Prise d'Eau Golf

Prise d'Eau Golf's Blaak-Sijsten course sits in Tilburg, a city in the southern Dutch province of Noord-Brabant. The course was designed by Ronald Fream, an American architect known for his international portfolio and work across Europe and Asia. Fream's designs typically emphasize strategic variety and playability across different skill levels, often incorporating natural landforms and water features into the routing. The Tilburg region is characterized by relatively flat to gently rolling terrain typical of the southern Netherlands, with areas of heathland, woodland, and agricultural land interspersed throughout. Courses in this part of Noord-Brabant often feature tree-lined fairways and water management as integral design elements, given the region's network of canals and drainage systems. The club name "Prise d'Eau" itself refers to water intake or water management infrastructure, suggesting the property's historical or geographical relationship to local waterways. The Blaak-Sijsten designation indicates this is one of multiple courses or loops at the facility, a common arrangement at Dutch golf clubs where land constraints and membership demand lead to configurations of nine-hole courses that can be combined for eighteen-hole rounds. The course serves the Tilburg golf community and visitors to the region, offering a layout shaped by Fream's design principles within the landscape and climate conditions of southern Netherlands golf.