Architect Hans-Georg Erhardt moved 1,000,000 cubic metres of earth to build Rosa Golf Club. It may not be the most natural golf course but it’s certainly exciting.
Overall rating
5.0
Architect Hans-Georg Erhardt moved 1,000,000 cubic metres of earth to build Rosa Golf Club. It may not be the most natural golf course but it’s certainly exciting.
The city of Czestochowa in the south of Poland is a place of pilgrimage for many Christians who come to pay homage at the Jasna Gora Monastery, a famous shrine to the Virgin Mary, which houses the Black Madonna painting. To the south west of the city, Rosa Golf Club has also received a steady stream of (probably less religious) visiting golfers since it first opened its doors in 2005.
Designed by architect Hans-Georg Erhardt, the course at Rosa was built to exacting USGA specification on a largely flat, uninteresting landscape. To create some movement across this dull terrain, over a million cubic metres of soil was shifted during construction, creating a series of small, interconnected lakes which now irrigate the layout.
Feature holes here include a couple of short par fours on the front nine, at the 330-metre 2nd and 332-metre 5th, both of which dogleg left from tee to green. On the inward half, water protects the putting surface at the 192-metre 14th and 172-metre 17th as the green for each of these par three holes lies on the other side of small, intimidating lakes.
The latest ranking of the Top 100 Golf Courses in the World serves as the ultimate global golf bucket list. Most members of our World Top 100 Panel are seasoned golfers, each playing 20-30 of these courses annually while travelling extensively over decades to form their opinions on others. We recognise that opinions vary—even among our panel members. Rankings are subjective, and there are undoubtedly 50 or more courses in the UK and USA alone that could easily fit onto this list. Links Golf Pilgrimages The rankings
California, United States
New Jersey, United States
Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
New York, United States
New York, United States
