Pirin

Situated close to the popular ski resort of Bansko in the foothills of the Pirin mountain range, the Pirin Golf & Country Club resort occupies a substantial 375-acre property, boasting an 18-hole championship layout, 5-hole development course and extensive practice facilities.

The resort is one of two Bulgarian golf facilities in membership of the European Tour Properties network, with seventeen of these twenty-six worldwide venues located in Europe. Located next to Bansko, Pirin transforms effortlessly into a cosy ski destination in the winter months.

The course was designed by Ian Woosnam in conjunction with Gary Johnston of European Golf Design and it first opened for play in 2007. Set out within the Razlog Valley, holes are routed around several lakes and a mountain creek which winds its way through the property.

Two of the more memorable holes include the downhill par five 7th, rated stroke index 1, where the narrowing fairway falls away sharply to the right as it approaches the green, and the short par four 13th, which doglegs left to a heavily sand-protected putting surface.