Golf & Country Club ’t Kruisselt

Golf & Countryclub ’t Kruisselt in De Lutte, Overijssel, is a nine-hole par-3 course with a par of 27, laid out around Hotel ’t Kruisselt in Twente.

Can visitors play Golf & Countryclub ’t Kruisselt? Yes, as long as you hold at least a Dutch golf course permit (NGF-golfbaanpermissie), and the same goes for hotel guests. You buy the green fee at the hotel reception and can then tee off straight away at the 1st, with no need to book a tee time. According to the club, a nine-hole round takes about an hour on average.

’t Kruisselt lies on the Kruisseltlaan in De Lutte, between the village and the town of Oldenzaal. The golf course occupies the grounds of Hotel ’t Kruisselt, with the holes laid out around the hotel, so you step out of the hotel straight onto the course.

Every hole at ’t Kruisselt is a par 3, and the club says each one has a character of its own. The 1st and 2nd are the longest at 110 metres each, and the 2nd is stroke index 1, the hardest hole on the card.

The nine holes at ’t Kruisselt measure 691 metres from both the yellow and the red tees. Played twice, they make an 18-hole round of par 54 over 1,382 metres. Over 18 holes, the men's course rating from the yellow tees is 47.2 with a slope of 60, and the women's course rating from the red tees is 48.3 with a slope of 64. For nine holes the course ratings are 23.6 for men and 24.2 for women, with the same slopes.

Golfclub ’t Kruisselt also caters for beginners. The club offers a membership for new golfers that includes theory lessons and the theory exam, and once you score enough points in an official round, you have a handicap of 54.