Golf
Golf Club de Sept Fontaines
Chaussée d'Alsemberg, 1021 -1420 Braine L'alleud
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3 courses
La Forêt
- 18 holes
- Par 69
- Length 4,874 m
- Opened 1988
La Forêt is one of two eighteen-hole courses at Golf Club 7 Fontaines in Braine-l'Alleud. Its par 69 currently measures 4,787 metres from the yellow tees published by the club. Compact length does not make it a learning loop or the nine-hole Le Parc: eighteen separate holes, six par threes, three par fives and nine par fours form a complete course.
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Architecture
The par-69 composition is unusual: six par threes punctuate the card, three of them within the opening ten holes, while its three par fives are concentrated at the thirteenth, fifteenth and eighteenth. Par fours often measure less than 350 metres from the yellow tees and occupy narrow corridors.
Changes of level and surface orientation replace raw length as sources of variety. With no architect credited on the club's public pages, the design reads principally as a close adaptation to existing woodland.
The course in detail
The name is accurate: trees frame most holes, sometimes very close to the fairways. The course is short on the card yet energetic to walk, with climbs, descents and side slopes continually changing the stance. Shade prolongs moisture after rain, while clearings firm more quickly.
Editorial source: The Round public Atlas
Le Château
- 18 holes
- Par 72
- Length 6,003 m
- Opened 1988
Le Château is one of two eighteens at Golf Club 7 Fontaines in Braine-l’Alleud south of Brussels. Its par 72 reaches 6,003 metres from the black markers and runs through mature parkland associated with Château de l’Hermite, now central to club life. Established trees provide scale, while gentle contour and changing angles hold attention.
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Architecture
Le Château works with the classic elements of mature parkland: trees define lines, bunkers protect one side and green access depends on the preceding position. Width is present, but it must be understood rather than merely found. A drive close to one edge may open the next flag, while a ball in the apparent centre can leave a branch or slope on the approach line.
The design therefore rewards planning across two shots and remains long enough from the back markers for the quality of fairway woods and long irons to matter.
The course in detail
There is no prolonged climb, yet the fairways are never simple flat strips. Slight cambers move landing areas and trees narrow the view before selected approaches. At 6,003 metres from black, the course has substantial length, while forward markers allow the examination to be adjusted.
Wooded sectors retain moisture longer than clearings and alter the ball’s response. Around the greens, bunkers and short slopes make the side of an approach as important as its distance, particularly when a flag sits close to a guarded edge.
Editorial source: The Round public Atlas
Le Parc
- 9 holes
- Par 27
- Length 900 m
- Opened 1987
Le Parc is the founding course of Sept Fontaines: nine par threes in front of Château de l’Hermite, used for learning, handicap progression and short-game improvement. Golf Club 7 Fontaines is home to Le Parc 9 Holes at Braine-l’Alleud in Belgique. With 9 holes, par 27, it belongs to the compact tradition.
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Architecture
All nine holes are par threes. Varied distances, compact greens, bunkers and hole locations require a range of iron and wedge trajectories. Short length does not remove technical demand, particularly in depth control and recovery. The course plays to par 27 and is used within the club’s Just Golf and Route 36 programmes.
Players can return official scores and reduce their index progressively. The quick format suits after-work golf and repeated short-game practice. Le Parc 9 Holes is organised through hole orientation, alternating widths, the placement of hazards and the relationship between fairways and greens.
Movement between long and short sequences prevents repetition, while the contours of landing areas and green surrounds give the design a visual signature. The architecture is most apparent in the way each hole reveals the next part of the property and contributes to a coherent journey through the landscape.
The course in detail
The ground at Le Parc 9 Holes unfolds through a sequence of tees, corridors, changes of level and green surrounds. Natural forms, water, sand and planting create contrasts in width and depth. Across 9 holes, rhythm changes with the length and orientation of each sequence and with the way the property opens or narrows.
Surface conditions move through the seasons, while landform and the structure of the landscape remain its most durable qualities.
Editorial source: The Round public Atlas
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History
Golf Club de Sept Fontaines was established in 1987 on the Château de l'Hermite estate, with the château adapted as its clubhouse. Development produced an unusual offering near Brussels: Le Château and La Forêt as two full eighteen-hole courses, complemented by the nine-hole Le Parc.
La Forêt belongs to that founding late-1980s phase, although its precise opening date is not stated on the club's current pages. Tree growth has since deepened the course's intimate and self-contained character.
Club experience
The estate shares practice facilities, short-game areas, pro shop, changing rooms and the clubhouse within the château. La Forêt provides the more compact game, but elevation and the frequency of short holes create a sustained cadence rather than a merely quick walk.
Geography and setting
The Château de l'Hermite estate covers roughly one hundred hectares south of Brussels near the boundary between Braine-l'Alleud and Rhode-Saint-Genèse. Woodland, rolling clearings and old ponds recall a landscape shaped long before golf arrived. La Forêt occupies the most densely wooded areas and at points follows the Chemin des Moines near the site of the former priory.
The result is a green enclave readily reached from the capital yet clearly detached from its urban fabric.
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