Bernhard Langer wins his second Champions Tour event in 2008 by eight strokes and Alex Cejka does some more travelling as usual on a tournament weekend.

Wednesday, 02. April 2008
21.00 Eurosport, US PGA Tour, Zurich Classic
22.00 Eurosport, European Tour, Open de Andalucia
22.30 Eurosport, Golf Club

Saturday, 05. April 2008
13.30 CNN Intl., Living Golf
19.30 CNN Intl., Living Golf

In 2005 we already played at Wittenbeck. Back then, it was a cosy and nice 9 hole course. Plans to enlargen the course to its present 27 holes had already been made.

In the late summer of 2007, the new courses “Eikhof” and “Höstingen” were opened. Höstingen ist the remodeled and shortened 9 hole course, whilst Eikhof is the new championship course.

The clubhouse and tees 1 and 10 are on top of the hill, the whole course slopes down towards the baltic sea. Strong westerly winds are almost always present. We were faced with horrible weather, windy and rainy. The course was soaked as it had been raining quite a bit in the past weeks. Not the best situation to take pictures that do the course justice:

Check out the course picture gallery to get a better impression.

The course will need some time to grow in. The greens were very dull , the grass was long, but that is all manageable with good greenkeeping. An interesting layout with undulated fairways and greens, lots of water hazards, blind shots, paired with the strong winds and a view of the baltic sea add up to the courses potential. We had to abort our round after 12 holes due to the horrible weather (there was even snow), but I’ll definitely return in summer to repeat my round. The course is worth it.

The course totals 6.015 meters from the mens tees and has a slope of 134 and a CR of 72,4. Greenfees are between 45,00 to 50,00 € (weekdays / weekends).

Ostsee Golf Resort Wittenbeck
Zum Belvedere
18209 Wittenbeck
Tel.: 038293 - 410090
Fax: 038293 - 4100911
http://www.golf-resort-wittenbeck.de
E-Mail: info@golf-resort-wittenbeck.de

Need I say more?

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Die älteren Leser wissen schon, daß ich neben dem golfgeblogge hier auch noch die After-Work-Golf.net-Runden hier in Berlin organisiere. Wer also in Berlin wohnt oder zufälligerweise in der Gegend ist sei herzlich eingeladen zu unseren Runden. In diesem Jahr spielen wir wie folgt:

- Dienstag, 22. April 2008, 17:30
57. AFTER-WORK-GOLF.net Berlin (GC Pankow)
https://www.xing.com/app/events?op=detail;id=193951;from=hom…

- Dienstag, 13. Mai 2008,18:00
58. AFTER-WORK-GOLF.net Berlin (GC Kallin)
https://www.xing.com/app/events?op=detail;id=193957;from=hom…

- Dienstag, 27. Mai 2008,18:30
59. AFTER-WORK-GOLF.net Berlin (GC Grosskienitz)
https://www.xing.com/app/events?op=detail;id=193962;from=hom…

- Dienstag, 10. Juni 2008,18:30
60. AFTER-WORK-GOLF.net Berlin (GC Kallin)

- Dienstag, 24. Juni 2008,18:30
61. AFTER-WORK-GOLF.net Berlin (vorr. GC Gatow)

- Dienstag, 8. Juli 2008,18:30
62. AFTER-WORK-GOLF.net Berlin (GC Grosskienitz)

- Dienstag, 22. Juli 2008,18:00
63. AFTER-WORK-GOLF.net Berlin (GC Pankow)

- Dienstag, 5. August 2008,18:00
64. AFTER-WORK-GOLF.net Berlin (GC Grosskienitz)

- Dienstag, 19. August 2008,18:00
65. AFTER-WORK-GOLF.net Berlin (GC Kallin)

- Dienstag, 9. September 2008,17:30
66. AFTER-WORK-GOLF.net Berlin (vorr. GC Gatow)

- Dienstag, 23. September 2008,17:00
67. AFTER-WORK-GOLF.net Berlin (GC Pankow)

Tiger shows a human side after all.

The Golf Blog has the video of Tigers explanation.

I just came home from my first visit to the swing doctor in 1,5 years. The good news: there is hope. Overall I have a solid basis to work from, he said. Good grip, good posture and I create a good lag on my downswing.

On the other hand there are some hiccups in my swing that need work: the upswing needs to get steeper and I need to give my shoulders and arms more room during the upswing, I tend to keep the arms too close to my body.

As I am not such a naturally gifted golfer like Kiki or Karsten, I need to work stuff out. But like I said, this season I am taking shit seriously. The last time I played my handicap in a tournament was 1,5 years ago. This streak has to end and it has to end soon. I keep you posted!

Wednesday, 26. March 2008
18.30 Eurosport , US PGA Tour, Puerto Rico Open
19.30 Eurosport, European Tour, Madeira Island Open
20.00 Eurosport, Golf Club

Martin Kaymer ist gerade gut unterwegs in Doral und hat auch seinen Weg ins Blog seines Ausrüsters Titleist geschafft.

Wedndesday, 19. March 2008
22.40 Eurosport, European Tour, Ballantines Championship
23.10 Eurosport, Golf Club