Architect
65 courses on Course Vaults
Donald Harradine was one of Europe's most prolific golf course architects of the 20th century, establishing a practice that shaped the development of the game across the Alps and Central Europe. Working primarily from Switzerland, he designed or contributed to well over 100 courses spanning multiple decades, with a portfolio concentrated in Switzerland, Germany, Austria, and neighboring countries.
His designs often embraced mountain and lakeside settings, adapting strategic golf to varied alpine and foothill terrain. Notable Swiss layouts include Lugano, Montreux, Bad Ragaz, and Golf & Country Club Zürich. He brought the game to new regions, including early courses in Greece such as Afandou of Rhodes and The Corfu. His German portfolio is extensive, with courses at Schloss Myllendonk, Essen-Heidhausen (Hespertal), and Oberstdorf among many others.
Harradine's approach favored playability and sensitivity to natural landscape, helping establish golf infrastructure across regions where the sport was still emerging during his active years. His work laid foundations for the continental European golf boom that followed.
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Kings
Golf And Country Club Bled
🇸🇮 Bled, Upper Carniola, SI
18-Loch
Golfclub Heidelberg-Lobenfeld
🇩🇪 Lobbach, Baden-Wurttemberg, DE
9 Hole
Golf Di Locarno
🇨🇭 Locarno, Ticino, CH
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A-B
Golf-Club Bad Pyrmont
🇩🇪 Lugde, North Rhine-Westphalia, DE
Afandou of Rhodes
Afandou Golf Course Of Rhodes
🇬🇷 Afandou, South Aegean, GR
Arosa
Golf Club Arosa
🇨🇭 Arosa, Graubünden, CH
Bad Ragaz
Golf Club Bad Ragaz
🇨🇭 Bad Ragaz, St. Gallen, CH
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Bad Worishofen
Golf-Club Bad Worishofen
🇩🇪 Rieden, Bavaria, DE
Beuerberg
Golfclub Beuerberg
🇩🇪 Beuerberg, Bavaria, DE
Blau
Golfclub Schloss Liebenstein
🇩🇪 Neckarwestheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, DE
Blau/Weiss
Golf & Landclub Gut Uhlenhorst
🇩🇪 Danischenhagen, Schleswig-Holstein, DE
Breitenloo
Golfclub Breitenloo
🇨🇭 Nürensdorf, Zurich, CH
Château de Chérisey
Exclusiv Golf du Château de Chérisey
🇫🇷 Cherisey, Lorraine, FR
Chaumont en Vexin
Golf de Chaumont en Vexin
🇫🇷 Chaumont-en-Vexin, Picardie, FR
d'Opio Valbonne
Golf d'Opio Valbonne
🇫🇷 Opio, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, FR
Davos
Golf Club Davos
🇨🇭 Davos, Graubünden, CH
de Bonmont
Golf Club de Bonmont
🇨🇭 Chéserex, Vaud, CH
de Lavaux
Golf de Lavaux
🇨🇭 Puidoux, Vaud, CH
de Neuchâtel
Golf Country Club de Neuchâtel
🇨🇭 Saint-Blaise, Neuchâtel, CH
Deggendorfer
Deggendorfer Golfclub
🇩🇪 Schaufling, Bavaria, DE
Dorn
Golf- Und Landclub Bayerwald, Poppenreut
🇩🇪 Waldkirchen, Bavaria, DE
Esserts
Verbier Golf Club
🇨🇭 Verbier, Valais, CH
Friedrichsruhe-Schloss
Golf-Club Heilbronn-Hohenlohe
🇩🇪 Friedrichsruhe, Baden-Wurttemberg, DE
Gelb
Golfclub Schloss Liebenstein
🇩🇪 Neckarwestheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, DE
Haghof
Golf- und Landclub Haghof
🇩🇪 Alfdorf, Baden-Wurttemberg, DE
Haupt
Golf-Club Sylt
