Golf around Brussels: Many excellent golf courses are dotted around Brussels, located just within 30 min away from the city centre. A couple of our favourites are: Royal Waterloo GC host of the Belgian Open, Telenet Trophy and the Hulencourt Golf Club, built on historic grounds that date back to 930 AD. The club prides itself on maintaining the highest level of golfing tradition, fulfilling the vision of the club’s President and Owner, Mr Patrick Solvay. To make the most of your golfing trip, and to help in your planning, you can look up the location of the best courses around Brussels on our customised maps.
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Original design by Northern Ireland architect Tom McAuley; some revisions made by Alain Prat (2009 and 2012).
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Marcel Vercruyce
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Belgian golf course architect Bruno Steensels designed (and later renovated) the original parkland nine holes in 1998 (holes 1-5, 8, 9, 10 & 18), then added nine new linksy holes in 2015 (holes 7, 6, 11-17).
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Brussels
Original design by French architect Jean-Manuel Rossi. Modifications by Dutch course architect Frank Pont (2018-19).
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Frederic Theys
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Original design by Bill Amick. Later improvements by Peter Alliss & Clive Clark.
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Brussels
Original design by Martin Hawtree. Later improvements added by Peter Alliss & Clive Clark.
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Brussels
Joan Dudok van Heel
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Brussels
Belgian golf course architect Bruno Steensels.
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Brussels
Original design by Joan Dudok van Heel, with later revisions by Bruno Steensels (2011).
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Brussels
Baron Paul Rolin
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Brussels
Original design by Seymour Dunn (1905); modified by Tom Simpson (1928).
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Robert Trent Jones Sr.
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Brussels
Baron Paul Rolin
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Current course at this location designed by Fred Hawtree (1959). Greens and bunkering redesigned by Martin Hawtree (2004/05).
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French architect Jean-Manuel Rossi.
Tournaments:
Women’s major championships: the month of June sees two women’s majors: the US Women’s Open (June 3-6), with A Lim Kim defending, and the Women’s PGA Championship (June 24-27), with Sei Young Kim defending.
Senior PGA Championship: the revered Southern Hills in Oklahoma hosts the 81st staging of this event (May 27-30); Ken Tanigawa holds the title from its last playing in 2019.
Who's Who:
Phil Mickelson: in winning the 2021 PGA Championship, the world’s most famous “leftie” became the oldest winner of a golf major championship.
Hideki Matsuyama: became the first Japanese professional to win a men’s major championship, when he triumphed in this year’s Masters Tournament.
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.
American Dunes opens for play following Nicklaus transformation
Nicklaus Design has transformed the former Grand Haven Golf Club in Michigan into the American Dunes Golf Club, a new public course that is now open for play
New course opens for play at Barnbougle
Bill Coore designs 14-hole layout with “sporty” holes on dune ridge above Lost Farm (golf carts allowed).
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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