Odense Golf Club - 30,000 rounds in 7 months
Following the expiry of its lease in 1962, the club moved to the area of Snapindskoven where a new 9 hole course was constructed.
However, conditions were cramped and, in 1980, the decision was taken to build a new complex with an 18-hole course of international standard (Holluf Park) and a 9-hole course (Pile) at Neder Holluf, south of the city centre. The purchase of this site, just 5 kilometres from the original 1928 course, was a joint venture between the local community and the golf club.

He is responsible for 13 staff including seven greenkeepers, a housekeeper, a gardener and two Golf Professionals, which is unusual as Pros are not normally employees.
"We have a very loyal membership of almost 1,300, of which 50 are juniors and 60% who are over 50," he said. "Rightly so, they are very demanding and we have to present the courses to the highest standards at all times. I have an excellent greenkeeping team, led by Jack Rasmussen, our Course Manager, and we have a superb relationship with our machinery dealer, Svenningsens, which is an important factor when we have to maintaining the courses at such a high level."

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