Martensplek

Martensplek sits in the quiet heathland of Drenthe, one of the Netherlands' least-populated provinces and a region where open skies, birch woodland, and stretches of moorland define the landscape. Tiendeveen is a small peat-colony village in the southeastern corner of the province, part of a flat, understated countryside that rewards those who slow down enough to notice it. Golf in this corner of the Netherlands tends to be low-key and genuinely local — a world away from the polished resort circuits closer to the Randstad.

The course itself is a compact, informal layout that reflects the character of its surroundings rather than competing with it. Heathland settings like this one naturally lend themselves to golf with a raw, unhurried feel — sandy subsoils, heather rough, and tree-lined corridors that frame rather than punish. Conditions here tend to be firm and fast by Dutch standards, and the wind across open Drenthe terrain is never entirely absent.

For visitors, Martensplek offers a genuinely regional experience: modest, unpretentious, and rooted in a part of the Netherlands that most golfers from outside the province never think to explore. That, in itself, is reason enough to make the detour.