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SWITZERLAND
Because
it welcomes every year the professional European Masters, it is
Swiss's most famous golf course. Its obstacles being very visible
and moderately in the game, the course is not intimidating. On
the other hand, being rather bumped it is hard to cross by foot
and its major difficulty is in the choice of the club according
to the made uneven. It offers points of view on the Alps to cut
your breath. Some expected reshaping was made on the plan: S.
Ballesteros added modifications to 15 and to 17, making them more
aesthetic and subtle.
If
it seems easy because it is short, a 68-Par, you should not trust
appearances. The architect, Jeremy Perm, indeed managed the bet
to adapt a difficult ground for the golf. The result, course which
reserves all its difficulty in the professional skill, asks for
a certain reflection before the game. The precision is rigorous,
in all the sectors of the game. Certain greens are difficulty
to approach. If it is rather physical, the fairways are rather
narrow and flat does not make the walking too hard. We can consider
this course as an excellent test of golf with a playful side which
is formative.
Being
situated near the lake Thun, separated only by a natural continuation
of the ground, the course of Interlaken can be very wet by rainy
time. In contrast with the mountains relief, the course is rather
flat and can be played at a good rhythm, even if the first 5 holes
seem long and a little bit disheartening. Greens, well drawn,
are varied and allow interesting approaches. The general impression
is that the difficulties of the course would have been limited
to especially allow to spend a good moment of golf in family.
Situated
in an old agricultural zone at the feet of the Jura, the course
possesses a rather bumped plan. Because it does not possess automatic
irrigation, it is rather disadvised to practise it in times of
strong aridity. A part from some out limits, the obstacles are
not very dangerous. The traps are non-existent and no subtlety
was added to the arrangement of the course to complicate the game.
Thus, it is about a simple course, which respects the natural
ground, obviously it addresses essentially to families and to
players who look for, above all, the occasion to spend a pleasant
moment without facing difficulties.
Being
arranged on a narrow band of ground which goes along the river
Krebs, the course possesses at the same moment numerous out limits,
although not very present in the game, and a wet ground, consisted
essentially of peat. It can seem long on the last departures,
especially when bunkers and numerous water traps divert the ball
from its trajectory. The fact that there is a big variety of holes
for which every hole asks to define a strategy makes the course
pleasant to play. Without being his plan of a big originality,
Schönenberg is however an attractive course and shows a good
example of ecology and golf living together. Several zones are
indeed classified natural reserves.
As
numerous Swiss courses, Bad Ragaz was drawn by Donald Harradine,
a generally academic architect who lets voluntarily nature win.
The course is all the more considerable as it is situated in a
forest surrounded by mountains. Without reserving surprises of
style or hidden personality, it is however pleasant to play for
its relatively flat relief and its length. We can regret on the
other hand that the river which crosses it was not brought into
the game in a more imaginative way. The first 9 holes are rather
tightened and ask of precision in the game whereas teh 9 last
ones address to those who like lengths. Bad Ragaz is thus a course
from which we can get a rather flattering score.
A
little piece of distant forest in the landscape, with big opened
spaces in the surrounding region. Breitenloo is another course
of Harradine and clearly denote a British style. It is arranged
on a slightly hilly ground, even if the last 9 holes are flat.
In spite of a good number of out limits and of little water traps,
the difficulties are not very numerous, far from each of them
and sometimes very visible. Breitenloo is a course to be discovered
in family or between friends.
Created
in 1995, it is the first Swiss course to have finally opened to
the public. It is established on an industrial site which is not
very attractive at first sight, but could become it thanks to
a good program plantation. Its main intention is to allow golfers
to train and to offer an economic alternative to private clubs.
Regrettably, as a consequence there was no deliberated search
for difficulty. The water traps, for example, are not very present.
Good players risk to feel disappointed. Greens and bunkers would
have deserved more attention, they would have brought a little
more style and pleasure to a course which was conceived for a
pleasant round of golf. On the other hand, the whole golfic complex
includes numerous opportunities of training.
Created
in 1925, the course has been considerably redrawn. It offers a
big number of admirable points of view on the lake Lucerne, hills
and the snowy mountains. The ground is rather stiff and hilly,
but its arrangement was well used; the most stiff hillsides must
be dislodged between two holes. Holes are moreover often direct
and ask for direct shots. With a single water trap, experimented
players will find this course easy, even if the attention is required
in the approach of the greens which are rarely on the same level,
as for the fairways.
Drawn
by the architect Harradine, the course has this peculiarity to
take place on a narrow band of ground as St Andrews's ' Old Course
', but along the river Thun and not the sea. In spite of the presence
of the British tradition, the description stops there. The wind
is much less frequent and more clement. The basic traps turn out
to be bunkers, among which the shape and the difficulty have finally
nothing terrible. Fairways are lined with spruces, which ask for
a certain attentiveness. The course possesses a reasonable length
and the difficulties are quite well distributed all around. Pleasant
to practice in family.
The
course of Wylihof, drawn by Ruzzo Reuss, was created in 1995.
Judging by the length and the number of water traps, present on
6 holes, it is a difficult course to be played on the advanced
departures. But it is young and requires future improvements.
If it offers beautiful points of view on the mountains of Jura,
we can however regret that the plan is not more subtle. Given
that it possesses few hidden traps, it offers the advantage to
players not very sure of them to be able to play in confidence.