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Gaichel, golf and gastronomy.
On the road to Arlon (Belgium), this golf is very special. He has been created in 1989 by
René Jacquemin, the chef who makes the well known reputation of one of the best table in
Luxembourg, the famous Relais et Chateaux de la Gaichel which is near to the golf and
where to stay. Convinced that golf is a pleasure like gastronomy, René Jacquemin had
created a few compact holes. In 1992, the compact has expanded becoming a 9-hole that
takes some liberty (no toll) with the border between Luxembourg and Belgium (which is also
called Luxembourg Province!). The place did not lose his family charm, René's children
having opened a restaurant, the "petite Gaichel", in the club house where to get
local cuisine between two 9-hole. And René's grandson Olivier, now handicap 4, can teach
beginners staying at the hoteL. The local hostelry community to stimulate sport practice
and tourism in the country has boosted the construction of this course. That's maybe the
reason why SAR the Grand Duc came in person to inaugurate the course that has another
peculiarity : it is quoted at the stock exchange.
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Christnach Golf
Located in the Luxemburger "small Swiss" is known for his green broken ground
around the Mullerthal cascade, one of the most picturesque place in the country. The
landowner built the course for the country lovers. It was just a few holes in the
beginning but the course is improving year by year to become more and more attractive.
Preisch, the three frontier
A championship golf course built in a triangle between three frontiers : France, Germany
and Luxembourg and along the old "via romana" going from Paris to Aachen. The
owners company is called "Trois Frontières" but Luxemburger golfers have
already made an annexation even if the documentation over the club is printed in the three
languages. Three is definitely the number of Preisch. There are three nine holes that can
be mixed depending on the seasons or the weather. But the normal design of the 18-hole has
a length of 6.452 meter that makes it a long course. Part of the holes are slaloming under
timber forest trees, going up and down, turning around pounds, coming out on meadows along
lakes… Greens, in very good shape, are manicured and speedy. But the signature hole
is the 18th: the green is just before the 2.400 m2 club house and is protected by a pool
wider than the green… Splash or not? That's the question as well for the golfer at
their last shot as for those that have already finished and drink a beer watching the last
suspense…
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Gaichel Golf
Christnach golf
Preisch golf
Preisch Castel golf
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