Grevenmühle

Occupying a gently undulating 265-acre property within the Bergisches Land region, close to the city of Düsseldorf, the 18-hole layout at Golf Club Grevenmühle is a new millennium track that’s capable of frustrating and entertaining in equal measure.

The course extends to 5,885 metres from the back markers, though it can play as short as 4774 metres from the forward tees. Holes are laid out as two returning nines, with par set at 72. Water comes into play early on at the 1st and the 2nd, where an irregularly- shaped pond protects the green on both holes. There’s another large water hazard to look out for to the right of the fairway on the 8th, and a ditch cuts diagonally across the fairway in front of the 18th green.

Highlight holes at Grevenmüle include the par four 7th (bunkers sit on either side of the fairway as it veers left to the green); the par three 9th (with a ditch running in front of the offset green); the par three 14th (played to a bunker-free green in the southeast corner of the property); and the left doglegging par four 18th which narrows considerably as it heads towards the home green.