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The most beautiful places to play golf
Golf clubs surrounding the Wildkogel Resorts
The good news for passionate golfers is that this sport is currently experiencing a boom in Austria. Make use of the best weeks of summer to pursue your passion or to gain experience as a novice on the green. Many golf courses with varied layouts invite golfers to improve their handicap and spend memorable hours with friends and family. A number of attractive golf clubs are located close to the Wildkogel Resorts. Within five to 30 minutes’ drive you will find beautifully situated golf courses in picturesque landscapes.
"Golf conjures up images of fragrant heaths and freshly mown meadows, a stroll in the fresh air and delight at ones own successes and those of ones friends. Golf means a love and deep understanding of the beauties of this world."
Golf at the heart of the national park region
Golf Club Nationalpark Hohe Tauern
There can be few more impressive backdrops for a round of golf than the mighty peaks of the Hohe Tauern National Park. This course in Mittersill provides flat and easily accessible terrain both suited to beginners and experienced golfers. Well-tended greens enhance the course, regional hay huts line the paths, and a rushing stream runs past the par 3 close to the terrace of the clubhouse.
- 9-hole or 18-hole
- "The 19th" clubhouse restaurant, facing the course
- Dogs allowed
- Only five minutes’ drive from the Wildkogel Resorts
Golfing challenge in the Alps
Golf Club Zell am See-Kaprun-Saalbach-Hinterglemm
One of the most beautiful sites in the Alps is owned by the Golf Club Zell am See-Kaprun-Saalbach-Hinterglemm. There is good reason for top level competitions being held here. Here, too, the Hohe Tauern provide a fantastic mountain backdrop. The club itself has a highly developed infrastructure with a flat, park-like site, natural biotopes, reed-bordered lakes and 36 varied greens. This leading golf course in Zell am See-Kaprun aims to be the “Best in the West”.
- Only 30 minutes’ drive from the Wildkogel Resorts
Tee off in famous Kitzbühel
Golf Club Kitzbühel-Eichenheim-Schwarzsee
The Golf Club Kitzbühel in the Tyrolean Alps was nominated for the award Austria’s Best Golf Course at the Golf Club Awards in 2017, 2018 and 2019.
- Recommendation: à-la-carte Steakhouse Kaps with open fireplace, lake terrace and high-quality local meat
- Only 30 minutes’ drive from the Wildkogel Resorts
A particular gem is the Golf Club Eichenheim-Kitzbühel-Aurach with its long golf drives embedded in the Kitzbühel Alps with views of the craggy rock faces, natural streams and green woods. Its 18-hole championship course competes in the highest league.
- Recommendation: Restaurant Eichenheim with extensive sun terrace, delicious regional kitchen and adjacent Leopold-Eichenheim wine bar
- Only 30 minutes’ drive from the Wildkogel Resorts
The traditional golf course of Kitzbühel-Schwarzsee-Reith covers 48 hectares with a fantastic panorama, varied fairways, challenging water obstacles and difficult paths surrounded by towering mountains. It can be played as 9-hole or 18-hole course with a par of 72. Again and again this is a site where international competitions are held.
- Recommendation: Golf Restaurant run by landlord, Mathias Wallner, with first-class Tyrolean treats and selected Austrian premium wines
- Only 30 minutes’ drive from the Wildkogel Resorts
Go for golf
on holiday in Salzburg
Secure your summer golfing holidays with your golfing partners or your loved ones and test your golf skills in a family competition.
