Mole

Golf

Ltd

This course is believed to be the oldest in Amsterdam and also the lowest being several metres below sea level. In fact the course itself is below the water level of the surrounding dykes and the water in the golf course dykes has to be periodically pumped out into the surrounding dykes.  

The course was originally built on an old railway siding and is still owned by the Railways and as such they are able to build on it.  During construction of an overhead high speed rail link over the course, it was decided to remodel several holes.  

As the course is sited on an old peat bog, we were unable to construct traditional greens because of the weight of material pushing down on the peat making the greens sink.  Therefore, it was decided to construct the greens using polystyrene blocks measuring 1.20m x 0.50m x 4.0m which covered the whole fo the putting surface.  A 50cm sand and root zone layer was then placed on top and the greens finished in the normal way.