This is the place where I play golf.  Unlike the typical German golf courses, here one does not need to buy a membership or necessarily take classes without end.  But although the Golf Club is called "Pay & Play" - a new thing in Germany, one must still take a couple of classes no matter what, minimum cost of around €200.  Or play dumb and speak not one word in German but only American with the strongest accent you can make up!!!  

Otherwise: one must pay for a trainer to watch one play on the six-hole golf course (by the way, the 6-hole course sucks, it is a joke!), and then at a later time again the same for the nine-hole golf course.  After each time one gets the Platzerlaubnis (PE) - the permission to play for the respective golf course.  Paying a minimum of €125 for the Eagle class required to play on the nine-hole golf course has nothing to do with how one can play but with learning what the golf club expects from players.  For further info click on the link above.  

If you are an American, you will find this a big headache, but after living in Germany for a few years, you will realize that it does not get any simpler around here...  Wish you all the best and much enjoyment playing the wonderful sport of golf!  And do not forget: not one word in German!