Netherlands
The Netherlands lays some claim to being the true home of golf, or "colf" or "kolf" as the ancient game was called. Things clearly went into a significant lull, until in 1894 Utrecht "De Pan" led the revival, with other great golf courses such as Hilversum, Kennemer and Noordwijk following a few years later. Golf is now very popular in the Netherlands and a sport played by all sections of society. 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 Netherlands on our customised maps.
Weekdays only
Amsterdam
Not Sundays
Utrecht
Visitors welcome
Den Bosch
Wkends restrictd
Rotterdam
Visitors welcome
Rotterdam
Visitors welcome
Rotterdam
Visitors welcome
Utrecht
Visitors welcome
Middelburg
Original design by E.C. "Charles" Warren, at the time the professional and greenkeeper at Knocke GC in Belgium (later called Royal Zoute). Later modifications made by Dutch golf course architect Alan Rijks.
Visitors welcome
Zwolle
Private club
Arnhem / Nijmegen
Original course at this location (known as Golfclub De Hooge Vorssel) was revamped and extended to 18 holes by Alan Rijks (2015).
Private club
Utrecht
A Colin Montgomerie Signature Course created with Ross McMurray of European Golf Design.
Visitors welcome
Den Bosch
Visitors welcome
Eindhoven
Harry Colt
Visitors welcome
Eindhoven
Visitors welcome
Middelburg
Mon thru' Thur
Utrecht
Weekdays only
Utrecht
Original 9-hole course at this location designed by Henry Burrows (1917). Extended to 18-holes by Harry Colt (1928). Subsequent modifications made by Sir Guy Campbell (1952) and Kyle Phillips (2009).
Visitors welcome
Utrecht
Original design by Frank Pennink, who died before Hoge Kleij was completed. Donald Steel, Pennink's one-time partner, ensured the course was completed. Later renovations by Frank Pont.
Visitors welcome
Amsterdam
Private club
Amsterdam
Ian Woosnam
Not Sundays
Amsterdam
An original nine-hole course at Kennemer dates from 1910. In 1926 Englishman Harry Colt designed Kennemer's current B and C nines, which were built shortly afterwards. Colt returned to design the A-nine in 1937, the building of which was delayed until 1985. Dutch-born architect Frank Pennink was commissioned to build the A-nine, adhering to Colt's original plan on all but one of the holes.
Mon thru' Thur
Utrecht
Designed by Kyle Phillips, with input from Robert Trent Jones Jr. During the project's early phases, Phillips was working for the firm of Robert Trent Jones II.
Visitors welcome
Zwolle
Weekdays only
Den Haag
Original 18-hole course, which no longer exists, laid out by Harry Colt (1931). When the club moved to a new site 5 km north of the original, Frank Pennink of Cotton, Pennink, Lawrie & Co supervised the new course construction (in 1969), working to a design largely developed by P. de Jong and other club members (in 1959).
Visitors welcome
Breda
Visitors welcome
Arnhem / Nijmegen
Baron Paul Rolin (Belg).
Visitors welcome
Zwolle
Baron Paul Rolin (Belg).
Visitors welcome
Arnhem / Nijmegen
Original nine-holes at this location laid out by Aelbrecht Arent del Court van Krimpen (1910). Later changes and extension to 18-holes by Frank Pennink (1976).
Weekdays only
Den Haag
Current layout designed by Harry Colt, Charles Hugh Alison & John Morrison (1938); most of the design is attributed to Hugh Alison.
Visitors welcome
Eindhoven
Visitors welcome
Eindhoven
Dutch golf course architect Frank Pont.
Visitors welcome
Breda
Original design by English golf course architect John S.F. Morrison (of Colt, Alison & Morrison), with later additions by Joan Dudock van Heel (1990s) and revisions by Frank Pont (2010s).
Visitors welcome
Enschede
Mon thru' Thur
Utrecht
Harry Colt designed the current course layout.
Visitors welcome
Breda
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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