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The Dutch, The Netherlands
 
The Dutch is a new Colin Montgomerie 18 hole golf course and practice facility at Spijk, near Gorinchem, in the Netherlands. Inspired by the company 'Made in Scotland' The Dutch is a place where golf is used to bring top executives together in an environment where business and social relationships can be created, developed and enhanced. The high quality championship golf course has been uniquely styled to help them meet this objective.

Golf course construction began in early 2008, dealing first with some of the unique engineering solutions required to create this flat farmland into a first class golf course. Since then exciting and quite radical shaping has been used to create a rugged golf course character where undulating fairways, featuring many bumps and hollows, are framed by dramatic mounding. Out of necessity on land which is below sea level there are also many water features with several lakes and many canals coming into play. The golf course is the chosen venue for the Dutch Ryder Cup 2018 bid.

The official course opening will be performed by Colin Montgomerie in May this year.
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Above: Monty sitting on the bridge outside the Clubhouse at The Dutch