Modry Las brochure 2012

A legendary design

waiting for you to discover...

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Contents

Contents ................................................ ................................. 2-3 The Course ........................................... ................................. 4-9 The Clubhouse ...................................... ...............................10-11 New Developments ............................... ...............................12-13 Corporate Events ................................... ...............................14-15 Club Membership.................................. ...............................16-17 Contact .................................................. ...............................18-19

Modry Las was created to compete as a golf resort at the very highest levels on the international stage. Bringing in the expertise, knowledge and vision of Gary Player was the first step in this process. The next was to build a club that echoed his values. This brochure has been created to explain why Modry Las has become Poland’s most celebrated golf resort.

There can not be many golf holes that match the drama and potential of the 18Modry Las. With a classic risk-andapproach, this is a hole designed to bring out the very best in your game.

Gary Player and Arthur Gromadzki, chairman of Modry Las

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“ “ A classy golf course

carved in a beautiful, natural landscape

Gary Player

Hole 18, par 5, 562 yards

There can not be many golf holes that match the drama and potential of the 18th at and-reward drive followed by a hugely challenging

approach, this is a hole designed to bring out the very best in your game.

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A beautiful par 3 that flirts with the

edge of a tranquil lake. This is a tee shot that will

play on your mind from the first hole onwards –

simply hitting the green and making par is an accom-

plishment. One of the most iconic holes at Modry Las.


Situated outside Choszczno in the West Pomerania region of Poland, Modry Las Golf Club was opened in 2009 to world-wide acclaim. Designed by the legendary Grand Slam-winning Gary Player, the course quickly became recognised as Poland’s most beautiful golf course and the country’s only signature design. Modry Las quickly established itself as one of the leading lights of the golf scene in Eastern Europe providing both members and visitors with an unrivalled golfing experience.

It was first selected by Golf World magazine (UK) in its top 100 European golf courses in 2009, just three months after the official opening, and has maintained its top-tier status ever since. It was also selected as a finalist for the prestigious Golf Inc 2010 Development of the Year Awards and has been named Poland’s best golf course by the country’s leading golf website. This extraordinary course over-looks two spring-fed lakes and is surrounded by oak, pine and birch forests making it a remarkable place to play golf.

Poland’s Most Beautiful Golf Course

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Gary Player “ “ Golfers will

come from all over the world to play

this hole

A stunning hole that provides intrigue and challenge from start to finish. With an imposing bunker protecting the right-hand side of the fairway and an impressive stone-faced façade to the green, this hole epitomizes Modry Las.


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Gary Player describes Modry Las as “a classy golf course carved in a beautiful, natural landscape with mature pine forests, spring-fed lakes and fields of wildflowers - an incredible setting”.

The course he designed is set in a landscape dominated by two spring-fed lakes ensuring water comes into play on most holes. It is a place of rare natural beauty with steep-faced bunkers and smooth-running greens.

A stunning par 5 with a carry over water to a gorgeous green site which is surrounded by bunkers and framed by the lake behind.

Accuracy is crucial at this classic risk-and-reward hole.


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The longest hole on the course is best tackled by playing down the right-hand side of the fairway, flirting with an imposing, steep-faced bunker. The putting surface is reached by playing over a stream that bounds the front edge of an inviting green.


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Modry Las has been built on par with the best and

most beautiful courses in the world

Arthur Gromadzki,

chairman of Modry Las

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On the eighth, water comes into play from the outset with a lake surrounding the tee complex on this short par 4. But with a single bunker protecting the green, this approachable hole will tempt many into bold play.

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One of two short par threes on the back nine, this hole plays downhill to a long, thin green surrounded by four bunkers. Club selection will be critical if a birdie is to be had here.

Playing golf at Modry Las is a real treat, like taking a nature trail through the beautiful Polish countryside. There’s not a single hole I wouldn’t love to play again and those with wonderful lakeside locations will remain long in the memory

Toby Ingleton Golf Course Architecture magazine

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The Modry Las clubhouse will include a spacious restaurant with a panoramic terrace overlooking the 18th green, a sports bar and lounge, extensive changing facilities and a golf boutique.

