Golf Club Bad Ragaz

Golf Club Bad Ragaz is nestled in spectacularly picturesque parkland between two mountain massifs, the course provides both beginners and professionals alike with a very special challenge. The 18-hole Championship Course home to the “Gentlemen’s Tour”, as the PGA Seniors Tour is affectionately known, offers everything that golf enthusiasts could possibly desire. Beginners and professionals alike find here, a very special challenge.

Credit Suisse has been the sponsor of this prestigious event ever since the tournament was first held in 1997, and yearly attracts world-class golfers and crowds of visitors to the foothills of the Alps.

The 5700 m long symbiosis of golf and the natural world – slope 125, course rating 70.1 – was laid out by Don Harradine in 1957 as a flat golf course which combines the beauties of nature for all types of play. Many a golfing ace succumbs to the special charm of this course, with its exceptional standard of care, the unspoiled park setting with firs, birches and pines, the natural water hazards and the impressive mountain backdrop.

The Harradine family has been involved in the design, construction and renovation of three different courses in Golf Club Bad Ragaz over 3 generations and over a period of 83 years.

Albert Hockey, the step-father of Donald Harradine left London with his brood in 1925 and arrived in Bad Ragaz to up-grade the old 9 hole course whilst he pursued his other duties as Club Manager and Golf professional.

Donald Harradine re-modeled the same layout in 1929 and built the existing 18 hole course in 1956 which he co-designed with Fred Hawtree.

Peter Harradine designed and supervised the construction of the “Heidiland” course which is a 9 hole “Resort” layout adjacent to the existing 18 hole course built by his father.