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Comment by David Paul Appell on October 26, 2011 at 2:16pm

In case anybody's interested, I just had a little profile/interview of famous course designer P.B. Dye published on the Iberostar blog: http://passportto.iberostar.com/2011/10/golfcourse-pb-dye/

Nice guy!

 

Comment by Marci Diehl on August 8, 2011 at 1:09pm

Bob Ward's comment in this group "Why is Poland ignored when talking about European Golf Courses?" -- inspired this new blog post:Ignore Golf in Poland? Big Mistake. on my blog Changing Your Grip. He supplied me with great photos and information and now I'm sharing it across social media. I wrote a guest post 2 years ago on The World's Most Inspiring Golf Courses and that sparked my interest in great courses around the world that don't get much attention. Love that Sand Valley (near Gdansk) offers agrotourism accommodations nearby. Right up my alley! Part 2 to come...

Comment by Albergo Alpenrose on July 4, 2011 at 2:23pm

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Comment by Gina Vasquez on June 24, 2011 at 2:54am

Dear David,

Mallorca golf fits into the big picture. Called the Golf Island, few places in the world offer such diversity, with 24 golf courses within a 1-hour drive. The area surrounding Palma and the southwest has the biggest concentration of courses.

The top courses are Golf Son Gual (a European Tour Senior event took place there in 2009. Ian Woosnam was quoted as saying "it's a bit like Augusta). Selected from 32,000 courses, it was recently included in the Rolex World's Top 1,000 Golf Courses guide, and Golf World magazine selected the course as the best Spanish course outside the mainland.

Year after year, Club de Golf Alcanada is voted favorite course of German golfers by the German mag Golf Journal. Located in the north of the island, it borders the sea which makes for some beautiful views.

Son Muntaner Golf is located just to the north of Palma in the luxurious suburb of Son Vida. It is part of the  Starwood Hotel complex  and  as a Golf resort (with 63 holes) is  one of the largest  in Europe with 3-18-hole and 1-9 hole Executive course.

 

It goes without saying that the maintenance on these courses is excellent.

Some links:

www.son-gual.com/en/golf-mallorca/

www.sonmuntanergolf.com

www.golf-alcanada.com

www.mallorcagolfisland.com

 

An older on-line edition is:

http://www.mallorcagolfandgo.com/mgg03/

 

Please like us on FB: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mallorca-Golf-Go/282192862915

 

And thank you. Would really appreciate a link in the blog. Send link to story

when you finish. Let me know if you need more info. Mallorca is a great sports destination.

 

Un saludo,

Gina

 

 

Comment by David Paul Appell on June 23, 2011 at 5:17pm

Awesome! I'm blogging for a resort company and just wanted to get the overview of how Majorca golf fits into the picture in Spain/Europe, and which are considered, say, the top 3 courses.  And of course I'll link to you in the writeup!  Moltes gracies!!

Comment by Gina Vasquez on June 23, 2011 at 5:15pm

Hi David. What do you need to know about golf in Mallorca? We publish Mallorca's only golf and lifestyle magazine. Mallorca Golf&Go!

A past issues can be seen....http://www.mallorcagolfandgo.com

Comment by David Paul Appell on June 23, 2011 at 4:05pm

Anybody happen to know anything about golf on the Spanish island of Majorca (Mallorca)?  I need to do a brief summary write-up.  Thanks!!

Comment by EnLinea Media on May 20, 2011 at 11:49am

Can anyone help a fellow Tripatini member with a question about what the wives can do in St. Andrews and Dundee, Scotland during their husbands' golf trip?  If yo'd like to help, please click on the following link. Thanks much!

 

http://www.tripatini.com/forum/topics/st-andrew-dundee

Comment by Margaret Andrzejewska-Bancewicz on April 22, 2011 at 6:32am

Hello,

 

There are 3 golf courses near Gdansk:

Sierra Golf Club www.sierragolf.plo/en located 25 kms from the Gdynia Harbour where most cruise vessels arrive from mid-May till mid-September.

Transfer from the pier to the golf course takes 40 minutes. From Gdansk Airport about 30-40 minutes.

Another one is Postolowo Golf and Country Club  http://www.golf.com.pl/

The Postołowo Golf Club in Gdansk  ranked 2008/2009 by Golf Digest as the best golf course in Poland and 84th on the list of TOP100 Golf Courses in Continental Europe http://www.top100golfcourses.co.uk/htmlsite/productdetails.asp?id=1152

 

It is also also the  second  longest PAR 72 golf  course in Europe with a length of 7101 meters from the back tees.

In 2006 the course was lengthened to 7766 yards/ 7101 meters when 9 new back tees were constructed.

