Golf and Land Club Berlin-Wannsee
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| Coordinates: | 52 ° 24 '54 " N , 13 ° 7' 43" E |
| Playable since: | May 26, 1926 |
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The Golf- und Land-Club Berlin-Wannsee is a private golf club with a golf course in the Berlin district of Wannsee .
history
In 1895, under the direction of American and British diplomats, the Berlin Golf Club was founded in Berlin-Westend . There was played on a disused racecourse. On May 26, 1907, on a golf day in Hamburg , the club was a founding member of the German Golf Association . The facility on Spandauer Damm was also visited by some famous personalities. For example, the German Crown Prince Friedrich III played on the facility . or the British King Edward VIII. With the beginning of the First World War , the name was adapted to the German language with Golf Club Berlin . Even during and after the war, the facility was occasionally played. A few years later, the broker and builder Heinrich Mendelssohn bought the property in order to build housing estates there. However, due to inflation , this plan failed, as did the club's attempts to get the property back.
On February 24, 1924, a general meeting decided to move to Wannsee and the club was renamed the Golf- und Land-Club Berlin-Wannsee . Thanks to numerous donations, the construction of the course proceeded quickly, so that in summer 12 of 18 holes were already completed. The clubhouse, which was originally supposed to be 14 meters long, was expanded to 112 meters due to the increasing number of members.
The opening with many prominent guests and the Lord Mayor of Berlin Gustav Boess took place on May 26, 1926. On this occasion, a competition between the club's twelve best golfers and the German association champion Bernhard von Limburger , Freiherr Bissing from Frankfurt am Main and a six-person team from Hamburg was organized. Percy Alliss , who was also present as a premiere guest , was hired by the president as the club's golf instructor for five years.
In the meantime, the club has grown to 1,400 members. This made the introduction of a game plan necessary. In addition, another area was acquired in the direction of Stölpchensee and a second course with nine holes was laid out. This course could be used in combination with the other course, which resulted in a total length of 6020 meters and corresponded to international standards.
The American Ryder Cup team visited the facility in 1929.
During the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, the Berlin-Wannsee Golf and Country Club was the venue for the cross-country run in the modern pentathlon .
With the outbreak of the Second World War , the game operation slowed, the facility was occupied by Soviet combat units in 1945 , and several grenades caused a fire in the clubhouse.
In August 1946, the game was resumed and the club played as the Golf and Country Club Berlin-Kladow in Berlin-Kladow on a six-hole private course. After the old club name was approved a few years later, many young talents joined the club. After 110 members had already joined the club in 1951, the space in Kladow was too small. In 1952 the club got the area back on Stölpchenweg. In the following years the clubhouse was expanded and the German championships were held on the club's premises in 1958.
On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the club, an international world city tournament was held in May 1970. Teams from Washington , Tokyo , London , Zurich , Vienna , Paris and Malmö took part in this tournament. Five years later the 40th International German Amateur Championships took place in Berlin.
On July 11, 1979 Jack Nicklaus visited the club before taking part in The Open Championship and landed on the club grounds after a sightseeing flight over Berlin by helicopter. In August of the following year, the club hosted the Braun Trophy , which once again featured top golfers such as Arnold Palmer , Tony Jacklin , Severiano Ballesteros and Bernhard Langer .
Web links
- The Golf and Land Club Berlin-Wannsee eV -. In: wannsee.de. Retrieved December 12, 2019 .
- 100 years of the Golfclu-Wannse (PDF)
Competition venues for the 1936 Summer Olympics
