Royal Haague (Golfclub de Koninklijke Haagsche) Photos

[Malcolm Mckinnon]

A Colt/Alison creation in the Nederland Dune lands, many false fronts await!


Warning! My pictures go from actual to cartoon!  Yet an incredibly great golf course!


I did want to post these but at least 1/2 are good!  I apologize for the toon photos.


I was incredibly pissed off that my camera switched back and forth. Did a total factory reset after seeing these results !



In we go!...


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A beautiful clubhouse![size=78%]

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1st tee, Par 5, toon view


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And myself posing on the 1st tee, toon view


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Down the 1st fairway, still toon


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View of 1st green, in toon


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1st tee looking back, toon


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2nd tee, par 4, now not toon


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View of 2nd green as I advance up the fairway!


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And another view, closer in...


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Uphill approach from here!


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3rd tee, par 4


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3rd approach, uphill!


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3rd green, looking back!


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And a view of downtown Den Haag from the green!


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4th tee, par 3, drop shot!


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Another view of the 4th!


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5th tee, par 5


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Another view or the 5th


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Natural Dune lands ebb and flow like angry seas!


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Closer in to the 5th...


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5th Green...


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6th tee, par 4


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6th fairway!


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6th green!!


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Yikes!! 6th green again!


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And another view of the 6th green!


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7th hole,Par 4, A blind drive!! Just aim for the stake!


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Crest of the 7th hole where it reveals itself, sort of...


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7th green!


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8th tee, long par 3!


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9th hole, a lng uphill par 4, tee view..


DSC00808 by Malcolm Mckinnon, on Flickr


And the undulating approach on 9!!


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10th tee, Par 5, toon view sorry


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10th approach, toon view


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View of 10th fairway in toon...


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11th tee, toon view


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12the tee, par 3, toon view


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13th hole, Par 4, tee view in toon


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Approach to 13th green, toon view!


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13th green!


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14th tee, par 4, toon view!


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Another toon view of the great 14th!


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14th fairway, toon view...


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14th uphill approach!


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And 14th green, looking back!!


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15th tee, par 4!!


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15th fairway...


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15th approach and view of pin!!


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16th tee, par 4, cape style hole


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Walking up the 16th fairway!


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16th approach!


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17th hole , par 3


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A closer view...


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A partial view of the 17th green. Anything right is down a mountain dead.


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18th hole, par 5, tee view...


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And a better view from back...


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Approach on 18!


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18th green looking back!


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And what a lovely clubhouse!!


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What a fun golf course!!


How unusual to have the flat and very upscale suburbs of Den Haag and then the very abrupt huge dune lands with the winds and the salty smell of the the Nordzee!!


I'm smitten with Nederlands!!














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[Mark Pearce]

Thanks, Malcolm.  One of the great highs of the Dutch BUDA was playing at Royal Hague, it's a wonderful, bold course which makes brilliant use of the dunes.  I must get back.

[Adam Lawrence]

Wow, I'd heard from various sources that the tree removal at RH was dramatic, and it surely is.


I have the course as number 2 in continental Europe, behind only Morfontaine. A wonderful place.

[David Davis]

Malcolm,


That's the first cartoon depiction of Royal Hague I've ever seen. Pretty interesting.


You really had some great weather on your trip. Again a very very benign day you ran into at Royal Hague. I've played it many times and can't remember playing when the flags were still as in your photos.


Judging by your ball positions I think you are quite a good player so I imagine you really enjoyed Royal Hague. It can be tough on the first go to not get beat up by these courses a bit. Glad you had a good time.


Adam,


When is the last time you've seen it? How many years ago? It's really gone through a major transformation even since I hosted the Buda. They have removed so many trees and cleared out so many bushes and brought back tons of natural dunes land. Not too mention the fact that they really figured out the firm and fast conditions and completely turned around their turf on the greens which was simply brilliant all of last year. You said you have it at number 2, out of curiosity, how far down does your European ranking go?

[Mike_Clayton]

Not many holes in golf with consecutive shots as scary as the 14th -not without relying on water anyway.


It's a brilliant place and with Morfontaine one of my two favourite courses in Europe.

[Thomas Dai]

Thanks for sharing Malcolm. Looks to be a real roller-coaster of a links, unusually so perhaps. The photos remind me in places of Burnham & Berrow.


Out of interest I viewed the course from a Satmap and the area of duneland between it and the sea is huge -  https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.1340311,4.3672028,16z/data=!3m1!1e3


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[Tyler Kearns]

Royal Hague is a wonderful golf course, somewhere I hope to return to in the future.


It appears from the photos posted above that they are in the process of transitioning certain areas (No. 7 & 16) to a more exposure dunes landscape which the club has successfully incorporated in the past. 


The tee shot view from May 2014 shows the change in appearance.





The non-cartoon tee shot view on the spectacular 14th & 15th holes respectively.








TK

[Sean_A]

Malcolm


Thanks for the pix.

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How much tree clearance has taken place?  I was led to believe the course was a forest.


Ciao

[Adam Lawrence]

Sean - it was never a forest, not like the tree holes at Noordwijk, but they have cut down a hell of a lot

[Tyler Kearns]

Sean,


Plenty of room of the tee, in fact 18 is the only hole with trees bordering both sides of fairway.


TK

[David Davis]

Sean,


Tyler is definitely right here, no tree issues at all at Royal Hague. The little bit they had have all been really thinned out and they keep going. They have also been aggressively returning many of the open dune areas and heavily cleaning out vegetation.


Course is in great shape and having a pretty good idea of your tastes I think you will like it a lot but find it a tough walk up and down all the dunes. Played Saturday and gearing up for another 36 there on Tuesday. That will be a tiring day and about the 20 hole my legs will be kind of wishing they had buggies for 2nd 18's.