Beveren

Founded in 1989, Golfclub Beveren moved a couple of years after it was formed to its present site next to the Kallo lock, which links the Scheldt River to Waasland harbour, just outside the city of Antwerp.

Built on reclaimed land located immediately next to the docks, the course started out as a basic 3-hole layout in 1993 before it was doubled in size three years later then further expanded into a 9-hole track shortly after that.

Work began in 2017 to redesign the course under the instruction of local architect Dimitri van Hauwaert and this involved the remodelling and rerouting of several holes, along with the addition of three new par threes at holes 3, 7 and 9.

The 9-hole course is laid out on land leased from the local government, with a new 4-hole short course, putting green and short game area set around the clubhouse, the ground floor of which also doubles up as a driving range.

Golfclub Beveren is truly an ambassador for golf in Belgium (and elsewhere), showing others how to run an all-inclusive golf facility in the modern era on a site that was formerly just wasteland within an industrial zone.

The club operates a restaurant and driving range that’s used by both the general public and club members and it welcomes new recruits through an active junior programme in addition to offering reasonable green fee rates for casual golfers.