Great to see the pictures of the Hague. I can confirm that Noordwijk is stunning and Kennemer can be - it depends which 18 you play. There are the 18 Colt holes at Kennemer, though how accurately they were restored after the Second World War I cannot say. The place was, it seems, an enormous gunnery base. For the most part they are archetypal links holes with a good deal of movement in the fairways and greens, but not to excess. The best holes are spread evenly through both nines, being mostly those running on and off a central spine of dunes. There are 9 new holes (Van Hengel Course) exploring even more tumbling and spectacular dunes but the restrictions placed on the construction by the conservation of the precious dunes (damage them and most of Holland disappears under the North Sea) gives them (to my amateur eye) too much quirkiness. The clubhouse has been restored exactly as in the old photo, and is a gem. You can tee off at Kennemer within an hour of landing at Schipol.
Noordwijk is a must play. Most of it bounces through, over and round serious dunes. There are a couple of brief (and rather welcome) excursions into scrubby woodland. It's a post-war links, with the benefits of Frank Penninck's detailed knowledge of the great British links well to the front. When I played Kennemer and Noordwijk three years ago both were a little over £30 a round (a half or a quarter of what you would pay at an equivalent British links). Last year they charged 57 Euros and 64 respectively. The Hague was, comparatively, rather more expensive at 82 Euros. It is quite short at 5674 metres (add 10% for yards) with a par of 72 off the visitors' tees but it gets up to 6142 metres from the back. Noordwijk is 5879 metres par 72 off the visitors' tees and 6242 from the back. Each 9 at Kennemer measures about 2900-2950 metres to a par of 36, and a total of 6247 metres, par 72, for the composite course used for professional tournaments.
Paul is (as usual) spot on in recommending the inland courses - exactly the same sort of thing you'd find in the Surrey heath-and-heather belt, at a fraction of the cost. Hilversum is a delight and like Noordwijk and Kennemer, a frequent host to the Dutch Open. Last year its green fee was 45 Euros - a genuine bargain. Eindhoven (which I don't know, personally) was 50, De Pan (Utrecht) 45.
I can also commend the old Belgian courses. Royal Zoute somewhat resembles Lytham in that you can't see the sea (nor can you at Kennemer), and there's housing around it, but it's a good test of golf, if rather expensive. There's a cracking little links course also, Royal Ostende. Half a dozen holes are real seaside specials, though there are one or two mundane ones, too. Also in the west is Royal Latem, near Ghent, which lies behind artists' villas. There's a bit of broom and heather to enliven this otherwise rather featyreless course, but you go there simply to meet and enjoy the company of Reginald Swaelens, the Secretary/greenkeeper (sic), brother of the late Donald Swaelens, a stalwart of European golf a couple of generations ago. Near the Dutch border is Royal Antwerp, Belgium's oldest club (1888). It probably doesn't change level by more than three or four feet but it's a Tom Simpson masterpiece with lots of first-rate strategic 2-shot holes. RGC de Belgique is tremendous. An old royal hunting lodge is the clubhouse, the trees in their magnificent variety expand on the neighbouring royal arboretum and the layout is a tricky, hilly Tom Simpson delight. There have been recent amendments to the layout, but, from what I gather, not for the worse. The Belgian Royal family played frequently at Royal Hainaut, to the south, near Mons. There is a very English feel to the 18 Hawtree holes dating back to 1933 while Martin Hawtree has added a third nine in 1990, very 'Surrey' in nature with lots of heather. I personally wouldn't visit Royal Waterloo for its architecture (27 Hawtree holes from 1959 and 18 by Paul Rolin from 1985) but there's something enjoyable about engaging in golfing combat over such a historic battlefield. But I should insist that any visitor to Belgium should make the journey into the hills near Liege. Royal Sart Tilman is a 1938 Simpson course laid out on gently rolling parkland, making good strategic use of the natural topography. It has a beautiful thatched clubhouse and the wine cellar is impressive! Even better, though, is the splendid 1930 Simpson course high in the hills above Spa, Royal GC des Fagnes. This is airy country and Simpson's gestures are appropriate, especially the prolific bunkering. It is laid out in a forest, yet the trees are not overwhelming, they merely provide a nature reserve through which essentially heathland golf is played.
As in Holland, nowhere is further than an hour's drive from the middle of the country, and value for money is no less impressive. And there are those who say that Belgian cuisine at its finest is even better than French....