Gotthard Realp Golf Club

Overview: The nine-hole course at Realp, officially presented by Golfclub Andermatt Realp, runs through alpine terrain beside the Reuss and past mountain meadows on the Furka route. Its scorecard sets the course at par 33 for nine holes, with four par threes, four par fours and one par five. The club notes that the natural obstacles come from the land itself and that the steep terrain makes a round feel like a mountain walk as well as a golf test. This description belongs to the Realp course in Uri, not the separate 18-hole course at Andermatt.

History: The destination authority records Realp’s course as having opened in 1997 and describes a nine-hole layout of about 1,900 metres. The operator’s course page confirms the nine-hole routing and publishes its hole-by-hole structure, with separate yellow and red tee information. The listed location at Wittenwasserstrasse in Realp matches the directory target. Guest access requires an official playing licence and a recognised golf-club membership, as stated by the course’s tourism listing. These facts identify the alpine Realp routing precisely and distinguish it from the Andermatt Swiss Alps championship course.

Did You Know? Realp’s scorecard has a deliberately unusual par distribution for nine holes: only one par five, balanced by four par fours and four par threes. The full circuit is played twice for an 18-hole score, with the club’s score information assigning different tee positions on the second pass. At roughly 1,900 metres for nine holes, the short measured distance does not tell the whole story; steep gradients and the natural alpine ground are central to the challenge. The course operator recommends light equipment or an electric trolley, a practical reflection of the terrain rather than a generic mountain-course flourish.