There are no silly questions.

No. The group taster session expressly requires no previous experience: 25 € per person, 120 minutes, 4 to 10 participants, Saturdays or Sundays from 12:00 to 14:00. Rental clubs and practice balls are included.

To the taster session

No. Rental clubs are included in the taster session. On the course permission course they cost 19 € (compact course) or 29 € (relaxed course); on the deluxe course they are included.

To the courses

Course permission (Platzreife) is the examination recognised by the German Golf Association that lets you play at most German courses. At Gerhelm the Frankengolfschule teaches four kinds of course: Compact over three days (Friday 15:00–18:00, Saturday 9:00–13:00, Sunday 14:00–19:30, 199 €, 4–8 participants, once a month), Relaxed over six days (Monday to Saturday from 10:00, Tuesday a practice day, 199 €, 5–8 participants, twice a year), Deluxe with 500 minutes of tuition by arrangement (from 365 € for three, 435 € for two, 665 € on your own) and the refresher over three days without an examination (179 €).

All about course permission

Golf tuition in theory and practice, tuition out on the course, use of the practice facilities, rules of golf materials, the digital theory examination, the examination fee, the DGV certificate and a 30-euro voucher from Golf House Nürnberg.

Yes. That is what the beginners’ competitions “Fox & Rabbit” are for, monthly over 9 holes.

To the competitions

An experienced club member as your mentor. Three rounds together are planned, ideally within six weeks, plus a final RPR round at the club's invitation. Your mentor explains local rules, etiquette, competition conditions and the WHS system out on the course. There is no extra charge. Mentoring is voluntary — on both sides: you decide whether you want a mentor, and the mentors give their time freely.

To mentoring

Yes, no problem. At busy times we recommend joining a group.

A mentor — an experienced club member who walks you through your first year: three rounds together, ideally within six weeks, plus an RPR round at the club’s invitation. Costs nothing extra.

To mentoring

“Rookie of the year” for all members up to handicap 36,0, with seven offers: WhatsApp community, mentoring, group coaching, U35 coaching, the rookie golf meet (Wednesdays from 18:10, April to October), Fox & Rabbit (monthly, 9 holes) and the club championship on 05 and 06 September 2026. Taking part earns points, the first three receive vouchers, donated by Golfclub Gerhelm and the Frankengolfschule.

All beginner programmes

Yes, that is what “Member’s & Friend’s” is for: you invite a friend who does not play golf to a 9-hole round, played as a Texas Scramble — both of you hit, then you carry on from the better of the two ball positions. The voucher comes with the spring letter or is available at reception; sign in before play at reception, quoting “Member & Friend”.

Golf is one of the few sports in which starting in your sixties is the normal case — lifelong full membership for 15.000,00 € is expressly available from the age of 65. For a gentler pace of learning there is the relaxed course: six days, starting at 10:00 each day, with a practice day on Tuesday.

An 18-hole round means a good four hours of walking. If that is not for you, take a trolley or a cart; for a cart you need a driving licence of at least class B or BF17.

No. There are fees for children from their first year, for pupils, students and apprentices up to 25, for the young generation up to 35 and lifelong membership from 65.

No. In the words of the price list: “we deliberately do without ‘joining fees’ or any other barriers to getting started”.

The trial membership costs 95,00 € a month or 1.050,00 € a year. For pupils, students and apprentices up to 25 it is 42,00 € a month, for the young generation up to 35 105,00 €, for individual membership 146,00 €. The full table with every way to pay is directly below this.

The taster session costs 25 €, the course permission course from 199 €, the trial membership 95 € a month. There is no joining fee. If you join within a week of passing the examination, you get a reward package worth 330 € back.

A 50 € completion reward in the first year, a 50 € loyalty reward in the second year and five vouchers worth 230 € in total — a total value of 330 €. The condition: joining within a week of passing the course permission examination.

The deadline in detail

The driving range and the practice facilities are public, free of charge and open without a barrier, around the clock. Exceptions for maintenance from April to September: closed Wednesdays 18:00–20:30 and Fridays to Saturdays 19:00–20:30. After sunset the range stays lit under floodlights.

To the driving range

Yes, two: occasional players for 68,00 € a month (740,00 € a year) and the weekday membership from Monday to Thursday for 126,00 € a month (1.370,00 € a year).

In that case you can put your membership on hold or move the period of use. Please settle the conditions for that with reception.

It starts when you sign the contract, or on a date of your choosing, and runs for exactly 365 days — whatever the season.

You do not have to do anything to extend it: the trial membership contract turns into a regular individual or partner membership unless it is cancelled. The notice period is in your contract; if in doubt, reception will help.

For any enquiry about visitor, corporate or special memberships, please contact our office.

