Royal Golf Club du Hainaut
Rue de la Verrerie 2,
7050 Erbisoeul-Lez-Mons
Tel : (065) 22 96 10 Fax : (065) 22 51 54

Ian Franks wrote on: Jul 1, 2009

Your entry mistakenly declares Hawtree as having been the architect of RGCH. While Fred and Martin Hawtree designed the 3rd nine holes (Les Etangs) opened in the 1990s, the original 18 (the two 9 hole loops known as Bruyères and Quesnoy) were a Tom Simpson design opened in the early 1930s.

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Alan Taylor wrote on: Oct 24, 2003

We played the oldest two of the three 9-hole loops, Les Bruyeres and Le Quesnoy. The other, Les Etangs, has more water and is a longer and more modern course.
These traditional parkland courses, created in the 1930s have everything – huge trees, lining lush fairways but not too tightly packed to spoil every errant drive. Stunningly attractive, undulating greens which are well-kept, are framed with leafy backdrops and the bunkers are stuffed with high quality sand.
Well co-ordinated holes vary between tricky par-5s, long par-4s and awkward, well-protected par-3s. I fell in love with this Wentworth look-alike and was not alone in our group. I also met an ex-Brit who had moved to Belgium specifically to become a member here.

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