22 October, 2025
Willem van den Elskamp is a true collector of everything related to the Dutch Open. As a golf journalist, Willem has attended many editions of the Dutch Open and to this day he provides commentary as a reporter for the famous “Beat The Pro” events....
1 September, 2025
In early September, 28 golfers from the Kennemer Golf Club in Zandvoort visited the Dutch Golf Museum for a guided tour. Not just any group of golfers, but members of the long-established friends’ group “IJZERSTERK”. All of them are golfers who have largely...
28 July, 2025
Last Monday, board members John Ott and Ferd Vrijmoed paid a visit to the 97-year-old writer and golf historian Albert Bloemendaal. Albert was happy to briefly return to the golf history he had described so often. We received some valuable books from him and also had...
23 July, 2025
As mentioned before, we regularly receive golf items as a golf museum. These are usually just a few pieces, and the giver knows who originally owned this object. Particularly remarkable, therefore, was the phone call from a lady from Bielefeld, Germany. She knew...
9 April, 2025
Every club golfer notices that the golf season has started again at their first club competition. As the Dutch Golf Museum, we notice this because the trophies are being collected again to be awarded later. This includes the “KLM Open” trophy and the “Dutch Ladies...
21 March, 2025
The Dutch Golf Museum and Diana Mertens have known each other since 2015. Through a tip from Do Smit of the Dutch Kolf Association, John Ott learned that she owned a beautiful collection of kolf shoes from the 16th and 17th centuries. After a visit to the former...
