In November 2021, John Ott and Jacques Schuiling were able to give a presentation on behalf of the Nederlands Golfmuseum at the Golf Table of the Royal Industrial Grand Club in Amsterdam. A very fun and educational experience. Last week, the two board members Jos van...
The Ping putter owes its name to the specific “ping” sound that the putter makes when a ball is put. Now I have had a fairly new Ping putter for years, but I did not find the sound (and therefore this statement) very convincing. Until Piet Rijkers, after a...
On Saturday 23 April 2022, the Nederlands Golfmuseum reopened its doors to the general public. The chairman of the Dutch Golf Museum Foundation, John Ott, introduced the day with a few words after a welcome to everyone and then gave the floor to Ernst van den...
The Dutch Golf Museum has received some unique colfstok parts on loan, from a shipwreck that was excavated in 1984 west of Biddinghuizen in Flevoland. The ship had probably departed from Amsterdam and the destination was a Baltic sea port or Kampen. Because of the few...
On 23 February 2022, Janelle van der Torren-Gerritsen, board member of the Rosendaelsche Golfclub, handed over the beautiful Jubilee book “From Heide to Holes” to chairman John Ott of the Dutch Golf Museum. This very extensive yearbook gives a unique...
Sara Kieboom-Nijs is on her way to her home in France when she makes a stopover in Afferden on 12 March 2022 to visit the Dutch Golf Museum She wanted to see how the museum displays the golf-related stick and ball games. After all, years ago her husband Geert and she...
