BMW LIFESTYLE 10/11

BMW GOLFSPORT COLLECTION
The Royal and Ancient Clubhouse at the 18th hole of the Old Course in St. Andrews is only accessible to club members.
The course of the Royal Melbourne Golf Club, founded in 1891, ranks among the best in the Southern Hemisphere.
BMW GOLFSPORT COLLECTION
DRIVEN BY PASSION.
With the BMW Golfsport Collection, you will cut a fine figure on any golf course
in the world. But which of the world’s courses is the most beautiful is a harder
matter to settle. The BMW Golfsport editorial team presents three candidates
for the title of “the world’s most beautiful golf course”.
Royal Ancient Golf Club,
Scotland.
The mother of all golf courses. The
oldest and most famous golf course in
the world. When conversation turns to
the Old Course of the Royal and Ancient
Golf Club in St. Andrews, golfers cannot
help use superlatives. What is it that
makes the course such a legend? The
imposing club house, which dates back
to the 19 th century, overlooks the last
tee, radiating the authority of a building
whose golfing rules became a standard
adopted across the world. The course
itself holds many challenges: hidden pot
bunkers, unpredictable winds, very hard
fairways and tricky greens. But despite
such difficulties and the Scottish
weather – this course
is a unique
experience for
any golfer.
Length: 6609 yards
Par: 72
Pebble Beach,
California.
Ideal Californian weather and a superb
panorama make it difficult to concentrate
on the real reason for a visit to the Pebble
Beach golf course: playing golf. But that
is no doubt what Jack Neville
and Douglas Grant had in mind
when they designed the course
in 1919, making sure that as
much as possible of the
course would run along the
picturesque coastline. To be
more precise, holes 4 –10 and
17–18 are directly adjacent to the
coastline. The 7th hole, which is only
90 metres long, lies at the very tip of a
promontory and is the most photographed
hole in the world. With a green fee of almost
$500, the course is superlative in other
ways as well: it is one of the most expensive
in the world. But that is probably the only
thing that can dampen enthusiasm for this
course.
Length: 6749 yards
Par: 72
Royal Melbourne Golf Course,
Australia.
While not as well known as the other two,
the Royal Melbourne Golf Club course is
definitely worth a visit. Its biggest challenge
are its greens, which demand the utmost
skill from golfers. They are
surrounded by distinctive sand
bunkers, dug deep into the
soil, which lend the Royal
Melbourne course its unique
character. There is none of the
almost sterile precision here
that has marked the recent trend
in bunker design. In this way, the
course retains its unpredictable nature and
unique beauty – making it a perfect
advertisement for Melbourne and all of
Australia.
Length: 6589 yards
Par: 72
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