About Golfclub München Eichenried
Tucked into the countryside just northeast of Munich, in the small Bavarian community of Eichenried, this course has quietly become one of the most recognisable names in German golf. It was laid out in 1989 by German architect Kurt Roßknecht, who shaped 27 holes across roughly 150 hectares of parkland, arranged as three interlocking nine-hole loops rather than a single fixed championship routing. That flexibility has let the club rotate its combinations over the decades while keeping the character of the design intact.
What sets the setting apart is the water. Streams and ponds thread through the property, often finished with elegant dry-stone walling, and mature stands of trees frame nearly every hole. The land itself is flat, which can trick first-time visitors into underestimating it — the length and the strategically placed hazards demand precise ball-striking rather than raw power.
Since opening, Golfclub München Eichenried has grown from a private Bavarian club into a fixture on the European professional golf calendar, a status few German courses can claim.
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The Course Experience
Playing at Eichenried means contending with nearly 90 bunkers spread across the property, along with two half-island greens that force a moment of hesitation even from confident players. The layout rewards a tactical approach: club selection off the tee matters as much as distance, and the water hazards are positioned to punish anything hit carelessly rather than simply for decoration. It is the kind of course that flatters good iron play and quietly exposes anything less.
The club also keeps a distinctive extra hole — an unofficial 28th — set aside for coaching sessions and filming, a small detail that hints at how seriously the operation is run. Under course manager Andrew Kelly, the greens were fully rebuilt in 2020 and are now considered among the fastest anywhere on the European Tour, a claim backed up by the club’s continued PGA-standard certification. Heated, covered practice facilities mean the golf here doesn’t stop just because a Bavarian winter has arrived.
A Legacy on the Fairways
Eichenried’s real claim to fame is the BMW International Open, which it has hosted more than twenty times since 1989, making it arguably the only golf course in Germany with genuine international recognition inside the professional game. Europe’s best players have walked these fairways for over three decades, and the tournament’s long, on-and-off residency here — including recent editions in the 2010s and 2020s — has turned an already strong design into something closer to a proving ground.
That combination of everyday playability for members and tour-level rigor for professionals is rare, and it’s a big part of why the club’s reputation has traveled so far beyond Bavaria.
Bring the Course Home
For golfers who’ve played Eichenried, or simply admire it from watching the BMW International Open, Fairway Prints turns the course’s layout into a clean, minimalist print for the wall — available as a high-quality print, canvas, or framed piece, and a nice way to keep a favourite course close even between rounds.
Explore the Golfclub München Eichenried – Germany print at Fairway Prints.
