
Austria
OK, so landlocked Austria has a few stereotypical images: the Sound of Music, Lederhosen, and yodelling spring directly to mind, but the reality is that Austria has few peers as an all-year-round holiday destination.
Adamstal Golf Club (Championship)
Adamstal is one of the world's most beautiful golf courses and it's certainly one of Austria's very best. The Alpine mountain air is clean and crisp and the wooded, undulating valley setting is simply breathtaking.
Colony Club Gutenhof (West)
Austria
Colony Club Gutenhof (West)
Colony Club Gutenhof is located a mere 10 kilometres to the south of Vienna and this was Austria's first 36-hole golf club.
Schloss Schönborn (1-18)
Austria
Schloss Schönborn (1-18)
The 27-hole Schloss Schönborn complex is set in the heart of the Austrian wine region and it has the most impressive manor clubhouse.
Gut Altentann
Austria
Gut Altentann
Gut Altentann is the Austrian course that Ron Kirby and Jack Nicklaus built in 1988 and it’s set on the outskirts of Mozart’s hometown, Salzburg. This was the Golden Bear’s first European ensemble.
Diamond Country Club (Diamond)
There are two courses at Diamond Country Club, the Country and the Diamond. The Country course is a fragmented and rather simple affair, but the main Diamond course is the real thing.
Linz St Florian
Austria
Linz St Florian
British architect Donald Harradine designed the course at Golf Club Linz St. Florian and it's set in the Tillysburg Estate on rolling land.
Seefeld-Wildmoos
Austria
Seefeld-Wildmoos
Seefeld-Wildmoos – the wild thing – is one of the most exhilarating golf courses in Europe. Perched 4,000 feet above sea level and dominated by the Alps.
Schladming-Dachstein
Austria
Schladming-Dachstein
Situated in the Styrian region of Austria, the 18-hole layout at Dachstein-Tauern Golf & Country Club is a Bernard Langer-designed alpine course that lies on the floor of a valley...
Eichenheim
Austria
Eichenheim
When Kyle Phillips gets involved in golf design, everyone expects something special. Eichenheim is enchanting and perhaps the best new Austrian course.
Gut Murstätten (Championship)
The 18-hole Championship course at GolfClub Gut Murstätten lies at the foot of the south Styrian vineyards on the floodplain of the River Mur, where fairways are set around a couple of shimmering lakes.
Colony Club Gutenhof (East)
Austria
Colony Club Gutenhof (East)
The East course at the Colony Club Gutenhof is a traditional parkland layout which measure slightly more than 6,400 metres with par set at 73.
Klagenfurt - Seltenheim
Austria
Klagenfurt - Seltenheim
The province of Carinthia borders Italy and Slovenia and, not far from lake Wörthersee, is one of the country's leading courses - Klagenfurt-Seltenheim.
Föhrenwald
Austria
Föhrenwald
Host venue for the Austrian Ladies Open from 2005 to 2012, the course at GolfClub Föhrenwald offers a mix of tree-lined and open parkland holes which architect Jeff Howes has been upgrading in recent years.
Bregenzerwald
Austria
Bregenzerwald
A 1996 design from the drawing board of Kurt Rossknecht, the Alpine layout at Golfpark Bregenzerwald is cleverly routed on a challenging hilly site where level stances are a rarity.
Zillertal-Uderns
Austria
Zillertal-Uderns
Unveiled in 2014, the course at GolfClub Zillertal-Uderns is an exciting new design from Diethard Fahrenleitner and Barbara Eisserer which occupies a 155-acre site on the valley floor of the River Ziller, east of Innsbruck.
Millstätter See
Austria
Millstätter See
Sitting high above Lake Millstatt in one of the most popular regions of Austria, we find Golfanlage Millstätter See, a topographical gem of two 9-hole sections.
Haugschlag (Waldviertel)
Austria
Haugschlag (Waldviertel)
There is not only one but three courses at Haugschlag, but the course that everyone wants to play is the Waldviertel, three times Austrian Open venue.
