Golf in Poland dates back a hundred years and there are now around 25 courses in the country. The Polish Golf Union is up and running and a number of new courses are in the planning stages.  After WWI, golf was a forbidden sport, and was considered as an upper class sport. The renaissance of golf in Poland has lasted since 1980s of 20th century.

Undoubtedly, a very crucial point in the history of Polish golf was the year 1993, when First Warsaw Golf & Country Club in Rajszewo, started its activity. At the same time, two organisations, promoting golf in Poland, were established. The first – The Polish Golf Association (Polski Związek Golfowy) – associates amateurs, meaning those players who do not collect salaries for start in tournaments; the second - PGA Polska – integrates professional players. Over the following years, there are more and more golf clubs on the map of Poland, and the group of golf lovers is growing rapidly.

The north- western Poland with its 300 miles of the seacoast, the Pomeranian Lake District and the Szwajcaria Kaszubska District is among the most attractive tourist regions of the country. Its territory covers both the West Pomeranian Voivodship, with capital in Sczecin, and the Pomeranian Voivodship with capital in Gdansk. The land of Kashubia situated to the south-east of Gdansk is inhabited today by 200,000 descendants of the Slav tribe- the Kashubians, cultivating their language and culture.

Szczecin (population 420,000), the capital city of Western Pomerania, is located upon the Odra River, some 40 miles from the Baltic Sea coast if one chooses to reach it by boat sailing through the Bay of Szczecin. Szcecin is a large port as well as an important junction of water and land transportation and major industrial, educational, scientific and cultural center. Its old churches include the Gothic cathedral of St Jacob the Apostle (14th c.), Gothic Church of SS Peter and Paul (15th c.) and the Franciscan church from the 13th-14th cc. Reconstructed after the WW II damages, the castle of the Pomeranian Princes with its clock tower is now used for cultural and artistic purposes. The 18th century Harbor Gate and the gate of Prussian Homage as well as the Tower of Seven Cloaks are what remained of the former city fortifications. The Waly Chrobrego is the popular promenade running along the Odra bank.

Perhaps Poland does not automatically spring to mind as a destination when planning a golf holiday, however, we reckon Poland represents great value for money along with great courses... and your treated like a Tour Player.

  

 

 

 

 

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