Sennelager (Forest Pines)

The 27-hole facility at British Army Golf Club Sennelager lies just outside Paderborn, where holes for the 5,600-metre Forest Pines course were literally carved through dense woodland, with the water-laden par three 12th regarded as the signature hole on the card.

Founded in 1963 by the British Rhine Army, the golf club started out with a6-hole short course which quickly became an 18-hole layout when playing corridors were carved through the adjacent woods. Max Faulkener, the Open Champion in 1951, officially opened the extended course in 1968. Ten years later, four holes were lost due to road works so four new ones were fashioned in the forest to create the Forest Pines course as it is today.

Today, the course measures 5,646 metres from the back tees, playing to a par of 72, with tree-lined holes laid out in an out-and-back manner. Highlight holes include the long par four 3rd (rated stroke index 1); the left doglegging par four 8th (played to a slightly raised green); the beautiful par three 15th (where the green sits behind a woodland lake); and the short par four 18th which has only one bunker defending the left side of the home green.