This article was published on March 1999 in The Poland Library, Poland's only business and political journal published on the internet. It is archived here for your convenience and to help you do research. Visit The Poland Library Index for more articles and information about our free daily news service which includes articles like this and more. New courses are being built, which could suggest that interest amongst Poles is growing.
Figures are however misleading.
The most common visitors to Polish golf courses are in fact Swedish tourists. In 1939, there were three golf courses in Poland, which completely disappeared after the war. Andrzej Person, vice president of the PZG, believes, however, that within the next five years Poland will have around 15 new golf courses. The most important difficulty in planning golf courses is finding the land for which around 100 hectares is required. Local authorities can also be problematic although Person thinks that they are starting to see the advantages of golf.