The driving range has mats and grass teeing positions Locker room
ensure that both golf courses are maintained to
the highest quality; indeed, head greenkeeper
Morten Terkelsen was named “Greenkeeper of
the Year” by the Danish Greenkeeper Association
in 2019. The golf club is easy to access for visitors, being
situated around 17 kilometres from Esbjerg city
centre and around 61 kilometres from Billund
Airport. It offers golfing guests help with
arranging transport from the airport.
Furthermore, Esbjerg Golf Club has a large
driving range where it is possible to practice on
both mats and grass. The practice facilities also
include three pitching areas, a putting green and
a beautiful par-3 course. One of the pitching areas
is the former 9th hole on the Myrtue Course,
a par-3 hole that was closed when the Myrtue
Course was expanded from nine to 18 holes. It
offers golfers the possibility to practise long pitch
shots. ESBJERG GOLF CLUB’S GOLF COURSES
Esbjerg Golf Club has a partnership with Hjerting
Badehotel, located around seven kilometres
from the club in the Esbjerg suburb of Hjerting.
The golf club can help guests with package deals
including golf and overnight accommodation.
The Marbæk Course and clubhouse were opened
in May 1975. The par-71 course is laid out over
approximately 70 hectares in the north-western
part of the Marbæk plantation, an area owned
by Esbjerg Municipality. Architect Frederik Dreyer
was tasked with designing a championship golf
course of international calibre.
The aim was to create a golf course that was
both a challenge for the elite player and a fair
test for the regular club golfer. One innovation
was having four teeing grounds on each hole.
Another was making the greens both very big
and severely undulating. As an example, the 18th
green originally spanned 1,600 square metres
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