Hulencourt

Bruyère d'Hulencourt 15,

Vieux Genappe, Brabant 1472

  • Office

    +32 (0)67 79 40 40

About the course

  • The Course:

    18 holes. Open parkland. Gently undulating terrain - a few slopes to climb.

  • Surroundings:

    Rural countryside.

  • Designer:

    Original design by French architect Jean-Manuel Rossi. Modifications by Dutch course architect Frank Pont (2018-19).

Back
tees
Club
tees
Front
tees
Metres
6686
5700
4803
Par
72
72
72
SSS or slope
74.9
69.5
69.9

At the same location:

Above distances are for the Vallon course. Also at Hulencourt is the nine-hole Le Verger course (par-27; 1,950 m).

Location

Latitude:

50.633328

Longitude:

4.389832

How to get there:

30 km SE of Brussels

Leave the southernmost section of the Brussels Ring at exit 24, and follow the N27 direction Nivelles/Lillois. After 2.4 km at traffic lights in the centre of Lillois-Witterzee turn left into Rue Raymond Lebleux direction Genappe/Golf d'Hulencourt. After 1.9 km turn left into Hulencourt golf.

Hulencourt

4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.

Est. 1988

Hulencourt (formerly known as Golf Club d'Hulencourt) seeks to promote the best of lifestyle and golf opportunities, with considerable ongoing investment by the owners in its golf and non-golf facilities. The club's championship Vallon course received a major revamp in the 2018/19 timeframe, adding to its credentials as one of the best of Belgium's "newer" parkland courses.

Located in a pleasantly rural farmland environment, the championship Vallon course is kept company by the club's nine-hole pitch-and-putt Verger course. The Vallon occupies relatively open, gently undulating terrain. Much attention has been paid to creating a variety of golfing challenges, with water, OB, swaying fescues and substantive bunkering all playing their part. Generous-width fairways and well-maintained subtly sloping greens are the surfaces you'll want to hit.

Several holes embrace a line of small lakes that run through the lower part of the course, with the two front-nine par-3s making good use of these ponds. Around the greens, the slick run-off areas will test your short game skills.

Extensive modifications to the golf course in 2018/19 have created a top-quality Tour player's course, at just over 7,300 yards from the tips. For lesser mortals, the remaining four sets of tees provide a more manageable test. Under the guiding hand of owner Patrick Solvay (of the Solvay chemical company family), Hulencourt seeks to promote much more than golf, with music, fitness and the arts also to the fore.

List of courses: Around Brussels

Visitors

Who can play and when?

Visitors welcome on weekdays and weekends.

Must book in advance. Maximum handicap: 35.

Green fees

Visitor fee, 18-holes in high season (April thru' Oct): Mon/Weds €135; Tues/Thur €160; Fri-Sun €195, includes a meal and access to non-golf facilities.

Contact club for full details, discounts, packages, etc. [Last updated: 2023].

Other information

Players generally walk this course. Golf carts available for hire (book in advance).

Practice facilities

Good

Did you know?

The Golf Club at Hulencourt is built on a historic estate, with the manor-farm buildings dating from the 17th-century. The Club's motto, "nihil melius quam bona vita", aptly translates as "there's nothing better than the good life", which Hulencourt clearly seeks to deliver to its members and visiting guests.

Where2Stay

  • Grand Hotel Waterloo4-star

    198 Chausse de Tervuren, B-1410 Waterloo

    +32 (0)2 352 18 15

    Visit website

    The 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.

    • Golf at this hotel:

      No

    • Golf within 10 km:

      Royal Waterloo; Sept Fontaines; Hulencourt; Empereur.

    • Golf within 30 km:

      La Tournette; Pierpont; La Bruyere; Rigenee; Louvain-La-Neuve; Royal Bercuit; Bawette; Royal GC de Belgique (Ravenstein).

  • Hotel Nivelles-Sud3-star

    Chaussée de Mons 22, 1400 Nivelles

    +32 (0)67 218 721

    Visit website

    Located just off exit 19 on the A7-E19 (Brussels - Mons motorway).

    • Golf at this hotel:

      No

    • Golf within 10 km:

      La Tournette (Anglais and Americain courses); Hulencourt.

    • Golf within 30 km:

      Pierpont; Rigenee; Empereur; Louvain-la-Neuve; Royal Waterloo (Marache and Lion courses); Sept Fontaines.

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