 

Described by the German GOLF JOURNAL in 2004  already as a "monster", after extending the back tees it has now become from the tips one of the most challenging golf courses in the world. Several of the new back tees in Postołowo were constructed on the recommendations of Mr. Mikael Ericsson, the director of the PGA European Tour who visited the course in 2004.

 

The quiet village of Postołowo is situated 26 kilometres from busy Gdansk. Gdansk, in turn, together with Sopot and Gdynia (known in Poland as the Tri-City forms a municipal conurbation with a population of almost 1 million.

The Tri-City area plays an important role in the economic and cultural life of the nation. It is also a major tourist centre with several million people visiting every year to relax on the sandy beaches of Sopot, to enjoy the charm and atmosphere of old Gdansk and the attractions of modern Gdynia. The surrounding area includes the Kashubian Lakes with their picturesque countryside close to Postołowo. The Postołowo area itself is blessed with the sandy soil every golf superintendent dreams of. The native vegetation is beech wood with oak and plantations of pine.

Being the second largest city in Poland, the Tri-City area has very strong links. Germany, Denmark, the U.K and Scandinavia are only one to two hours away by plane with several flights daily to many of their cities. Warsaw is also within easy reach being only 30 minutes away by plane and the airport of Gdansk is only 25 minutes away from the Postołowo Golf Club. The rail connections between Gdansk and the Capital are also excellent .There are ferry connections to Karlskrona and Oxelosund in Sweden and Helsinki in Finland . For details of all airlines and destinations served from Gdańsk Airport paste the following link into your web browser:
http://www.airport.gdansk.pl/

Agents in UK : Premier Golf 

 

THE COURSE DESIGN

The well-known course architect, Mr Jeremy Turner when designing the course said:

"THE COURSE ITSELF WILL BE QUITE SPECTACULAR WITH THE MAGNIFICENT LAKE OFFERING BREATHTAKING POSSIBILITIES FOR DRAMATIC GOLF HOLES"

What I have tried to do with this beautiful tract of land was to create a golf course that is really a challenge to the good player. At the same time, I wanted to make it very enjoyable for the higher handicap players.
British-born Jeremy Turner is a renowned golf course architect, working mostly in Sweden. He has some 20 courses under his belt and he was, judging from the above words, obviously quite impressed with the site of the Postołowo Golf Club. Before we follow Jeremy out on what he think will be a Championship course, let us just take a moment to explain the holes marked with an A on the drawing. These make up the Academy Course, the ideal complement to the big course. Here the beginner has excellent practice facilities on a short hole circuit built to the same high standards as the main course. The means of achieving this is of course to create alternative routes from tee to green. I think a good course should start with a fairly easy first hole, which minimises the effect of first tee nerves and gets you in a relaxed mood. So our first here is just that, a rather straightforward medium length par 4. It is quickly followed up by an indication of what lies ahead. The second is much tougher, demanding a good drive to the centre of the fairway to set up a shot into a rather tight green. The third is the longish par 3, where deep guardian bunkers and a rolling green threateningly await loose balls. Already at the fourth, one stands by the lake, deciding how much to bite off with the driver. The water follows the alarmingly narrow fairway all the way to the green, which curls around the end of the bay. The fifth heads out into the country-side sharply doglegging right. The long second shot to the slightly elevated green may leave a few players having to take out a sand wedge instead of the putter. The short par 4 sixth will hopefully give you some breathing space before you have to contend with the long seventh. There two good woods will set you up with merely a chip to the elevated green. The eight is a short hole with an adequately bunkered green set among the majestic rolling sand hills. At the par 5 ninth only the very longest of hitters will have a chance of getting on in two. Most others will have to take shots to stay out of water and other trouble. The back nine are probably more awesome in that water appears on seven more holes. A compensating feature however, is that the character and location of the hazards are so richly varied. The tenth, eleventh and twelfth are however dry holes. Two rather longish par 4's with a reasonably short par 3 in between. But water again threatens the approach on the rather short par 4 thirteenth. The waterless fourteenth with all its bunkers is the last chance you'll have to get a breather before the onslaught of the finishing stretch. Hole fifteen is again a real test of driving onto a slightly convex landing area. A broad canal must also be carried on the way to a green placed on a peninsula. I believe this will be a formidable hole, requiring skill, nerve and strength. But if not frightened by this hole, the following par 3 will certainly do the trick. Over the lake to an elevated green of apparently repelling shape with beech woods close by. On the seventeenth you will need a big drive into a rising lakeside plateau if you are to catch a glimpse of the sculptured green perched beyond a deep ravine and again dangerously close to the water. The eighteenth back to the clubhouse is a mighty par 5 which again tempts the heroic shot to a generous green with water near at hand. My firm belief is that this course will provide a stimulating golf experience of which one will never tire. It will most certainly be a course with which I shall be proud to have been associated."

