Bernardus Golf

Few courses have collected big events as quickly as Bernardus. It opened in 2018, hosted the Dutch Open in 2021 and 2022 and the KLM Open in 2023, and in September 2026 it staged the Solheim Cup, the first in the Netherlands.

Heathland, made to measure

The architect is Kyle Phillips, the man behind Kingsbarns, The Grove and Yas Links. On an 85-hectare site near Cromvoirt, just outside 's-Hertogenbosch, he built a heathland course on an old sandy plain, with heather transplanted around the tees and greens. The sandy soil keeps it firm and dry. Holes 2 to 8 are built around water; holes 10 to 16 cross open heathland.

The first ten holes opened in June 2018 and the full eighteen that September. The name honours Bernardus Marinus "Ben" Pon, the former Porsche racing driver and importer, and was chosen by owner Robert van der Wallen. In the Leading Courses Golfers' Choice Awards, golfers voted it the best golf club in the Netherlands three years running (2024 to 2026).

Tour winners

Kristoffer Broberg won the Dutch Open here in 2021, Victor Perez in 2022, and Pablo Larrazábal took the KLM Open in 2023.

Before you go

Bernardus doesn't sell a regular green fee. Visitors buy a day membership, which covers as much golf as you can fit into the day plus the pool (in season), gym, sauna and hammam. It costs more than a green fee elsewhere, but you can book it online seven days a week, which none of the other courses in this guide offer.