Golfclub Spielehof Boekelo

Golfbaan Spielehof in Boekelo, Overijssel, plays the Grobbebaan: a 9-hole, par-29 golf course with seven par 3s and two par 4s.

Can visitors play the Grobbebaan at Spielehof? Yes, as green fee players with a handicap of 54 or better, and you must show your (digital) GVB card, the Dutch golf proficiency certificate. Tee times can be booked online or directly with the club. Golfers without a handicap can play the separate shortgolf course at Spielehof instead, which is open to everyone.

Golfbaan Spielehof is on the Spieleweg in Boekelo, a village in the Twente region that belongs to the municipality of Enschede, with Hengelo, Haaksbergen and Delden also close by. Spielehof has 27 holes in total: the nine-hole Grobbebaan and an 18-hole shortgolf course of short par 3s.

The Grobbebaan measures 1,531 metres from the yellow tees and 1,390 metres from the red tees, with holes from 93 to 347 metres off the yellows. Its two par 4s are the 4th (308 metres) and the 7th (347 metres). The 3rd, a 150-metre par 3, is stroke index 1, making it the hardest hole on the Grobbebaan. The club itself calls the Grobbebaan challenging for golfers of every handicap.

An 18-hole round on the Grobbebaan means playing the nine twice, for a par of 58 and 3,062 metres from the yellow tees. For men, the course rating from the yellow tees is 56.6 with a slope of 104, and from the red tees 54.6 with a slope of 96. For women, the course rating from the red tees is 57.7 with a slope of 106.