CONTACT
Golf Club Gut Apeldör
Apeldör 2
25779 Hennstedt
Telephone: +49 (0) 48 36 / 99 60 – 0
E-Mail: info@apeldoer.de
16.12.2024
Dear Apeldör family,
You are currently reading the latest Apeldör newsletter by e-mail. Even if some of you may be a little disgusted by this, the digital way of receiving information has advantages for all of us. On the one hand, it reduces the workload, but more importantly, "Apeldör-Update" offers up-to-the-minute information - available at any time at https://apeldoer.de/apeldoer-update. As soon as there is a new update, we will print it out and post it on our info board so that the latest information is available to EVERYONE.
golf statistics
Let’s start with some sporting statistics from the past year and a first look at the golf year 2025:
188 tournaments with 4,515 participants. As in many other clubs, the trend is declining and we want to take this trend into account in 2025. The occupancy of the tee times is also interesting. With our new course division into 3 x 9 holes, we have helped everyone. Not only has our initial skepticism given way to our own experience, the occupancy rates prove it. There was not a single day on which the 27 holes were completely booked out. Regardless of whether we had tournaments and/or guests on our course - every Apeldörer could play every day! The basis for the evaluation is available tee times of an average of 8 hours (8 a.m. - 4 p.m.) between April and October, which corresponds to around 300 rounds per day for 27 holes. While the maximum occupancy during the season on a weekend day was 78%, during the week it was often less than 50%. These figures are below the previous year's figures and clearly show that the new concept with red, yellow and green is beneficial for all of us.
2023
2024
tournaments in 2025
Here is a first look at the 2025 tournament calendar.
events
Max. number of guests: 100 | This event is likely to be fully booked very quickly
Summer green
During the winter months you can play on winter greens with bucket-sized putting holes. But you can also play on freshly mown summer greens during this time. Our greenkeeping team at work last Friday.
Thoughts on the New Year
We have all heard, seen and read the same news in 2024 and are concerned about the years to come. It is difficult to understand what a few despots are "doing" in our world and there is no end in sight. No matter what we as a small golf club in Dithmarschen think about this global madness, there is little we can do about it. However, we can be grateful that we are allowed to live and play golf here in this part of the world. Perhaps Dithmarschen and "little Apeldör" are actually a piece of bliss and perhaps we should simply realize that more often.
Is it really a catastrophe if a ball lands out of bounds or the handicap goes up by 0.1? Sometimes we overestimate small or seemingly big worries. We had our worries too, which led to the dismissal of our CEO in October. But these were quickly overcome when the Apeldör team, led by Manfred Rathsack, rolled up their sleeves and got ready for the tasks of the coming years at a very successful Christmas party.
We want to offer you, dear people of Apeldörn, an environment where you can put your everyday worries aside, where you can meet golf friends, enjoy the sport of golf and the ambience of our golf course. We have so many plans in our pipeline that we are currently working intensively on, which will improve the flow of information and transparency. Look forward to it!
Thank you for your faithfulness and loyalty, thank you to all the team players who, whether successful or not, represented our club with dignity and camaraderie, thank you to our two friendly golf instructors, thank you to the entire Apeldör team who make our club so special. Not to forget, a silent thought for the members who passed away in 2024.
Happy holidays to you all and a healthy and as worry-free 2025 as possible.
Let's stay connected
Manfred Rathsack & Dieter Worms