Haugschlag (Haugschlag)
Austria
Haugschlag (Haugschlag)
Despite living in the shadow of an older sibling which has hosted several Austrian Opens, the Max Lamberg-designed Haugschlag course at Golfresort Haugschlag is a terrific track in its own right, featuring a fabulous island green finish at its short par three 18th hole.
Schloss Frauenthal
Austria
Schloss Frauenthal
Situated in the heart of the West Styrian hill country, the facility at Golfclub Schloss Frauenthal started out as a modest 9-hole layout with a driving range in the late 1980s.
Ottenstein
Austria
Ottenstein
The first nine holes of the Bird Course at Diamond Club Ottenstein were designed by Keith Preston in 1991, with Hans-Georg Erhardt fashioning another nine circuit four years later. Six holes feature water hazards which adds to the golfing splendour here.
Zell am See - Kaprun - Saalbach-Hinterglemm (Kitzsteinhorn)
Laid out on the north bank of the Salzach River, close to the resort town of Zell am See, the 18-hole courses at Golfclub Zell am See-Kaprun (Schmittenhöhe and Kitzsteinhorn) are named after two of the many mountain peaks that surround a very pleasant golfing location.
Kärntner Dellach
Austria
Kärntner Dellach
Kärntner Golf-Club Dellach in one of the oldest golf clubs in Austria, named after the federal state of Kärntner and Dellach, the adjacent lakeside resort.
Klopeinersee-Südkärnten
Austria
Klopeinersee-Südkärnten
The course at Golfpark Klopeinersee-Südkärnten is a Donald Harradine design from the late 1980s which features tree-lined fairways routed across a rolling landscape between Lake Klopein and Lake Turner in Carinthia.
Radstadt (Championship)
Austria
Radstadt (Championship)
The Championship course at the 27-hole Golfclub Radstadt facility features the “Birdiejet” gondola which transports golfers from the 11th green up to the 12th tee where panoramic views of the Radstädter Tauern and Dachstein Massif are alone worth the green fee.
Donau (Championship)
Austria
Donau (Championship)
The Championship course at the 27-hole Golfclub Donau complex outside Linz is situated on the floodplain of the River Danube so it’s an easy-walking layout with well-positioned sand and water hazards in play from start to finish.
Mieminger Plateau (Championship)
The 9-hole hotel course at Golfpark Mieminger Plateau debuted in 2002, then in 2008 architect Keith Preston set out the 18-hole Championship course inside the adjacent pine forest.
Dolomitengolf Osttirol (Red & Blue)
Dolomitengolf Osttirol Golf Club lies on the banks of the River Drava with the Red and Blue nines just outshining the Green and Silver loops to shape the preferred 18-hole layout at a fabulous 36-hole golf facility.
Kaiserwinkl-Kössen
Austria
Kaiserwinkl-Kössen
Designed by Donald Harradine in the late 1980s, the course at Kaiserwinkl Golf Kössen lies on the floodplain of a small river which is crossed four times during a round.
Schloss Finkenstein
Austria
Schloss Finkenstein
The 18-hole Panorama course at Golfclub Schloss Finkenstein is an early new millennium design from Diethard Fahrenleitner which features several aquatically challenging holes – especially when you play the water-laden last three!
Wilder Kaiser (Wilder Kaiser & Ellmau)
The Wilder Kaiser and Ellmau 9-hole circuits form the championship-standard 18-hole course at Golf Club Wilder Kaiser but the shorter 9-hole Tyrol course (with four par fours and four par threes) should not be dismissed out of hand.
Neusiedlersee-Donnerskirchen
Austria
Neusiedlersee-Donnerskirchen
Neusiedlersee-Donnerskirchen is another course from the prolific design duo Kurt Rossknecht and Hans Erhardt and it opened for play in 1990.
Salzkammergut
Austria
Salzkammergut
Designed by Henri Heine-Geldern in the early 1930s, the 18-hole layout at Golfclub Salzkammergut is set out on either side of the Radaubach stream which flows through the middle of the sceneic Ischl valley.
Salzburg Eugendorf
Austria
Salzburg Eugendorf
One of four golf courses operated by Golfclub Salzburg at different locations around the city, the 18-hole Eugendorf layout is the flagship facility, set in the style of an old English gentlemen's club with a golf museum in the clubhouse.