Covered bays
Dry through every practice session: mats under a roof, whatever the sky is doing.
Driving range
Every shot starts here.
Open to all: no course permission, no membership, no fee. Seven covered bays, grass tees on two levels — and floodlights when the day runs short.
- Public & free
- Open all day
- Floodlights
7
Covered bays
2
Level grass tees
24
Balls per basket
0€
Range access
50m
The tees
In any weather.
On every level.
Seven covered tees for rainy days and the winter months, plus grass tees on two levels — practise like on the course, straight off the turf. And when the sun goes, the floodlights take over.
Grass tees
Ball on grass, as it will be out on the round — two levels, two views of the range.
Floodlights
An after-work session without time pressure: the range stays lit until the last basket is empty.
100m
Ball machine
24 balls.
One pull.
The ball machine accepts tokens or a dongle—both are available from the office. Same balls, two prices: each basket costs less when you use the dongle.
24Balls per go
Token
€ 2,50≈ 10 cents per ball
The coin for a quick session: drop it in, basket underneath, done. No sign-up, no deposit.
The better price
Dongle
€ 1,50≈ 6 cents per ball
The key fob for regulars: hold it to the reader — one euro saved on every basket.
One-off deposit of 30,00 € — refunded when you return it.
Tokens and dongles are available at reception · 09152 398
No course permission. No membership. No fee.
The driving range is open to the public — all day, for everyone. At Gerhelm, golf doesn’t begin behind a barrier, but with a basket of balls. If you don’t have clubs, you can rent some — just ask at the office.
And if you're hooked: course permission
150m
The short game
Rounds are won
around the green.
Most shots in a round happen around the green. That's exactly what you practise here: putting on the putting greens, chipping and pitching on the pitching area — and in the practice bunker the sand loses its terror.
Putting greens
Pace, line, nerve: the putting greens decide what the scorecard says in the end.
Practice bunker
Here the ball may stay where it lies: practise bunker shots until the splash shot stops being a gamble.
Pitching area
Half swings, high balls, soft landings — the area for everything between the range and the green.
200m
Good to know
Rules, kept
short.
So the range works for everyone: the summer maintenance times — and the one rule that really counts.
Maintenance times
From April to September we collect balls and mow in the evening — the range is briefly closed in these windows:
- Wednesday
- 18:00 – 20:30
- Friday
- 19:00 – 20:30
- Saturday
- 19:00 – 20:30
Outside these windows: practise as long as you like.
One request
Range balls stay on the range. They belong to the club and are there for practice — out on the round you play your own. Thank you.
From the basket
to the course?
Once your shots are landing: 18 holes through the Pegnitz valley wait right next door.