Old Head Golf Links
A lighthouse, an Atlantic headland, and a round that stays with you.
Kyle Phillips’s heathland course near Den Bosch, sold as an all-day pass.

Bernardus Golf is in Cromvoirt, a village a few minutes from ’s-Hertogenbosch in North Brabant. It opened in 2018, staged the Dutch Open three times, and in September 2026 hosted the first Solheim Cup played in the Netherlands, where Europe beat the United States 15–13. The club does not sell a green fee in the usual sense. Visitors buy a Day Membership, which covers unlimited golf from your first tee time until the end of the day, plus the pool, gym, sauna and tennis court. It suits a short break from Amsterdam, Brussels or a European city trip.
You book a tee time online through the Book Now page on bernardusgolf.com. You reserve your first tee time, and staff then help you arrange further rounds during the day. For two flights, email info@bernardus.com; three or more flights (nine golfers and up) go through the events team. PGA associate professionals should email or call before booking. Cancellation is free up to 48 hours before your time. Inside 24 hours you pay half, and a no-show pays in full. The club does not publish a handicap limit for day members, so ask when you book if you are new to the game. Lodge rooms are sold only with a Day Membership.
Day Membership with unlimited golf and use of all facilities, low season (1 November–31 March); high season €255.
| Day Membership, 1 April–31 October | €255 |
|---|---|
| Day Membership, 1 November–31 March | €195 |
| Winter Special with 3-course dinner, 1 Nov 2026–31 Mar 2027 | €235 |
Kyle Phillips, the American architect behind Kingsbarns and Yas Links, designed the course on 85 hectares of heathland. It is par 72 and, according to Wikipedia, 6,790 metres from the back. Bunkers, ponds, heather and gorse do the defending, and the club’s hole lengths show how much the tees vary: the 1st runs from 248 to 415 metres. There are four par fives and four par threes. The shortest hole is the 8th, at 79 to 146 metres; the 13th par three stretches to 196. The round finishes on the 18th, a par five of up to 525 metres. The closing holes play around water, and for the Solheim Cup grandstands ringed it; the club says Esther Henseleit took off her shoes to play a ball out of it.
Arrive early. The Day Membership is priced for a whole day, and warming up is part of it: a covered and open range with a bar at one end, a grass tee at the other, two putting greens kept at course speed and a short-game area in front of an old church. Its two restaurants are Bernardus Café and Nami, a Nikkei kitchen that holds a Michelin star and takes its own reservations. In late autumn the front office is open from 8am to 5:30pm.
Eindhoven Airport (EIN) is the closest airport with scheduled flights, and Amsterdam Schiphol is the main long-haul gateway; both are a drive away. ’s-Hertogenbosch, a short taxi from the course, has a mainline railway station. The club is at Deutersestraat 39D, 5266 AW Cromvoirt, while the Lodge has its own address on St. Lambertusstraat in the village.
Bernardus Lodge has just eight double rooms, in the village of Cromvoirt, with the heated outdoor pool (open 1 April to 1 October), sauna and hammam next door. Comfort rooms cost €290 and Superior rooms €310 a night, plus €27.50 a head for breakfast and local tourist tax. With the Winter Special the room costs €240 a night, without breakfast. The Lodge is available only with a Day Membership. For more choice, stay in ’s-Hertogenbosch, the old cathedral city a short drive north.
Bernardus is a one-day course rather than a resort, so it works best as the golf stop on a wider trip. The club points guests to Den Bosch itself, with its cathedral and canals, and to the Loonse en Drunense Duinen national park, an inland area of drifting sand dunes west of Cromvoirt that is good for walking and cycling. The club’s history page also links it to the Bernardus winery in California’s Carmel Valley, founded by Ben Pon, the club’s namesake; the club sells its wines.
Bernardus closes fully only on 25 and 26 December and 1 January, though frost can shut the course and one morning a week it opens at 10am for maintenance. High-season pricing runs from April to October, and the heated outdoor pool opens only in the warmer months. From 1 November 2026 to 31 March 2027 the Winter Special adds a three-course dinner for €235. The Winter Special carries a weather guarantee: if a large part of your round is lost, staff can issue a voucher for a free replacement round.
Explore golf by monthYes. Anyone can buy a Day Membership online, which is a day pass rather than a real membership. It covers unlimited rounds on the championship course that day, the practice areas and the gym, pool, sauna and tennis court. A non-golfing partner can use the facilities free.
The Day Membership costs €255 from April to October and €195 from November to March. That price is for the whole day, not just one round. In winter 2026–27 a €235 package adds a three-course dinner at Bernardus Café.
Team Europe won 15–13 over the United States on 11–13 September 2026. It was the 20th Solheim Cup and the first in the Netherlands, and the PING Junior Solheim Cup was played on the same course that year.
Yes, in the eight-room Bernardus Lodge, but rooms are sold only alongside a Day Membership. Rooms start at €290 a night, breakfast is extra, and bookings go through info@bernardus.com or the club’s phone line.
Last checked 10 November 2026. This is an independent planning guide, not a first-hand review or a booking service. Check live availability, access, fees and travel details with the operator before booking. Airport suggestions are starting points for route planning.
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