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Hilversumsche Golf Club
Type: Golf Location: 1213 XJ, Hilversum, , Netherlands Address: Soestdijkerstraatweg 172 |
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Hilversumsche Golf Club
Type: Golf Location: 1213 XJ Hilversum Address: Soestdijkerstraatweg 172 |
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Hilversumsche Golf Club is one of the most exclusive clubs in the Netherlands but thankfully you can still get
a midweek game if you book in advance. Hilversum was founded in 1910 and H. Burrows laid down the
original nine holes in 1917. Harry Colt added a further nine holes in 1928 and Sir Guy Campbell made further
modifications, most notably to the par fives, in the early 1950s. This delightful course, which winds its way
though the woods and the forest, has played host to numerous Dutch Opens – 11 in 20 years from 1987 to
2006 – and it has just got even better.
Kyle Phillips has recently remodelled Hilversum and stiffened it up for future generations and he has done a
fabulous job. This is a tight course by anyone’s standard and you will now need to hit it long as well as
straight.
The course begins and ends with testing par fives and in between there are many fine holes, especially pairs
of long par fours at the 3rd and 4th on the front nine and the 15th and 16th on the back nine. The par threes
are all outstanding and – surprisingly for a championship course – three of these four short holes are less
than 160 yards off the back tees.
The Dutch Open returned to Hilversumsche in 2010 following a fouryear stretch at Kennemer Golf & Country
Club . Martin Kaymer claimed the 2010 title during a stellar year that culminated in
the German being crowned Europe’s Number One after winning four European Tour titles and his first Major
at the US PGA Championship at Whistling Straits
Sadly, the start of the 2011 Dutch Open at Hilversumsche Golf Club was delayed due to vandalism. In an act
of wanton sacrilege, the greens on the 4th, 5th, 6th and 9th were dug up the night before the start of the
event. However, the issues with the greens did not deter England’s Simon Dyson who won the title by one
shot from compatriot David Lynn. This was Dyson’s third Dutch Open win and the result moved the
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