Switzerland
It’s true you may hear the jingle-jangle of cowbells in Switzerland, but you’re also likely to hear the ticking of the most famous Swiss export, the precision timepiece. A country of tidiness, neutrality and fantastic scenery, perhaps Switzerland is the best European all-year-round holiday destinations with wonderful winter skiing and invigorating summer alpine walking. Make sure you taste their chocolate too, it’s mouth-watering and you’ll need a bar or two in your bag to energise yourself for some serious golfing.
Domaine Imperial Golf Club
Switzerland
Domaine Imperial Golf Club
Pete Dye courses in Europe are very scarce but Domaine Impérial Golf Club is one such rarity and it is one of a select few that were created on the continent by the acclaimed architect and his sons in the late 1980s.
Golf Club de Genève
Switzerland
Golf Club de Genève
Golf Club de Genève is the premier course in the Geneva region and it was designed by Robert Trent Jones, opening for play in 1972. It is set most beautifully with stunning panoramic views across Lake Geneva.
Crans-sur-Sierre (Severiano Ballesteros)
Switzerland
Crans-sur-Sierre (Severiano Ballesteros)
Perched at high altitude on a lush mountain plateau in the Alps, the Severiano Ballesteros course at Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club has to be the most spectacularly scenic tournament venue in the world.
Golf Sempach (Woodside)
Switzerland
Golf Sempach (Woodside)
The Woodside course was the first of two 18-hole layouts to be built before the addition of the Lakeside course transformed Sempachersee into the largest golf complex in the country.
Gerre Losone
Switzerland
Gerre Losone
A number of national competitions have been held here at Gerre Losone since the golf course opened in 2001 and in recent years, it has become home to the Swiss Open on the Ladies European Tour.
Breitenloo
Switzerland
Breitenloo
Founded in 1964, Breitenloo Golf Club started out with a 9-hole course fashioned by Frank Pennink and Donald Harradine, which the club expanded to 18 holes by 1971.
Andermatt Swiss Alps
Switzerland
Andermatt Swiss Alps
Designed by Kurt Rossknecht and opened for play in 2016, Andermatt Swiss Alps is a new and unique golf experience set in the very heart of Switzerland.
Schönenberg
Switzerland
Schönenberg
The Harradine design company has undertaken well over 100 golf projects throughout Germany and Switzerland and the 18-hole course at Schönenberg Golf & Country Club is one of them.
Blumisberg
Switzerland
Blumisberg
Established in 1959, the Bernard von Limburger-designed course at Golf & Country Club Blumisberg combines open meadow and woodland holes routed around a pleasantly undulating property.
Bonmont G&CC
Switzerland
Bonmont G&CC
Designed by Donald Harradine in 1980, the 18-hole layout at Golf & Country Club de Bonmont lies within a 155-acre parkland domaine to the north of Geneva. Peter Harradine renovated and upgraded his father’s work at the start of the new millennium.
Hittnau-Zürich
Switzerland
Hittnau-Zürich
Dating back to 1964, the hillside course at Hittnau-Zürich Golf & Country Club is one of only a handful of Swiss designs from the drawing board of Bernhard von Limburger. In more recent years, both Peter Harradine and Kurt Rossknecht revised the layout, most recently in 2016.
Golfpark Zürichsee
Switzerland
Golfpark Zürichsee
Formerly a 9-holer, the course at Golfpark Zürichsee in Nuolen re-opened in 2018 as an 18-hole layout, after a two-year expansion by Kurt Rossknecht. Fourteen holes were either added or changed, with five of the new holes occupying what was formerly a gravel pit.