf course to one in the flat country. Anyone who complains that there is too much going up and down shouldn't even drive up a mountain to play golf there. However, I can't give 5 stars, because the Back9 fall significantly.

First of all, I would like to say positively that we were able to book our start time not only online but also by email without any problems. We were welcomed in 3 languages and in a very relaxed way. The pricing is good because there are opportunities to play on Mondays as well as in the late afternoon for affordable fees.
The practice area takes a little getting used to, but I would only add that to the rating if we played here more often.

The Front9 seemed very natural to me and were interesting, varied and just something different. The Back9, on the other hand, are very unique. You get the feeling that nine lanes have been wrested from the mountain where none actually fit. The fairways are often at right angles to the slope and are correspondingly narrow, and the fun stops as soon as you leave the horizontal line or fail to hit it. Also, it's a lot of ups and downs. Our sports watch recorded 460 vertical meters up and down. That's mountain hiking with golf shots in between. We also needed 1 h 35 m for the Front9 fleet (it was still going well then), for the Back9 then 2 h 25 m. That's where the fun pretty much stopped at the end.

I didn't rate the condition negatively, which wasn't really good in this heat and drought summer. But you really can't blame the club for that at the moment.

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