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The health
value of golfing is undisputed. Walking for
miles on soft, grassy ground, breathing fresh
air and the movement of swinging at the ball all
contribute to the regeneration of the body.
Here in the Engadine you will find ideal
conditions for golfing and set in a unique
landscape to top it all!
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History
"A
golf course is nature ennobled, hence a
beautiful example of culture." |
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As
true as this statement is of almost every golf
course nowadays, it may not have been so widely
known or possibly it had not even been voiced,
yet, when in 1889 a couple of British guests
together with their host Caspar Badrutt - son of
the founder of winter tourism, Johannes Badrutt -
decided to build a 9 hole course stretching from
the outflow of the Inn at the lower end of the
lake to the approximate area where the artificial
ice rink stands today.
It may not have been much of a golf course, but it
was enough for the fanatic Brits to keep up their
favourite sport even in the mountains.
Neither the train station nor houses let alone
hotels had been built in that area, yet, so there
was plenty of room. This golf course, which,
admittedly, had been available for just a half
dozen of years must have been the very first golf
course on the Continent. Two years later, in July
1891, the first St. Moritz golf club was
founded and "The first big Golf Tournament
high up in the mountains" was announced for
August 15 1891 in the British papers.
It did not take long before Caspar Badrutt had
built yet another 9 hole course in his Badrutts
Park, which nowadays is known by the name of Kulm
Park.
Other courses were built in St. Moritz Bad
from the hotel Kurhaus to the olympic ski-jump
("Olympiaschanze") and in Maloja. Thus
golfers were able to play along the shore of the
Lake of Sils up until the 1930s. The First World
War and the subsequent economic crisis forced the
promoters to close down the golf course of Maloja.
In 1892 the community of Samedan granted the
director of the hotel Bernina in Samedan the
permission to build an 18 hole course. A year
later, in 1893, the Engadine Golf Club was
founded. |
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