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Engadine (Maloja) Golf Club, Samadan, Engadine. (1891 - WW2)
A golf course was built in Maloja in 1891 and laid out between Hotel Maloja Palace and the Maloja pass. The course had 9-holes with a par of 34.
Golf Friday 26 June 1891. Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Article from Golf Friday 14 August 1891 - "As was announced some time ago in these columns, a Golf club has been started at St Moritz, Engadine. Play was to have begun on Monday the 3rd inst., but the opening of the links had to be postponed on account of bad weather. The course is a "nine-hole" and a sporting, not to say a difficult one. It is beautifully situated, and is probably the highest in the world, being nearly 6,000 feet above sea level."
Report on the club and course in August 1893.
From "Golf" Friday 18 August 1893.
Advert for the course in March 1894.
Golf Friday 30 March 1894. Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Mention of the golf course in August 1897.
From the Clifton Society Thursday 12 August 1897. Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
On 31 August 1900, “le Golf” states that the golf course was laid out by John Morris, the professional from Hoylake. George Dunn, who in winter worked at Biarritz, was the professional at Maloja.
In 1904 George Alexander, the actor, a keen golfer, was elected captain for the year. In August he took a team to play the Societe de Golf de Paris, Mr Alexander led his side to victory, halving his match against M. Pierre Descahmps, the Societe's captain.
The course in 1910.
Above the Palace Hotel and golf course.
Article from The Sphere August 4th 1923. Image © Illustrated London News Group. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
Between 1925 and 1927 the course was extended to 18-holes, then again reduced to 9 holes in 1931.
Layout of the nine-hole course in 1931.
View of the course in 1931.
Golfing at Maloja.
The club appears in the 1947 Golfer’s Handbook when the secretary was R Frick. The professional was A Gow and the green-keeper B Marinoni. Visitors’ fees were 5 francs a day, 20 francs a week and 100 francs for the season.
Although it’s recorded in 1947 (above) general opinion is that the course had disappeared between 1939 and 1945.
The Google Map below pinpoints Maloja Palace (see above course planner).