Great Northern Ave 1,
Kerteminde, Funen (Fyn) DK-5300
Office
+45 3333 7711Pro shop
+45 3333 7711Website
Visit websiteGolf pro
Kenneth Hansen (PGA, Head Golf Professional).Academy
Great Northern AcademyThe Course:
18 holes. Inland links-style course. Undulating terrain - several slopes to climb.
Surroundings:
Open rural countryside.
Designer:
Nicklaus Design (overseen by Dirk Bouts).
9-hole Academy course.
55.462531
10.645688
2.5 km NW of Kerteminde / 20 km NE of Odense.
Great Northern, one of the newest golf courses in Denmark and the first by Nicklaus Design, is also one of the country's best and most challenging layouts. Built with top level tournament play in mind, this big dimension parkland course exudes an open and linksy character, albeit with plenty of water hazards in the mix.
As with most Nicklaus designs, an abundance of stylish bunkering threatens should you stray too far from the invitingly wide fairways and good-sized putting surfaces. But it's probably the water hazards that will get your full attention. They come in the form of large fairway hugging ponds (at 5, 6 and 18), meandering streams (at 16), fronting greens (at the par-3 9th and 17th), cascading past the green (at 15), or creating an island green (at the very demanding par-5 18).
Especially from the higher elevations of the west side of the course, you'll enjoy many panoramic vistas out onto the Great Belt Strait, a channel that divides the Danish islands of Zealand and Funen. Straddling the strait are the impressive structures of the "Great Belt Bridge". The layout's lower sections are where you'll find most of the wetland features and intimidating water hazards.
Stay&Play at Great Northern: luxury onsite accommodation available, see Where2Stay section below.
Visitors welcome on weekdays and weekends.
Must book in advance. Maximum handicap: 36 men & women.
Contact club for full details, discounts, packages, etc. [Last updated: 2023].
Players generally walk this course. Golf carts available for hire.
Excellent
Great Northern is owned by members of the Christiansen family, who also own one of the world's biggest toy companies ... Lego. The word "lego" comes from the Danish "leg godt", meaning "play well" ... equally applicable to one's golf.
The nearby and historic city of Odense is the birthplace of Denmark's best known author Hans Christian Andersen. A prolific writer of plays, novels, poems and travelogues, he is best remembered for his fairy tales, which include: The Emperor's New Clothes, The Little Match Girl, The Little Mermaid, The Nightingale, The Snow Queen, Thumbelina, The Ugly Duckling and many others.
Denmark's 3rd best course (Golf Digest, 2022).
Continental Europe's 57th best course (Golf World, 2025).
Great Northern Ave, 5300 Kerteminde, Denmark.
+45 333 7711
Visit websiteGreat Northern is home to 15 private lodgings, which make an ideal base from which to enjoy your golfing experience.
Great Northern
No
Odense Eventyr; St Knuds.
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