Occasionally and as an occupational hazard, I search for reviews of our golf courses. Until now, I hadn't found a review of Stensballegaard Golf. I was happy to find it - and happy it's positive. So, I'm also happy to share some excerpts below. (You will find a link to the original article at the end.)
REVIEW OF STENSBALLEGAARD GOLF
The course is visited; 20 April 2012
When I started this page, it was amontgother things, to provide an alternative to the usual course reviews, in my view, often painting a little too rosy picture of a visited course.
You know them probably good - something like: Great welcome in the clubhouse, great course, great golf burger and a promise soon to come again.
The problem now is that after playing Stensballegaard, I am at risk of falling into the same clichéd rhetoric. Let me say it right away: The course IS great and so is the clubhouse, service .... and golf burger.
During today's visit we managed to get the game system 3 loops Brakør, Elbæk and Gold Mountain . We played the first Brakør and then Elbæk on our 18-hole round and finally Gold Mountain, to get it all - something, incidentally, I can highly recommend.
The course was designed by the American company Von Hagge, Smelek and Baril , who also Lyngbygaard on his conscience. The task of creating a golf course in the beautiful area down to Horsens Fjord has been completely successful. This despite the fact that the area is a "particular cultural protection area", which means that the terrain can not be adjusted more than one meter in height. (Actually, we were restricted to 50 centimeters - cut or fill.)
But take not only my word that Von Hagge, Smelek and Baril has succeeded in this task. The U.S. magazine Golf Inc awarded Stensballegaard to be Development of the Year in 2010.
It is an honor as Von Hagge, Smelek and Baril received for the first time, despite the fact they have previously designed fine courses like Les Bordes and Golf National in France, Anfi Tauro in Spain and several prominent tracks in the U.S., just to name a few.
The hallmark of Stensballegaard'ts track is plenty of room off the tee and great and inttersting greens. The bunkers also deserve a commmetn, since at Stensballegaard are a lot of them and none of them contains a bunker rake.
I must confess that I was somewhat skeptical in relation to what the many bunker without tears would make the gaming experience, but despite visits to several bunkers, I actually never experienced an extraordinarily bad lie. On the otherhand, I think the many bunkers look rustic and style is carried all the way around the plant. It looks a little like links - and it should be taken as a compliment.
In my review of the holes I will this time picking few and only mention a few holes. Will say that out of the 27 holes for me is only a single hole that stand out negatively.
Hole 7, 8 and 9 at Guldberg loop is isolated and reached a plateau in the woods. The walk up there to make you sweat, but the view from hole 9 is alone worth the effort.
Before that, however just have to navigate through hole 7 which is a short and rather unusual par-4 hole just 251 meters as doglegger 90 degrees to the right after approx. 150 meters.
Comment:
I appreciate the reviewers comment and opinion. And, these comments are intended as further explanation for the reader; and NOT to refute the review or reviewers opinion.
Hole #7 is unique. It was perhaps the most difficult hole to get approved, the most difficult hole to build and the most controversial during design and construction. Hole #7 "connects" the lower portion of the property to the upper portion, and it allowed us to:
- accommodate three 9-hole loops, returning to the obligatory clubhouse location, in the upper corner of the property,
- provided a chance to enter the forest with golf and
- connect to the spectacular (and controversial) Guldberg #9, with it's commanding view of Horsens and the surrounding landscape.
Conclusion:
Stensballegaard is an excellent facility. The design of the course is one of the best I've seen in Denmark and it is difficult to find anything to criticize.
There is for me to see 26 really strong holes on the course andonly hole 7 at Guldberg stand out a little.
There is much strategy built into the layout of the track and there are often several ways to play gaps, which is a clear strength.
The perceived position on the pitch is too great season and I can only imagine that it will be even better when we get into the summer.
Cliche-filled or not - I could easily recommend the course to the future guest and can easily see myself returning in the near future.
Stensballegaard is one of the very best courses I've played to date.
Overall assessement of Stensballegaard Golf:
An Eagle!
If you would like to read the original review, it can be found at Golf Anmeldelser Blog
The original review is in Danish. These excerpts were translated to English with Google translate and some adjustments were made to the translation, where the translation was unclear.
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