Golf & Country Club Schloß Krugsdorf

Golf at the Castle on the Polish border

3.0 of 5 starsReviewed August 14, 2022

Played on 8/13/2022. The absolutely flat 18-hole golf course with the castle/hotel is approx. 12 km from the A20, just behind the Brandenburg state border. It is not far to the Polish border and so you can see one or the other car with Polish license plates in the parking lot. Only at lanes 10 to 12 can you hear and see a car on the Dorfstrasse, otherwise the facility is in absolute peace and nature. To get from the Autobahn to Krugsdorf, you drive through the town of Pasewalk and can stock up on some food there before or after the round. First of all, it should be said that there is "only" the 18-hole crane course here and no other 9-hole course. A 6-hole course is shown on the score card, but I didn't see it and there is no mention of it on the homepage either. The place is operated by the castle administration. At the reception of the Schlosshotel you pay your green fee and receive the score card. There is a driving range, but it is a bit away from the parking lot/lock on green 1/tee 2. You need tokens there. There is a machine that changes euro bills from €5 into corresponding tokens. About the place you can say that from my point of view the tracks were not created monotonously by the design. On the contrary, I found them varied. There are doglegs, water hazards, relatively few but well placed bunkers. On the 8th and 17th you have to play over a moat before the green. I also found the layout of one or the other stone wall interesting. The absolute challenge is the extremely high rough on the right and left of almost all fairways. However, since most of the fairways are relatively open, only extremely twisted shots are punished accordingly with ball loss. What was a pure disaster is the condition of the fairways. Not only that there is hardly any irrigation, the fairways were bone dry and brown almost everywhere. They were also extremely overgrown with dandelions. They were playable, but it wasn't nice. However, the greens were almost without exception impeccable and the bunkers were well maintained. The haircuts were rather mixed again and only partially watered and therefore green, albeit partly with clover instead of grass. And the paths between the tees were rather bumpy and suboptimal. You can book a start time on the homepage (could be better and contain more information, e.g. a specified table), but I didn't need it even after a previous request by e-mail (was answered quickly). The number of golfers on the course at my game on a sunny Saturday afternoon could be counted on two hands. And so I was able to start playing on my own as soon as I arrived. However, I was surprised when I suddenly saw two triple flights on lanes 10 and 11, which apparently had started on lane 10. But I was let through immediately without hesitation. The green fee is currently €60.50 for 18 holes every day, so very cheap for a weekend game. For 75 € you can also solve a daily green fee. There are no sundowner discounts or similar, but there is also no surcharge for golfers without a hologram on their DGV ID card. By the way, the rather busy lady at the reception didn't even want to see my DGV ID. Of course, the castle also has a restaurant. But I couldn't use that because a wedding was taking place at the same time. In the basement of the castle are the sanitary rooms, which have been modernized at times. Overall, a recommendation could be made if the fairways were in a "normal" condition, but the condition is currently rather borderline and a further journey "only" to play golf here should be considered.

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