21 Chemin de Baudemont,
Nivelles, Brabant 1400
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+32 (0)67 894 279Pro shop
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La Tournette Golf AcademyThe Course:
18 holes. Tree-lined & open parkland. Undulating terrain - several slopes to climb.
Surroundings:
Woodland and open countryside.
Designer:
Original design by Bill Amick. Later improvements by Peter Alliss & Clive Clark.
18-hole par-71 Anglais course (6103 metres); 9-hole par-27 Orival course (711 metres).
50.623405
4.295971
29 km S of Brussels
From the A7-E19 motorway (Brussels - Mons) take exit 18 (Nivelles-Nord) and follow the N252 direction Nivelles, but only for a few hundred metres. Take the right turn off the N252 (close to motorway exit) direction La Tournette. After 1.2 km turn right at T-junction and go under bridge. After o.8 km golf is on your right (parking is on the left).
La Tournette (Americain)
Golf Château de la Tournette (Américain course): There is no doubting the US credentials of the Américain course here at La Tournette. Designed by American architect Bill Amick, the course contains many hallmarks of a challenging US-style parkland layout. The opening holes quickly take you down and into a picturesquely tree-lined "valley" where the first of a memorable collection of par-3s is revealed. In best American tradition, water is a major factor at the par-3s, with all four of them requiring tee-to-green carries over ponds to hit their respective greens. The more open middle part of the course, from the par-5 8th to the par-5 12th, may give you a chance to build your score, providing you can avoid the substantive bunkering.
The Américain's challenging closing stretch is launched from the chateau-style clubhouse, with the plunging downhill par-4 15th requiring an accurate tee-shot, before you take on a testing carry over water to the hole's large and sloping green. The same pond must be cleared at the par-3 16th. At the closing par-4 17th and par-5 18th you will need to summon up two of your straightest tee-shots, where accuracy rather than length is most assuredly required. The Américain will certainly test every facet of your game, not least your putting skills; there are few if any flat areas on the restlessly sloping and usually fast-paced greens! Often regarded as the more technical of La Tournette's two courses, the Américain requires plenty of stamina, patience and precision shot-making if you want to play to your handicap, or better it.
Visitors welcome on weekdays and weekends.
Must book in advance. Maximum handicap: 36.
Credit cards accepted. Contact club for full details, discounts, packages, etc. [Last updated: 2018].
Players generally walk this course. Golf carts available for hire.
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The Américain course at La Tournette was designed by Florida-based, US course architect William W. (Bill) Amick. The layout certainly has an American feel, with water-protected par-3s and large, sloping greens. The Américain's sister course at La Tournette, the Anglais, was appropriately enough designed by Englishman Martin Hawtree, and was intended to have a more open linksy feel, akin to a British links-style course.
Chaussée de Mons 22, 1400 Nivelles
+32 (0)67 218 721
Visit websiteLocated just off exit 19 on the A7-E19 (Brussels - Mons motorway).
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La Tournette (Anglais and Americain courses)
Pierpont; Rigenee; Hulencourt; Empereur; Louvain-la-Neuve; Royal Waterloo (Marache and Lion courses); Sept Fontaines.
198 Chausse de Tervuren, B-1410 Waterloo
+32 (0)2 352 18 15
Visit websiteThe Grand Hotel Waterloo is located within easy reach of the centre of Waterloo and just 3 km from one of Europe's most famous battlefields (well worth a visit !). The hotel's main restaurant, La Sucrerie (sugar factory), is particularly noteworthy, not least from an architectural standpoint. Many top-quality courses in the area will keep golfers fully occupied.
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Royal Waterloo; Sept Fontaines; Hulencourt; Empereur.
La Tournette; Pierpont; La Bruyere; Rigenee; Louvain-La-Neuve; Royal Bercuit; Bawette; Royal GC de Belgique (Ravenstein).
Tournaments:
European Tour: 2021 marks the 50th and last season of the world renowned European Tour, launched in April 1972 at the Spanish Open. From 2022 the Tour will be sponsored by Dubai-based global supply chain and ports operator DP World, and will be known as the DP World Tour.
South African Open: December 2021 events in South Africa have again been impacted by the Covid pandemic. The South African Open (Dec 2-5) will no longer be played as a DP World Tour event, and the Alfred Dunhill Championship (Dec 9-12) has been cancelled.
Who's Who:
Bernhard Langer: at age 64, Langer collected a record sixth Charles Schwab Cup, the only player to have won the season-long points chase more than twice. He also topped the PGA Tour Champions money-list for the 11th time out of a possible 13 since 2008.
Carlota Ciganda: the five-time Solheim Cup star was delighted to record a fourth Ladies European Tour win in her home national championship, the Ladies Spanish Open.
Lee Elder: Trailblazer, Ryder Cup player, four-time PGA Tour winner and eight-time Senior PGA Tour winner, Lee Elder died on November 28, aged 87. In 1975 he became the first African American golfer to play in the Masters tournament, and in so doing provided one of the pivotal moments in the history of professional golf.
Golf World Top 100: Best Golf Courses in Europe. From France to Spain to the Netherlands and Norway, the Golf World Top 100 panel reveals the places you have to play (published 20 October 2021).
New 27-hole golf complex to be built in southern Belgium
A new golf complex in southern Belgium, close to the border with Luxembourg, will start construction in June 2021.
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club "makes its tournament debut with the hosting of the Italian Open on the European Tour" by Richard Humphreys
Gamble Sands opens short course:
David McLay Kidd’s 14-hole QuickSands short course has opened for play at Gamble Sands in Brewster, Washington.
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