Belgium
Golf architect Tom Simpson had a big hand in establishing golf in Belgium in the early part of the 20th century, designing 4 out of the first 5 courses to be built. Belgian golf clubs automatically acquire the "Royal" title once they have been operational for fifty years. All golf courses presented are open to the public. Some may be difficult to play on week-ends owing to the number of members, but travelling green-feers should often be able to play during the week.
To make the most of your golfing trip, and to help in your planning, you can look up the location of the best courses in Belgium on our customised maps.
Visitors welcome
Brussels
Original design by Northern Ireland architect Tom McAuley; some revisions made by Alain Prat (2009 and 2012).
Visitors welcome
Bruges
Joan Dudok van Heel
Visitors welcome
Liege
Martin Hawtree
Visitors welcome
Brussels
Marcel Vercruyce
Visitors welcome
Brussels
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).
Visitors welcome
Namur
Jean Jottrand
Visitors welcome
Liege
Gary Player
Visitors welcome
Brussels
Original design by French architect Jean-Manuel Rossi. Modifications by Dutch course architect Frank Pont (2018-19).
Visitors welcome
Brussels
Fred Evans & David Fields
Visitors welcome
Hasselt
Marc de Keyser
Visitors welcome
Oostende
Jeremy Pern
Visitors welcome
Brussels
Frederic Theys
Visitors welcome
Brussels
Original design by Bill Amick. Later improvements by Peter Alliss & Clive Clark.
Visitors welcome
Brussels
Original design by Martin Hawtree. Later improvements added by Peter Alliss & Clive Clark.
Visitors welcome
Brussels
Joan Dudok van Heel
Visitors welcome
Hasselt
Bruno Steensels
Visitors welcome
Mons
Designed by Northern Ireland architect Tom McAuley (1987).
Weekdays only
Brussels
Belgian golf course architect Bruno Steensels.
Visitors welcome
Namur
English architect Martin Hawtree.
Visitors welcome
Gent
J.H. Baker
Visitors welcome
Gent
J.H. Baker
Visitors welcome
Brussels
Original design by Joan Dudok van Heel, with later revisions by Bruno Steensels (2011).
Visitors welcome
Brussels
Baron Paul Rolin
Visitors welcome
Antwerp
Original design by Baron Paul Rolin, with later modifications by Hawtree Design.
Wkends restrictd
Antwerp
Original course at Kapellenbos laid out by Willie Park Jr (1910). Course lengthened and revamped by Tom Simpson (1930).
Visitors welcome
Namur
Seymour Dunn
Weekdays only
Brussels
Original design by Seymour Dunn (1905); modified by Tom Simpson (1928).
Visitors welcome
Brussels
Robert Trent Jones Sr.
Wkends restrictd
Liege
Tom Simpson
Visitors welcome
Mons
Original 18-holes (Bruyere & Quesnoy nines) laid out by Tom Simpson with help from Charles Warren (the professional and greenkeeper at Knocke GC). Les Etangs nine added by Fred & Martin Hawtree (1990).
Visitors welcome
Brussels
C.K. (Ken) Cotton, Frank Pennink & Charles Lawrie
Visitors welcome
Gent
Original design by George Pannell; redesigned by Fred Hawtree (1950s).
Visitors welcome
Hasselt
Fred Hawtree
Visitors welcome
Oostende
Seymour Dunn
Visitors welcome
Liege
Tom Simpson
Wkends restrictd
Brussels
Baron Paul Rolin
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Brussels
Current course at this location designed by Fred Hawtree (1959). Greens and bunkering redesigned by Martin Hawtree (2004/05).
Wkends restrictd
Bruges
Original 18-hole course at this site substantially redesigned and re-routed by Harry Colt in 1912, at the same time as he designed Royal Zoute's Inner course. After WW2 both courses were restored by Lieutenant Colonel Allen. Located on the coast at nearby Lekkerbek, was a third Harry Colt design dating from 1921. The Lekkebek course, considered by many to be one of the finest duneland links courses in the world, was lost forever after WW2.
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Brussels
French architect Jean-Manuel Rossi.
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Hasselt
Ron Kirby
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Kortrijk
Baron Paul Rolin
Tournaments:
PGA Championship: the year’s second men’s major championship is hosted by Southern Hills CC, Tulsa, Oklahoma, amidst doubt as to whether reigning champion Phil Mickelson will defend his title (May 19-22).
Soudal Open: Belgium’s return to European Tour golf sees 36-hole Rinkven International GC host the Soudal Open, the country’s national open championship (May 12-15).
Who's Who:
Scottie Scheffler: bags the 2022 Masters Tournament title, and with it a fourth win in six starts on the PGA Tour and his first major championship victory.
Stephen Dodd: took the European Senior Tour’s 2021 Order of Merit honours following the abandonment due to rain of the season’s final event, the MCB Tour Championship – Mauritius (April 1-3, 2022).
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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