Austria: The Hills Are Alive

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Austria: 32,375 mainly mountainous squares miles with the Alps and their foothills covering the west and south, and the lowlands occupying the east part of the Danube basin.

A nation sharing a border with eight other countries in the heart of Europe, and renowned for its composers (Mozart, Haydn, Schubert, Strauss), snow sports and... golf. Or at least it will be, if the academy-complex we visit is anything to go by. Don't believe us?

James Mason is a senior contributor for Golf Monthly magazine and editor of planetgolfreview.com and has producing destination and equipment reviews for Golf Monthly, Greenside, and Middle East Golfer magazines. He has also produced destination features for Golf World and Going for Golf magazines and interviews for Middle East Golfer and Qatar Airlines. James was captain of Coventry university golf team and now plays off a 5 handicap.