 

The initial layout and forerunner of the course design we see today was developed by Jeremy Turner in co-operation with well-known former Falsterbo GC Pro Peter Chamberlain, himself a golf course architect. The course is built according to the strict USGA standards. Because of the course quality the Club has already staged tow major championships. They were:

The POLISH OPEN GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS 1997 , 1998 & 2007 . 

  2002 the 22nd EUROPEAN YOUTH TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP as well  

        2008 The EUROPEAN MID AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP .

booking in UK : Premier Golf

 

CLUB MEMBERSHIP

You are warmly invited to play on our 18 hole championship course or on the 6-hole Golf Academy Course. The Postołowo Golf Course offers you not only a great opportunity to play golf but also the opportunity to enjoy beautiful scenery and the splendour of the unlimited green space. A crystal clear lake adds cool elegance to this picturesque golf course. Postołowo Golf Course is excellent for all players, from beginners to professionals. Ladies and juniors are advised to start from the Ladies Tees which are easier to play from. Players with handicaps start from the Club Tees, which require intense concentration. The most advanced players may start from Back Tees from which some holes become a real challenge. PGA- European Tour players of 1997 and 1998 have admitted that Postołowo is a real championship golf course of European class. The course is private and has a capacity for approximately 1000 members in order to provide them with the most comfortable playing conditions. Different membership cards are available. Individual Card. I.C. cardholders have life long membership of Postołowo Golf Club as well as the right to make use of all the facilities, i.e. the golf course, bar, cafe, restaurant, conference and dressing room, equipment store room, etc. I.C. cardholders are charged an annual fee. I.C. cardholders have unlimited access to the golf course within a given year. Long - term Corporate Card. A Company, the cardholder, may appoint an employee to make use of the golf course for a year. A different employee may be appointed every year. The company will be charged with an annual fee, which can be covered by the companies Social Fund. Annual Corporate Card. One employee may make use of the golf course 15 times within the year. A.C.C. cardholders may obtain a Handicap Card. No annual fee will be charged. A perfect card for boards members who travel extensively. Annual Card. Designed for private persons. A.C. cardholders have a Handicap Card and have unlimited access to the golf course within the year. No annual fee will be charged. Student Card (this has been designed for pupils and students). This card is valid until the cardholder's graduation; however, after reaching 25 years of age the holder will no longer be eligible for this card. The annual fee depends on the applicants age. For children under 10 years of age - no annual fee. S.C. holders have unlimited access to the golf course. They shall obtain Handicap Card. Golf Academy Card. The members of the Golf Academy are allowed unlimited play on the Golf Academy and on the Driving Range. After passing the Green Card exam, the member has the right to play 5 times a year on the main golf course on his/her own, paying the regular Green Fee. The member gets the membership card - "The Member of Postołowo Golf Academy". Students' Golf Academy Card - (designed for pupils and students). This card is valid until the cardholder's graduation; however, after reaching 25 years of age the holder will no longer be eligible for this card. Postołowo Golf Club is an exclusive private club established for the enjoyment of the Club's members. Neither a Handicap Card nor a Green Card is required to have unlimited access to the Driving Range and Golf Academy. Handicap cardholders of any 18 hole golf club or the holders of Green Cards issued by Postołowo have the right to play on Postołowo Golf Course. Those who do not hold these cards should make use of the course under the Pro's supervision. Postołowo Golf Club members may obtain both Handicap and Green Cards, which are permits to play golf all over the world. Any persons previously convicted of criminal offences either in Poland or abroad or any persons involved in legal proceedings cannot become P.G.C. members In case of membership purchased within the first half of the year, the whole annual fee will be charged. When membership commences in the second half of the year, 1/6 of the annual fee will be charged for each month remaining. Students older than 18 years of age are obliged to present all relevant documents confirming the student's status at the beginning of each year   All golf players agree that there are certain risks inherent in the game of golf and accept personal and sole liability for all such a risks .

 
 
 

The third one TOKARY http://www.tokarygolf.pl/ Transfer from the airport -20 minutes.

There are 9 hotels in Gdansk centre and 2 in Sopot which offer special packages for the golfers.

Very soon Sierra Club CEO will be able to answer your questions in details.

Keep you informed.

There are also special sightseeing tours for non-golfers.

 

Best regards, Margaret

 

 

 

Comment by Authentic Seacoast Resorts on April 21, 2011 at 3:49pm

Late May would be great timing. My email is authenticseacoast@gmail.com We look forward to getting you on the course and to sharing the best of the Authentic Seacoast with you. Doug

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