History

The Schloss Breitenburg Golf Club was founded in 1990. After several years of careful consideration, Countess Elke and Count Breido von Rantzau decided to convert the farmland surrounding the Stör River into a golf course. The planners faced a challenging task, as they were required to preserve the distinctive features of the Schleswig-Holstein landscape. Nevertheless, golf course architect Olaf Osterkamp succeeded in building a beautiful golf course in which the typical landscapes of Schleswig-Holstein—the Geest with its hedgerows and the Marsch with its distinctive features—are clearly recognizable.

The first 9 holes opened in 1991, followed by the second 9 holes in 1992. Today, at the transition from the marsh to the Geest, a beautiful 18-hole championship course has been created, which, with its lakes, old trees, hedgerows, and ditches, demands every skill from the players.

In 2000, the course was expanded by an additional 9 holes to a total of 27 holes. Golf course architect David Krause, who previously worked as a design assistant for the renowned architect Robert Trent Jones Sr. at the Valderrama Golf Club and spent four years as project manager for the Pont Royal Golf Club in France on behalf of Seve Ballesteros, built a generously laid-out golf course on the former farmland of the Count of Rantzau’s estate and forestry administration. This part of the course has more of a links-style character and is characterized by two massive water hazards and the tall grassy areas flanking the holes.

Today, the Schloss Breitenburg Golf Club offers its members and guests a perfectly maintained 27-hole course and a 3-hole short course, where nature and the game of golf blend seamlessly. The course is still maintained today by Moritz Graf zu Rantzau and his greenkeepers, thus preserving tradition, nature, and impeccable upkeep.