Golf
Golf Château de la Bawette
Chaussée du Château de la Bawette 5, 1300 Wavre
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The course
La Bawette Course
- 18 holes
- Par 72
- Length 6,200 m
- Opened 1988
Le Parc is the principal eighteen at Golf du Château de la Bawette in Wavre and the estate's only full-length course still in operation. This par 72 measures 5,904 metres from the white tees and forms two loops returning to the clubhouse. Its identity comes less from one monumental scene than from an unusually varied succession of valleys, old trees, water and changing orientations, only minutes from the main routes linking Brussels with Walloon Brabant.
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Architecture
The short holes change direction and elevation, with one crossing a pond; the par fours alternate straight axes and doglegs across markedly different lengths. Six carry fairway bunkers, while water shapes several others. Greens vary in size, orientation and height. Work undertaken after 2011 modernised drainage without removing this original diversity of scale and setting.
The course in detail
The land is approachable but seldom uniform. Sloping fairways, rising approaches and valley floors continually change the perception of distance. Wooded sections can retain more moisture after rain, while exposed areas firm more quickly.
Address · Chemin du Hameau
Editorial source: The Round public Atlas
The club
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History
The club was formed in 1987 and opened its golf school, Le Parc and the nine-hole Les Champs on 6 June 1988, all designed by Irish architect Tom McAuley. A former farm building first served as the clubhouse before André Jacqmain's building opened in October 1989. The sale of the Les Champs land to the City of Wavre in 2011 prompted a substantial renewal of the eighteen: drainage, reshaping and adjustments to several areas placed Le Parc firmly at the centre of club life.
Club experience
The contemporary clubhouse brings together reception, changing rooms, tuition and a brasserie with broad fairway views; practice and learning areas complete the property. The walk includes meaningful elevation changes without becoming mountainous. The atmosphere remains that of an active Walloon Brabant club where competitions, junior development and corporate gatherings share an easily reached estate.
Geography and setting
The property covers about 65 hectares south of Wavre, in a part of Walloon Brabant where farmland, woodland and development meet in quick succession. Trees close several views, while higher sections recover open sky and moving air. That alternation creates a genuine sense of retreat despite the immediate proximity of the E411 motorway and the region's busy commercial centres.
Where to play
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Club affiliation
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