Golfclub Riel

Golfclub Riel in Geldrop, North Brabant, is a nine-hole, par-31 golf course near Eindhoven, designed by Berkelmans Greenkeeping.

Golfclub Riel was founded in 1986 by the DAF staff association, on a former football pitch. Volunteers first built a six-hole course there, which was extended to nine holes in the early 1990s. Riel became a public golf club in 1996. Its current layout is a design by Berkelmans Greenkeeping, which also built the course and handles its daily maintenance.

You will find Golfclub Riel on the Gijzenrooiseweg in Geldrop. Besides the nine-hole course, the club has a golf school, a covered driving range and a six-hole pitch and putt course called Zes Gehuchten.

The club describes the holes at Golfclub Riel as short but challenging. The only par 5 is the 3rd, at 463 metres from the yellow tees and rated the hardest hole by stroke index. The par 3s range from 58 metres on the 4th to 188 metres on the 6th.

Golfclub Riel has six par 3s, two par 4s and one par 5, for a par of 31. The nine holes measure 1,831 metres from the yellow tees and 1,640 metres from the red tees. Played twice as an 18-hole round, the course is a par 62 of 3,662 metres from the yellow tees.

For an 18-hole round at Golfclub Riel, the men's course rating from the yellow tees is 60.2 with a slope of 107; from the red tees it is 58.1 and 104. For women, the course rating from the red tees is 61.9 with a slope of 101.

Can visitors play Golfclub Riel? Yes: green fee players need a Dutch GVB proficiency certificate or a handicap of 54 or better, or a course permit from Golfschool Geldrop. Guests must book a tee time in advance and can only start while reception is open.