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Designed in association with Bernhard Langer, Schloss Nippenburg is the first PGA European Tour Course in Germany. It is situated 20 minutes drive from the centre of Stuttgart and is Germany's first stadium golf course.
The Par 71, 6800 yard course places a high premium on accuracy. Ken Schofield, Executive Director of the PGA European Tour, said: “The initiative to build, and acquire, our own Tour courses reaches a milestone this year with Schloss Nippenburg ETC hosting the Volvo German Open. The major objective of the Tour is to ensure the availability of courses fitted to the highest demands of modern |
tournament play together with quality, all-round ancillary facilities for players and spectators, and I know it is with this criteria in mind that Schloss Nippenburg ETC has so skillfully been designed by Langer Design in association with European Golf Design. We know it will be a superb venue for the Volvo German Open.”
The course, designed in two loops of nine, was completed in October 1993 and was opened for play in June 1994. The construction of the golf course transformed 70 hectares of derelict farmland into a ‘green’ landscape with the planting of more than 200,000 new trees and bushes, as well as the creation of several lakes, ponds and streams which have both strategic and environmental benefits. “Both professionals and amateurs feel equally at home on this course” , says Langer about Schloss Nippenburg, which is now rated amongst the top ten courses in Germany. |
The high quality facilities include a covered driving range and pitching area and an attractive modern design clubhouse which has extensive changing/locker room areas and one of the biggest and best equipped golf shops in Germany. There is an exclusive restaurant and a bar/terrace area overlooking the course. Colin Montgomerie was the worthy winner of the 1995 Volvo German Open when he put together scores of 69, 64, 68 and 67 for a winning total of 268 - one in front of Niclas Fasth and Sam Torrance. |
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This year Ian Woosnam won and gained his 31st European Tour win, and his 40th worldwide, with superb rounds of 64,64 and 65 for a 20-under par total of 193 which swept him into a six shot lead before thunderstorms forced the final round to be abandoned. Germany's Thomas Gogele, who turned professional in 1986, was rewarded for his patience and perseverance - he has made eight visits to the European Tour Qualifying School - by sharing second place with Sweden's Robert Karlsson, England's Iain Pyman and Spain's Fernando Roca. Membership The club, which is formally named Nippenburg Golf Club GmbH (Ltd.) is a proprietary club in the ownership of IMG Developments and the Club's Founder Members. IMG holds 75.25% of the share capital, the Founder Members 24.75% and 0.33% is held individually. |
Location BAB: The Club's prime location allows for easy access from Stuttgart International Airport. Take a short 20 minute drive on the BAB A 81, leaving the Autobahn at exit Zukkenhausen, |
followed by a scenic 5 minute drive via Munchingen towards Hemmmingen, the golf course is on the right hand side.
B10: Germany's four lane B10 will lead Nippenburg's visitor's to the town of Munchingen and then take the roads to Hemmingen. |
