R.I.P. Jan Dorrestein

Thursday, April 6, 2023, we received the news that golf legend Jan Dorrestein has passed away at the age of 77. Jan Dorrestein was the first Dutch golfer to play full-time on the brand new European Tour. He also won numerous national titles and was also successful...

Son of deceased father donates golf books

Rombout Jas, son of Henk Jas, who recently died at the age of 87, brought more than 150 golf books and golf games to the museum. His father was an avid golfer who, together with his wife, had had a lot of fun with the game of golf and everything that went with it. Son...

Life-size leather caddie on loan

The golf museum was surprised on Wednesday 14 December with a unique golf object: a life-size caddie with golf bag which is completely made of leather. Mrs. Odette Kramp-Goossens, pictured here together with chairman John Ott, brought the leather doll to the museum...

NGF director Jeroen Stevens visits golfmuseum

Jeroen Stevens, director of the Dutch Golf Federation (NGF), visited the Dutch Golf Museum last Saturday. It had been about 5 years since Jeroen was in the golf museum for the last time and so it was time to see the expansions of the museum with your own eyes. In the...

Physically limited golfer Daphne van Houten donates signed golf ball

Daphne van Houten is an avid golfer of 24 years who first plays handicap +1.9 (= under 0) and after the introduction of the World Handicap System now handicap -1.9. At the age of 12, she was diagnosed with scoliosis (a condition characterized by a lateral curvature of...