For every member you refer there is a one-off reward of your choice: a 100,00 € credit (offset against the next invoice), 150,00 € in cart vouchers (5 × 18 holes) or 210,00 € in green fee vouchers (3 × 18 holes). The conditions are an active club membership and a signed membership contract. With trial memberships and with pupil and student memberships the entitlement is halved. Current and former members of Schlierf GmbH & Co. KG are excluded.

Members recruiting members

For 18 holes as a four, 4 hours 30 minutes is the target time; the times for the individual holes are on the scorecard.

To the local rules

No, 9 holes are possible at any time and are charged separately — on weekdays 55,00 €, at the weekend 60,00 € (with the gold marking 45,00 € and 50,00 € respectively).

Yes, play is by tee time. Book in the PC CADDIE tee time system, up to eight days ahead; a flight is four players. If you can't come, cancel the time in the system — it goes straight back into the plan. Reception will help you book — Mon 08:30–16:00 h.

Book a tee time

From 17:00 the after-work price of 45,00 € flat applies. The latest tee time depends on sunset, and correspondingly later for 9 holes. The range stays open afterwards under floodlights.

In the PC CADDIE system: pick a time, sign in (members with their login, visitors set up a free account), confirm your playing partners. Up to eight days ahead.

To the tee time board

That depends on the competition. For shotgun-start competitions the course is closed to casual play while the competition is on.

No. Play is forbidden when the ground is frozen, otherwise the turf is damaged.

Winter play

Clothing should be tasteful and appropriate to the sport. Blue jeans are allowed — but please no torn trousers. Metal spikes, hot pants, spaghetti straps, tracksuits and T-shirts are not welcome.

The course regulations

Dogs are allowed on a lead, outside competition play. Waste bags are ready at tees 1 and 9; please clear up after your dog.

The rules that actually carry sanctions are about rudeness, not clumsiness: sanctions are at the committee’s discretion — a penalty stroke, the general penalty or disqualification; throwing a club means being sent off the course on the spot. For everything else, your mentor is there.

The rules in full

Only once the green and the fairway are clear. A breach can lead to being sent off and barred from the course.

The local rules

Driving on the fairways is to be kept to what is necessary; you do not drive between bunkers and green — that goes for trolleys too. Children and young people may not drive a cart.

The course regulations

18 holes Monday to Friday 85,00 € (75,00 € with the gold regional marking), at weekends and on public holidays 95,00 € (85,00 €). 9 holes on weekdays 55,00 € (45,00 €), at the weekend 60,00 € (50,00 €). From 17:00 “after work” applies: 45,00 € flat, as many holes as the light allows.

All green fees

No. As a visitor you pay a green fee. Without a DGV card a surcharge of 50 % on the standard price applies — with a course permission certificate or a DGV card you prove your playing rights.

Green fee

As a member of Golfclub Gerhelm, Nürnberger Land e. V. with full playing rights you receive a DGV card with the so-called gold marking.

It is the condition for the reduced green fees and for the rates at the partner clubs — for example 75,00 € instead of 85,00 € on weekdays at Gerhelm. Discounts cannot be combined with one another, and none of them applies on public holidays.

All discounts

With "500 % Golf" you play green fee free on five courses with 90 holes in total, at no extra cost: Golf- und Landclub Oberpfälzer Wald (Neunburg), Golfanlage Zollmühle (Ellingen), Golfclub Steigerwald (Geiselwind) and Golfpark Rothenburg-Schönbronn (Buch am Wald) — plus Gerhelm itself. On top of that Golfland Donau with around 120 courses and hotels in Germany, the Czech Republic, Austria, Hungary and Italy (VIP Member Card Gold 2026 free of charge, 50 % off at selected courses) and Golfamore with 50 % at over 1.600 courses in 23 countries (card subject to a fee).

All partnerships

Ten courses where you play without a green fee: at most three times a year per club, Monday to Friday excluding public holidays, one flight a day and at most once a month per course.

The conditions

150,00 € a year up to age 12, 250,00 € from 13 to 17, or 350,00 € as a family fee for all children up to 17. On top of that comes a 100,00 € coaching flat rate, which is waived if at least one parent holds an active full membership.

Yes. The driving range and the practice facilities are public, free of charge and open without a barrier. The restaurant “Zum Schäferkarr’n” is open from Tuesday to Sunday, Monday is the rest day (except on public holidays).

Reception: Monday 08:30 – 16:00, Tue – Sun closed.

All opening hours

“Zum Schäferkarr’n” is open: currently closed, back in October. Monday is the rest day, except on public holidays.

Daily by tee times, opening with the light, from about 06:00 until sunset.

Opening hours in detail

Golfclub Gerhelm · Nürnberger Land e. V., Gerhelm 1, 91235 Velden. Phone +49 (0) 9152 398, buero@gerhelm.de.