Sobienie Królewskie Golf & Country Club

Unfortunately this golf course has gone down in quality considerably (while for members becoming significantly more expensive the last 3 years). Start with the obvious upkeep - often you will find near the greens either no grass or grass that is too tall (it cannot be that 1-2 meters off the green you are in the rough). Ball washers are not enough despite the often times muddy course. The course of play is horrendous and on the weekend it is minimum 4.5 hours. The land on the 8th hole has been collapsing for 2 years along the water (your foot literally will go through the land) and no effort has been made to fix the erosion. Bunkers are full of stones. I don't believe any of the grounds crew has any training in golf course management, I think they are just local folks (this is a rural farming area) who they hired to drive tractors and cut grass. Practice facilities are very worn down (the mats are threadbare for example), the balls are often times with large slashes or cleary damaged, and the number of balls from the machine is 60% you get from other places (even less if you adjust for cost). The issues are many - Warsaw has only 3 courses, 2 of which are in financial trouble (including this one), and the 3rd course is farther away and made worse by the traffic congestion due to a major multi year construction project. Realistically, the 2 closest to Warsaw are poorly run (including this one), as the financial struggles mean lower investment in facilities and people. Speaking of people, those who work there (save for a couple of them) are generally with a poor attitude, lazy and there is zero effort to go above and beyond. Prices are much higher than they were before, from a simple coffee to a sandwich to a beer, between member fees and the other charges easily it is 20% more expensive than say 3 years ago. And this might even be acceptable if there was some palpable increase in service levels or quality of the course, instead neither of those exists. You may ask - why do you go there? I go because I have limited choice in our area, and in the land of monopoly inevitably the service levels will be very poor - and this is the case. There are much better courses in Poland if you are indifferent to location. The next closest club for would be 2 hours at least (Rosa) and it can be done occasionally but not weekly. If you are looking for a real golf experience, I would not recommend this course as it will be disappointing - try Rosa or Sierra Valley which are much more universally liked in Poland.

Dull design, yet still overall the best course in town at the moment. Course remains well maintained despite long-standing drought with green and juicy grass on the fairways and foregreens and greens rolling nicely. Tee boxes need to be levelled as too many are skwed. Out of bounds fence along 15th hole is overturned which could problematic in tournament or betting games.

Very useful solution are golf pace of play clocks placed every couple of holes that help to speed up the game on what is a very busy course on the weekends.

un parcours inland ou les difficultés viennent du vent, des plans d'eau et des greens pas très faciles à lire. le parcours est plat, bien entretenu. L'accueil est très amical au club house, ainsi qu'au restaurant qui sert des plats délicieux avec le sourire. Une très belle journée de golf.

Leuke baan met mooie vergezichten. Greens zijn erg snel en ingewikkeld.

Een soort inland links, dus putten kan al ruim voor de green. Open landschap, de wind heeft vrij spel. Vrij breed opgezet, moeilijkheid zit in de greens (ex dat het stevig waait). Greens zeer geonduleerd en snel. Best leuke baan. Circa 1 uur rijden vanuit binnenstad Warschau.