Golfbaan Crimpenerhout (Krimpen aan de Lek)

A friendly polder course

Golfbaan Crimpenerhout lies in the green Krimpenerwaard, the wide, quiet polder land just south of the Lek river. It is a 9-hole parkland course. Flat, gentle, and easy to walk, with soft fairways framed by trees and water. You can play the loop once for a short, relaxed round, or go around twice for a fuller day. A 9-hole round costs €25, and eighteen holes costs €35.

A highlight is how open it feels. It is pay-and-play, so you need no handicap, no GVB card, and no member to sign you in. You book your tee time online, warm up on the driving range, roll a few putts on the practice green, and off you go. There is a golf academy on site too, so a lesson is right there whenever you want one.

After your round, the clubhouse is waiting. A restaurant, a bar, and a terrace where you can sit with something cold and talk through every shot, good and bad. Trolleys are there to rent, so you travel light and save your legs for the golf. And golfers rate it warmly: 7.5 out of 10 on LeadingCourses across 133 reviews. That number tells you something simple. People leave happy.

For a first-timer, this is a kind place to begin. The flat, forgiving ground does not punish a wobbly swing, nobody rushes you, and the whole atmosphere says come as you are. Families, casual players, someone picking up a club again after years away — all of you fit right in here.

Play better, have more fun

A good round feels even sweeter when your swing is easy and you trust it. Many new golfers tell me the same thing. They felt shy to try golf, because they thought a course would judge them. It never does. And a few lessons take that worry away fast. Grip, balance, one simple swing you can rely on from the first tee to the last.

I teach at Chi Chi Golf in Utrecht and at Golfschool Hoenderdaal in Driebergen, about forty minutes from Crimpenerhout. Come and learn with me in Dutch, English, Ukrainian, or Russian. All ages, all levels, and beginners most of all. Book a lesson, and let’s make your next round at Crimpenerhout your best one yet.