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
Kyle Phillips of California-based Kyle Phillips Golf Course Design.
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
Original nine-hole course dates from 1910. English course architect Harry Colt designed the current B and C nines (1926), and returned in 1937 to design the A-nine. In 1985 Dutch-born architect Frank Pennink was commissioned to build the A-nine; he adhered to Colt's original 1937 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:
European Tour: 2021 marks the 50th and last season of the world renowned European Tour, launched in April 1972 at the Spanish Open. From 2022 the Tour will be sponsored by Dubai-based global supply chain and ports operator DP World, and will be known as the DP World Tour.
South African Open: December 2021 events in South Africa have again been impacted by the Covid pandemic. The South African Open (Dec 2-5) will no longer be played as a DP World Tour event, and the Alfred Dunhill Championship (Dec 9-12) has been cancelled.
Who's Who:
Bernhard Langer: at age 64, Langer collected a record sixth Charles Schwab Cup, the only player to have won the season-long points chase more than twice. He also topped the PGA Tour Champions money-list for the 11th time out of a possible 13 since 2008.
Carlota Ciganda: the five-time Solheim Cup star was delighted to record a fourth Ladies European Tour win in her home national championship, the Ladies Spanish Open.
Lee Elder: Trailblazer, Ryder Cup player, four-time PGA Tour winner and eight-time Senior PGA Tour winner, Lee Elder died on November 28, aged 87. In 1975 he became the first African American golfer to play in the Masters tournament, and in so doing provided one of the pivotal moments in the history of professional golf.
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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