Drentse Golfclub "De Gelpenberg"

Gebbeveenweg 1,

Aalden, Drenthe 7854 TD

Office
+31 (0)591 371 929
Pro shop
+31 (0)591 371 929

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Golf pro
Ralph Grinwis / Gijs Kras.
Academy
Topgolf Nederland

About the course

The Course:

18 holes. Tree-lined & open heathland. Relatively flat terrain - easy to walk.
Surroundings:

Open rural countryside.
Designer:

Original 9-hole design by Frank Pennink (1972); extended to 18 holes by Donald Steel (1992); renovated by Frank Pont (2011).

Back
tees

Club
tees

Front
tees

Metres

6321

6031

5194

Par

SSS or slope

73.3

71.1

73.6

Location

Latitude:

52.800703

Longitude:

6.696762

How to get there:

2.5 km NW of Aalden / 72 km NE of Zwolle.

Europe /
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Drentse De Gelpenberg

Drentse Golfclub "De Gelpenberg"

Est. 1972

Drentse Golfclub "De Gelpenberg": as the oldest golf course in the Dutch province of Drenthe, "De Gelpenberg" offers a partly-wooded and partly-open heathland layout, guaranteed to test all facets of your game. It is arguably the best of the country's more northerly layouts, together with Lauswolt (50 km away to the north-west). Both these courses were originally the work of celebrated English golf course architect Frank Pennink, and both were extended to 18-holes by Pennink's one-time partner Donald Steel.

The two nine-hole loops of "De Gelpenberg" journey out to the north and south of the clubhouse. Early in the front-nine loop, water is threateningly encountered at the par-3 2nd hole. The same u-shaped lake also provides the intimidation factor at the tough dog-legging par-4 7th and short par-3 8th.

Water hazards are not encountered on the back-nine, but this is where Pennink's partly tree-lined fairways will feel at their tightest, and the rough beyond them is at its most heathery!

MOST MEMORABLE HOLE: The excellent right-to-left doglegging par-4 18th requires a gentle draw from the tee (if you can), before you hit over a huge cross-bunker on your approach to the green. This "infamous" sand trap provides a final reminder of the layout's easy-draining sandy sub-soil, a prerequisite on all true heathland courses.

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Visitors

Who can play and when?

Visitors welcome on weekdays and weekends.

Must book in advance.

Green fees

Visitor fee, 18-holes (on summer greens): €65 (all days).

Credit cards accepted. Contact club for full details, discounts, packages, etc. [Last updated: 2018].

Other information

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

Practice facilities

Good

Did you know?

Drentse "De Gelpenberg" participates in the Netherland Golf Federation's "Committed to Green" programme, designed to stimulate and assist golf course managers to consciously deal with sustainable golf course management. Specific attention is given to the natural and environmental aspects of the course. After completion of the program, international certification can be requested by the Golf Environment Organization (GEO) ... not unlike the USA's Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program.

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