Golf Groenlo

The par-3 course at De Blanckenborg in Groenlo, Gelderland, is a nine-hole, par-27 golf course in a golf park with water and hills in the Achterhoek.

Can you play the par-3 course at De Blanckenborg without a handicap? Yes: the nine holes have no minimum playing requirement. Book your tee time with De Blanckenborg in advance.

De Blanckenborg is a sports complex on the Oude Winterswijkseweg, about 3 kilometres from Groenlo, combining tennis and golf under one roof. Besides the nine-hole par-3 course, which is an NGF qualifying course, De Blanckenborg has an 18-hole pitch and putt course, a driving range and a putting green.

Every hole on the De Blanckenborg par-3 course is a par 3, and the nine together measure 748 metres from both the yellow and the red tees. The 6th is the shortest at 50 metres. The 9th, at 120 metres, is the longest and also stroke index 1. The 5th, at 104 metres, is the only other hole over 100 metres. Two rounds make an 18-hole, par-54 loop of 1,496 metres.

For nine holes at De Blanckenborg, the men's course rating from the yellow tees is 23.9 with a slope of 68, and the women's course rating from the red tees is 24.8 with a slope of 69. Over 18 holes the figures are 47.8 and 68 for men from yellow, and 49.5 and 69 for women from red.

The golf park at De Blanckenborg, home to both the par-3 course and the pitch and putt course, features water, hills, trees, shrubs and sloping greens, and the complex's terrace looks out over the courses and the surrounding countryside.