In addition, there will be 11 guest suites, a gallery and an indoor golf practice room with a state-of-the-art simulator. A team of architects from the US, Switzerland and Poland

designed the contemporary structure to incorporate all the comforts of a country lodge. Members’ lounges will offer the coziness of a roaring fire as well as exquisite views over

the tranquil Radun Lake and stunning sunsets. There will also be the option of an inti-mate private-dining room as well as a 60-cover restaurant featuring international cuisine served with Polish hospitality.

The Clubhouse at Modry Las

Artist’s impressions

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Modry Las was created as a place where members and visitors will not only enjoy the experience of playing a world-class course, but can savour their time off the course as well.

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The latest raft of improvements at Modry Las will see the introduction of a tricky nine-hole short course, a specially designed golf academy and stylish, on-site self-catering accommodation. In the same spirit as Modry Las, the new nine-hole Orli Las course has been laid out to provide golfers of all standards with an opportunity to improve their game on a course that takes less than an hour to play.

To complement the short course, the Modry Las Academy provides covered teaching bays that overlook the driving range, a debriefing area, a club and equipment sales service and fully equipped club-fitting service. Visiting golfers will also enjoy all the comforts of home in the new self-catering cottages at Modry Las, each of which accommodates up to four golfers.

Modry Las Expands

Modry Las is continuing to enhance its reputation as an exceptional sports and

residential complex. The new short course, golf academy and cottages are good

examples of that commitment.

Hole 1, par 4, 440 yards,

Teeing off from a position overlooking a peaceful lake, the first is an opening hole that tests the nerves. A sweeping

right-handed dogleg that leads to a long, thin green protected by a series of banks, players will do well to walk

away with a par.

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A wonderfully crafted hole that follows the lake around a left-handed dog-leg to a two-tiered green which is full of peril and possibilities.

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Corporate Events

Whilst Modry Las is still very young, it occupies a stunning site and thoroughly deserves its position in the Top 100 Courses in Europe and will, I am sure, rise even further in the ratings

Andy Campbell

master greenkeeper and certified golf course superintendent

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Modry Las is an exceptional golfing facility that offers a range of activities to encourage team building and a healthy corporate spirit. The tranquil, natural surround-ings help create an ideal envi-ronment for social exchange in which to strengthen client rela-tionships and to develop bonds with important suppliers. The expanse of the landscape is inspiring and also within easy

reach of major cities like Berlin, Poznan and Szczecin. Corporate days at Modry Las can be tailored to suit any budget, with a range of activities and products supplied according to your specific requirements. These include golf tuition and video analysis, club hire, catering and access to golf simulators.

We can also coordinate golf tournaments that include near-est-the-pin and longest-drive competitions, live scoring and an array of sought-after prizes. Extra activities for non-golfing group members can also be arranged, such as balloon rides, archery, go-karting, kayaking and clay-pigeon shooting. For more information, please visit www.modrylas.pl.

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Club Membership

Explore all the possibilities Modry Las has to offer by becoming a member of one of Europe’s best new golf clubs. With no joining fees and easy payments, membership at Modry Las has been designed to give you access to a world-class golf course and cutting-edge training facilities that have made Modry Las one

of the most highly regarded resorts in Eastern Europe. As the only signature-designed golf course in Poland, Modry Las has adopted an open-door policy that welcomes everyone and offers challenge and pleasure to all, from beginners to seasoned players. With 14 membership categories

to choose from, there is also a payment option to suit every budget. With a golf academy providing both private lessons and group tuition at various levels, where better to improve your game than at Modry Las? For more information, please visit www.modrylas.pl

A good drive tees up a beautifully framed second shot to a flat green protected by a single, small tree on the right-hand side. What the green lacks in undulations, the fairway more than makes up for with a series of ridges crossing the playing surface.

Modry Las is a special place. It is a golf club that focuses on the enjoyment of the game. Gary Player’s design is at the heart of this, and our intention is to make the Modry Las

experience equally impressive.

Stewart Snedden director of golf

Modry Las Golf Club

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A simple hole with just one bunker, this par 3 will entice golfers of all abilities. But looks can be deceptive – mounds and hollows lie in wait for any balls that fail to hit the target.


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Contact Modry Las SA, Mickiewicza 20, 73-200, Choszczno, Poland +48 667 710 410 www.modrylas.pl

It’s a beautifully designed course set wonderfully into the

countryside

Roman Fedorczuk, founder of Polishgolf.pl

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