Donation Club de Crosse by Geert and Sara Nijs

Geert and Sara Nijs have delighted the Nederlands Golfmuseum with a special donation: a Club de Crosse with five choulettes and a sac au crocket (circa 1900). Or a stick with balls from the jeu de crosse, also called chole.  ...

KLM Open memorabilia

Daan Slooter, director of KLM Open and member of DE 144, has donated part of his KLM Open collection to the Netherlands Golf Museum.  In 1978, Daan, eleven years old, kept the scoreboard during the Dutch Open. The following year he ran as a caddie. He has kept all the...

Amsterdam Golf Club

On Saturday 11 March 2017, a delegation from the Amsterdam Golf Club visited the Dutch Golf Museum. v.l.n.r. Harm Raymans, Pieter Kroon, John Ott, Gerard Jol, Ferd Vrijmoed, Geert Jan Bakker, Theo van Diem, Geert Janssen, Jelle Timmenga, Gert Kuit    The museum was...

Royal Tichelaar Makkum

On Saturday 18 March 2017, the Netherlands Golf Museum received three tiles from the private collection of Piet Tichelaar made in the renowned ceramics factory of Koninklijke Tichelaar Makkum (1572) from Ad de Vries. Tile 1: 1640-1660 golfer; edge motif Wan-Li Tile 2:...

Golf clubs of Peter Marsden

    Peter Marsden, oud R.A.F. piloot, gehuwd met een Nederlandse vrouw, is de zoon van wijlen R.W. Marsden. Hij vond na het overlijden van zijn vader een zolder vol oude golfstokken, alle voorzien van bijzondere kenmerken. Helaas niet met jaartallen, maar dat wordt...

Mister Golf buggy now in golf museum

Robby Van Erven Dorens, also known as Mister Golf, has donated his golf cart to the Dutch Golf Museum. On Saturday, March 18, 2017, John Ott received the golf cart where Mister Golf has been in his active golf life. The golf cart will therefore get a nice spot inside...