Golfclub Enschede (Enschede)

Small course, big smiles

I am Marina Romanik, a PGA golf professional, and I have a soft spot for courses that surprise you. Not every good round needs a long drive down the motorway and a card full of numbers. Sometimes it is nine quiet holes, a bit of water, and a game that keeps asking questions. That is the kind of golf I like to teach, and the kind I like to play.

Green inside the city

Golfclub Enschede sits inside the built-up part of Enschede, in Overijssel, and this is the first lovely surprise. You expect houses and streets, and instead you find a parkland course with streams running through it, water in play, and big old trees. In spring the rhododendrons do their show. It feels like someone kept a piece of park for golfers and quietly forgot to tell the rest of the city.

Nine holes, but do not read that as “easy”. Parkland golf with trees and water asks for placement, not power. The trees give you lines to think about from the tee. The water makes you decide: safe or brave? A moderate course like this one rewards the player who knows their distances and can hit a straight, calm shot. That is a skill anyone can build, and it is honestly one of my favourite things to teach.

Golfers who like variety will enjoy a second loop here, because the same nine holes never play the same twice. Wind changes. Pin changes. Your mood changes. A 9-hole green fee is around €25, and a longer round around €35, which makes it a friendly day out for the money.

The club is NGF-affiliated and asks for a valid handicap card (GVB) plus an introduction, so this is a course for golfers who already have their card in the bag. There is a driving range and a putting green if you want to warm up properly before the first tee, an academy on site, a restaurant for afterwards, and buggies if you prefer to ride. Practise, play, eat, go home happy. Simple.

Who will love it most? Improving players who want to sharpen their thinking. Golfers who enjoy a course with character rather than a long, flat card. And anyone who has been told golf takes a whole day — nine holes here is a real round in an afternoon.

Play it with confidence

Here is the thing I see all the time in my lessons. A golfer stands on a hole with trees and water, and the swing they had on the range disappears. It is not a technique problem. It is a “what do I do now?” problem. Many new golfers describe exactly this: the practice ball goes beautifully, the course ball goes into the stream.

That gap closes fast with a little help. We work on the grip, the stance, the balance. Then we work on the decision before the swing, because a good decision makes an average shot look clever. Small steps. Small steps win in golf.

I teach at Chi Chi Golf in Utrecht and at Golfschool Hoenderdaal in Driebergen, in Dutch, English, Ukrainian or Russian, whichever you like. Children, adults, complete beginners, players chasing a lower handicap — everyone is welcome, and the start is the fun part. Wherever you play your golf, a few lessons make the good days more frequent and the tricky holes less scary.

Book a lesson with me and let’s get your game ready. Then go and enjoy those trees, that water, and a quiet green afternoon in Enschede. You will play it better than you think.