🇩🇪 Wenningstedt-Braderup, Schleswig-Holstein, DE
Hespertal 1-18
Golf-Club Essen-Heidhausen
🇩🇪 Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, DE
Hespertal 1-9
Golf-Club Essen-Heidhausen
🇩🇪 Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, DE
Hespertal 10-18
Golf-Club Essen-Heidhausen
🇩🇪 Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, DE
Hochstatt Hartsfeld-Ries
Golf-Club Hochstatt Hartsfeld-Ries
🇩🇪 Neresheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, DE
Interlaken-Unterseen
Golfclub Interlaken-Unterseen
🇨🇭 Interlaken, Bern, CH
Kaiserburg
Golfclub Bad Kleinkirchheim - Kaiserburg
🇦🇹 Bad Kleinkirchheim, Carinthia, AT
Kaiserwinkl Golf Koessen
Kaiserwinkl Golf Kössen
🇦🇹 Kössen, Tyrol, AT
Kitzsteinhorn
Golfclub Zell am See-Kaprun - Saalbach-Hinterglemm
🇦🇹 Zell Am See, Salzburg, AT
Kössnacht
Golfclub Küssnacht
🇨🇭 Kussnacht am Rigi, Schwyz, CH
Linz St. Florian
Golf Club Linz St. Florian
🇦🇹 Sankt Florian, Upper Austria, AT
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Lipica
Lipica Golf Resort
🇸🇮 Lipica, Slovenian Littoral, SI
Lugano
Golf Club Lugano
🇨🇭 Magliaso, Ticino, CH
Montreux
Golf Club Montreux
🇨🇭 Aigle, Vaud, CH
Moulins
Verbier Golf Club
🇨🇭 Verbier, Valais, CH
Oberfranken
Golf Club Oberfranken
🇩🇪 Thurnau, Bavaria, DE
Oberstdorf
Golfclub Oberstdorf
🇩🇪 Oberstdorf, Bavaria, DE
Ostschweizerischer
Ostschweizerischer Golf Club
🇨🇭 Niederburen, St. Gallen, CH
Pitch & Putt
Golf Di Locarno
🇨🇭 Locarno, Ticino, CH
Regensburg
Golf- und Land-Club Regensburg
🇩🇪 Jagdschloss Thiergarten, Bavaria, DE
Rhin
Golf du Rhin
🇫🇷 Chalampé, Alsace, FR
Rot
Golfclub Schloss Liebenstein
🇩🇪 Neckarwestheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, DE
Rot-Blau
Golf & Landclub Gut Uhlenhorst
🇩🇪 Danischenhagen, Schleswig-Holstein, DE
Rot-Weiss
Golf & Landclub Gut Uhlenhorst
🇩🇪 Danischenhagen, Schleswig-Holstein, DE
Saarbrucken
Golf-Club Saarbrucken
🇩🇪 Wallerfangen, Saarland, DE
Schinznach Bad
Schinznach Bad Golf Club
🇨🇭 Schinznach Bad, Aargau, CH
Schloss Igling
Golfclub Schloss Igling
🇩🇪 Igling, Bavaria, DE
Schloß Klingenburg
Golf-Club Schloss Klingenburg
🇩🇪 Jettingen, Bavaria, DE
Schloss Myllendonk
Golfclub Schloss Myllendonk
🇩🇪 Korschenbroich, North Rhine-Westphalia, DE
Schmittenhöhe
Golfclub Zell am See-Kaprun - Saalbach-Hinterglemm
🇦🇹 Zell Am See, Salzburg, AT
Schmitzhof
Golf- und Landclub Schmitzhof
🇩🇪 Wegberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, DE
Schönenberg
Golf & Country Club Schönenberg
🇨🇭 Schönenberg, Zurich, CH
Sedrun
Golfclub Sedrun
🇨🇭 Sedrun, Graubünden, CH
Sonnenalp
Golf Resort Sonnenalp-Oberallgau - Golfplatze Sonnenalp
🇩🇪 Ofterschwang, Bavaria, DE
St. Eurach
St. Eurach Land- und Golf Club
🇩🇪 Iffeldorf, Bavaria, DE
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Stiftland
Golfclub Stiftland
🇩🇪 Neualbenreuth, Bavaria, DE
The Corfu
The Corfu Golf Course
🇬🇷 Corfu, Ionian Islands, GR
Villar
Villar Golf Club
🇨🇭 Villars-sur-Ollon, Vaud, CH
Vulpera
Golfclub Vulpera
🇨🇭 Vulpera, Graubünden, CH
Zürich
Golf & Country Club Zürich
🇨🇭 Zumikon, Zurich, CH
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