Lucerne

Instigated in 1903, Lucerne Golf Club is the third oldest club in Switzerland. A 9-hole layout was brought into play to largely provide a recreational amenity for visiting British and American tourists but the course reverted to agricultural use during World War I. It re-emerged when hostilities ceased and was then expanded to eighteen holes in 1925.

The Second World War intervened during the early 1940s but the course made a remarkable recovery and has continued to thrive in the years since it re-opened after the war. Today, Lucerne stretches to just over 6,000 metres from the back tees on a property extending to just over 100 acres. Par is set at 72 and fairways are mainly laid out on a northeast-southwest axis.

Highlight holes include short par fours at the opening two holes to help ease you into your round; testing back-to-back par fives at the 4th and 5th; the tough, right doglegging par five 12th (rated stroke index 2); and the shortest of the par threes at the 124-metre 17th, where trees surround the rear portion of the raised green.