Wittelsbacher

Located to the north of Munich, between Ingolstadt and Neuburg an der Donau, the course at Wittelsbacher Golfclub occupies a 167-acre property on which the horses of the Bavarian royalty were once bred. Designed by Dutch architect Joan Frederik Dudok Van Heel, former president of the British Institute of Golf Course Architects, the course opened for play in 1988 and it has since hosted multiple editions of the German International Amateur Championship for both men and women.

The 18-hole layout measures 6,500 metres from the back tees, with par set at 72. Holes are arranged as two returning nines and water hazards play only a small part in proceedings at a couple of holes: a small pond lies to the left of the par four 7th and a drainage ditch crosses the fairway in front of the green at the par four 13th in the northwest corner of the estate.

Highlight holes include the tough, left doglegging par four 4th and the only par three on the outward half at the 207-metre 6th, which plays to a slightly offset green. On the longer inward half, the long par four 13th is another difficult hole, veering late towards the green (with a large willow tree positioned where the fairway kinks), and the very long par five 18th narrows considerably as the fairway approaches the home green.