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BU D A P E S T
B U D A P ES T
PANNONIA GOLF & CC The golf course is situated in Mariavölgy, about 40 minutes from
Budapest city center. The land was occupied by the Habsburg family as a weekend retreat
around the year 1845. The approach to the course and clubhouse is through a beautiful alley
of towering 200 year old sicamore trees. The 18 hole golf course was designed by Austrian Golf
Architect Hans Georg Erhardt and was opened in June 1997. The shaping of the course was
carried out by English construction company Southern Golf. Pannonia Golf Course is the hig-
hest quality golf course in Hungary. It is a must play course as Pannonia Golf & Country Club
won the B.I.D. International Quality award in Gold Category for Customer Satisfaction, Quality,
and Business Excellence in 2004. Type: 18 holes; PAR: 72; Landscape: slightly hilly, meadowland
BALATON GOLF CLUB The Balaton Golf Club( 1,45 hours form Budapest city center) wel-
comes its visitors in a pictorial environment. The first 18-hole golf course of the Lake Balaton
lies in a unique natural environment next to Tihany, between Balatonudvari and Örvényes,
offering splendid panorama of the Lake Balaton. The course has views of Lake Balaton which
is known as the ‘Hungarian Sea’ due to its Caribbean clear waters and is the biggest inland lake
in Europe. The course is adjacent to the Balaton Uplands National Park and includes a stone
quarry, which is a Natural Reserve challenging all the golfers as they play around it. Four fair-
ways are surrounded by forests, and deer and fox inhabit the area. Reeds line the lakes, which
are strategically located throughout the course. Balaton Golf was the venue for the European
Young Masters for 2010, 2011 and 2012. Type: 18 holes; PAR: 72; Landscape: semi links, forest,
slightly hilly, technical
MAGYAR GOLF CLUB The 100 year-old Magyar Golf Club with Hungary’s first 18 hole par 72
Old Course welcomes you in Kisoroszi! Within a close reach of Budapest after only a 30 minute
drive you will find yourself at the tip of the Szentendre Island where the 66 hectare (more than
163 acre) wonderland awaits you. Bordered by the two banks of the Danube, touched by its
freshly crisp air, surrounded by the lovely hills of the Pilis and the Börzsöny, laced with bushy fo-
rests and covered by nature-shaped dunes, resembling the Links Courses of England. The bushy
roughs and extensive flora make it a rather difficult one, as the first 9 holes curve through the
woods their demanding accuracy gives you the advantages of a championship and country-style
course together. Going onto the second 9 holes a more relaxed aura welcomes the player with
some tricky doglegs. The country style Clubhouse ideally accommodates a Hungarian restaurant
and newly built guest rooms where you may can enjoy authentic meals as well as the friendly
and family-like atmosphere. Type: 18 holes; PAR: 72; Landscape: parkland, semi links
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