Kronberg is a very traditional, even aristocratic club in feel with a wee 18 hole course set partly in the park of a formerly imperial castle, which dates back to the end of the 19th century. There's just one par 5 and five diverse par 3s plus an assortment of short par 4s, so fun is guaranteed for all levels of players. In fact, much of the golf is very quirky and good judgment is required in many situations.

The downfall of the course is the routing - conceived at a time, when there were just a handful of members, little road traffic and a walk in the park was probably considered a good thing. Today it feels like five or six distinct sites, all containing a few holes and bisected by noisy roads. On top of that there are long walks within sites, even backtracking much of the length of the fifth and half of the tenth before getting to the next tee. And then there's the 18th: a par 4 that plays across the driving range. The player has to ring a bell, so that everyone stops hitting shots and then step out onto the range, find his ball among the (thankfully yellow) range balls and hit his approach to the green.

So all in all it is a mixed bag. While there are some very interesting holes and creative players will love the challenges, it is a confusing walk and hard to settle into any kind of a rhythm. There are some ideal undulations built into the site, so with a few changes to some holes a new routing could improve the course considerably and would also yield a properly functioning driving range.