Austria

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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.

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Located to the south of Vienna on the edge of the spa town of Baden lies the prestigious Fontana Golf & Country Club.

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Colony Club Gutenhof is located a mere 10 kilometres to the south of Vienna and this was Austria's first 36-hole golf club.

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The 27-hole Schloss Schönborn complex is set in the heart of the Austrian wine region and it has the most impressive manor clubhouse.

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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.

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Golf Club Murhof is set most enchantingly and Bernhard von Limburger designed it in 1963 when few locals were interested in golf.

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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.

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Golfclub Am Mondsee lies to the south of the town of Mondsee, where farmland was converted to a golf course in 1986 when the owner decided to discontinue an unprofitable beef production business...

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British architect Donald Harradine designed the course at Golf Club Linz St. Florian and it's set in the Tillysburg Estate on rolling land.

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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.

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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...

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When Kyle Phillips gets involved in golf design, everyone expects something special. Eichenheim is enchanting and perhaps the best new Austrian course.

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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.

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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.

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The province of Carinthia borders Italy and Slovenia and, not far from lake Wörthersee, is one of the country's leading courses - Klagenfurt-Seltenheim.

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Situated at altitude between the Karwendel Mountains and Lake Achensee, the course at Achensee Golf & Country Club was founded in 1934 and it's the oldest in Tyrol.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Founded in 1970, Golfclub Enzesfeld lies a short drive to the southwest of the capital, where its 18-hole golf course (designed by John Harris) is carved through a hilly 185-acre forested property that was originally constructed by Baron Rothschild.

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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!

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Located less than six kilometres for St Stephen’s Cathedral in the city centre of Vienna, the golf course at Golf Club Wien dates back to the start of the 20th century, with most of the holes contained within a racetrack.

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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.

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Harry Colt’s partner, John Morrison, originally laid out the course at Kitzbühel Golf Club in 1955 and it’s considered to be one of the Alp’s most scenic 9-holers, which was remodelled by Count Max Lamberg in 2005 for the club’s 50th anniversary.

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Neusiedlersee-Donnerskirchen is another course from the prolific design duo Kurt Rossknecht and Hans Erhardt and it opened for play in 1990.

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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.

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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.

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Zell am See - Kaprun Saalbach Hinterglemm Golf Club boasts two 18-hole courses, named Kitzsteinhorn and Schmittenhöhe after nearby mountain peaks. Donald Harradine designed the original 27-hole layout before Hermann Schauer later added the back nine of the Kitzsteinhorn.

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Laid out on a high plateau between Saalfelden and Maria Alm in the state of Zalzburg, the 18-hole layout at Golfplatz Urslautal is a 1991 Keith Preston production that extends to 5,692 metres from the back markers.

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Designed by Diethard Fahrenleitner and opened for play in 2014, the 18-hole layout at Golfclub Kitzbüheler Alpen Westendorf occupies a 160-acre site just outside the sunny plateau village of Westendorf, blending beautifully into the natural landscape.

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Golf Club Schönfeld lies to the east of Vienna and it offers a very welcoming 27-hole golf experience for players of all abilities. As the club’s publicity catchphrase states, golfers are asked to “come as a guest and stay as a friend”.

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Situated at altitude less than ten kilometres from the border with Lichtenstein, the course at Golf Club Brand is laid out alongside the meandering Alvier creek, with its flowing waters crossed several times during a round here.

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The 18-hole layout at Golfclub Erzherzog Johann is located outside the small market town of Maria Lankowitz, where Herwig Zisser set out two 9-hole returning loops of holes in the early 1990s.

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Schloss Ebreichsdorf Golf Club opened for play in 1988 and it’s one of Keith Preston’s best designs.

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Situated between the villages of Rottenstein and Patergassen, the 18-hole layout at Golf Club Bad Kleinkirchheim is reckoned to lie at the highest altitude in the Carinthian state, with holes set out in a figure of eight pattern.

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The par 72 layout at Linzer Golf Club Luftenberg is a 1990 Keith Preston production which is set to the southeast of the city of Linz on the northern bank of the River Danube adjacent to Luftenberg Castle. Preston is perhaps most famous for his designs further north in the Czech Republic.

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The 9-hole Wallerbach course, as per the Championship course, is a Jeff Howes production that came into operation in 2006. Interestingly, the Wallerback layout includes some holes that formed the 1998 original 18-hole course at Adamstal Golf Club.