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Tim Giles (Director of Golf)The Course:
18 holes. Linksy open parkland. Relatively flat terrain - easy to walk.
Surroundings:
Woodland and rural countryside.
Designer:
A Colin Montgomerie Signature Course created with Ross McMurray of European Golf Design.
Part of the longer-term vision for The Dutch is apparently an 18-hole Sam Torrance-designed, public access golf course.
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42 km S of Utrecht / 44 km E of Rotterdam.
The Dutch: "It's no' just a game", as they say in Scotland, and that's certainly true at The Dutch. With 5-star services throughout, a lavishly comfortable Loch Lomond-inspired clubhouse, and a superbly designed and presented golf course, one could not ask for more from this top-end private club.
Laid out in two nine-hole loops, the wonderfully natural course is not too roaming or expansive, but not too compact either. The interplay of the fairways and greens, plentiful water hazards and hole-lining gorse bushes, attractive mounding and stylish bunkering, creates a thoroughly absorbing and challenging course. With little to see beyond the course your attention can remain firmly fixed on the golfing job at had.
The course, with its excellent variety of well-crafted holes, has a predominantly open, inland linksy character. The generous presence of gorse bushes adds a heathland touch to what is otherwise a classy and challenging parkland course. Links afficianados will warm to the neatly square-cut tee boxes, gently rolling sculpted terrain, and tufted mounding that defines the fairways. And then there's the greens: large, fast and surrounded by beautifully contoured slick run-offs.
Here at The Dutch several small lakes and meandering water ditches play a significant part in proceedings. The middle section of the front-nine is the least impacted by water. Almost the entire, and more testing, back-nine will require careful course management and adroit ball striking if you are to stay "dry".
Pick of the holes: there are many to choose, but perhaps most memorable are the three "timber bulkhead" holes. The par-5 15th, par-3 16th, and par-5 18th, each a potential card-wrecker, have greens perched above wooden bulkheads, with significant water to be avoided on your approach. Making up the final quartet, water also features strongly at the par-4 17th.
Private club - guests may only play if hosted by a member.
Players generally walk this course. Golf carts available for hire.
Excellent
In 1998 a fireside chat in the clubhouse of Scotland's Loch Lomond Golf Club created a dream shared by four golf professionals. Mauk de Booij, David Burnside, Alan Saddington, and Jonas Saxton, sealed their friendship and signed-up (on a napkin) to create a top-end private golf club in the Netherlands.
The club logo depicts the Scottish national flag (a saltire) ... in Dutch colours, with crossed tees!
Within a few years of its 2011 opening The Dutch became an established European Tour venue, hosting both the Dutch (KLM) Open and Dutch Senior Open championships (see our Tournaments section >by venue >The Dutch).
Six European countries vied for the honour to host the 2018 Ryder Cup. The Dutch was the chosen venue to front the Netherlands' bid. After the lengthy bidding process, the French bid came out on top, with Golf National in Paris as the winning venue.
Netherlands' 13th best course (Golf World, 2022).
Sony Open in Hawaii: played at Waialae Country Club near Honolulu, the Sony Open takes over the spotlight from The Sentry as the PGA Tour’s calendar-year opening event (Jan 15-18). The Sentry (not being played in 2026) was formerly known as the Tournament of Champions, with a field typically restricted to golfers who won a PGA Tour event in the previous calendar year.
Dubai Desert Classic: the DP World Tour’s first Rolex Series event of 2026, is contested for the 37th time (Jan 22-25). First won by Englishman Mark James in 1989, it now boasts a four-time winner, Rory McIlroy. Played on the Emirates Golf Club’s Majlis course, this once desert-surrounded course is the long-time flagship for Golf in Dubai.
Our visit last month included two rounds at Golf de Chantilly, one of France’s most prestigious clubs.
It offers two superb layouts: Le Vineuil, a five-star championship course with a rich history, and Longères, an excellent four-star course that provides a strong and enjoyable test.
The wider Paris region offers plenty more. Courses such as Fontainebleau, Golf de Saint-Germain, and several other top-rated layouts make this area one of Europe’s most rewarding golf destinations, offering a mix of woodland, heathland, and parkland designs.
The Dutch: "It's no' just a game", as they say in Scotland, and that's certainly true at The Dutch. With 5-star services throughout, a lavishly comfortable Loch Lomond-inspired clubhouse, and a superbly designed and presented golf course, one could not ask for more from this top-end private club.
Join us at The Dutch from August 21–24 for the Festival of Golf, featuring the HotelPlanner Tour. Experience four days of top-tier sport, live music, incredible food, and unexpected surprises. Explore the grounds, connect with others, embrace new challenges, and dive into an unforgettable celebration. Click here to buy tickets.
Here at Prince’s Golf Club you'll find 27 excellent holes of links golf. Just over the fence and sharing similar terrain is Royal St George’s; but Prince’s is far from overshadowed by its venerable neighbour. The three nine-hole loops at Prince's, laid out over gently undulating terrain, are sure to bring a smile of satisfaction to all lovers of links golf.
Stay&Play at Prince's: excellent onsite Lodge accommodation available
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