Golf
Golf de Pierpont
Chemin Grand Pierpont 1, 6210 Les Bons Villers
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2 courses
Grand Pierpont
- 18 holes
- Par 72
- Length 6,326 m
- Opened 1991
Grand Pierpont is Golf & Hotel de Pierpont’s eighteen-hole championship course, a 6,326-metre par 72 in the open countryside of Les Bons Villers. Joan Dudok van Heel created the original layout in the early 1990s; Bruno Steensels later renewed its bunkers, greens and presentation. A seventeenth-century manor farm anchors the property as clubhouse and twenty-room hotel.
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Architecture
Dudok van Heel established a long, spacious par 72 across open agricultural contours. Fairways generally possess generous visual width, but low landforms, large bunkers and changing orientation prevent the scale from becoming monotonous. Water enters selected scenes rather than defining every hole, and planted groups now create stronger separation than at opening.
Steensels’ renovation sharpened bunker edges, modernised green complexes and improved the relationship between hazards and current landing distances.
The course in detail
Grand Pierpont occupies moderately undulating ground rather than severe slopes. Large bunkers, selected water features and successive generations of trees give the formerly open fields greater definition. A major planting campaign reported in 2015 introduced about 80,000 trees and shrubs across the property; their continued growth has softened horizons and strengthened habitat.
Current maintenance follows Wallonia’s zero-pesticide framework and GEO principles, accepting firmer, drier and more visibly seasonal surfaces as part of that transition.
Editorial source: The Round public Atlas
Le Petit Pierpont 9 Holes
- 9 holes
- Par 27
- Length 1,097 m
- Opened 2011
Le Petit Pierpont is a nine-hole executive course by Bruno Steensels, designed for a quick yet technically meaningful round.
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Architecture
All nine holes are par threes. Steensels uses bunkers, contours and angles to avoid repetition. WHS tables also list an approximately 1,002-metre Light Blue configuration.
The course in detail
Le Petit Pierpont 9 Holes has 9 holes, par 27. Open ground leaves certain holes exposed to wind. The playing profile of Le Petit Pierpont 9 Holes brings together 9 holes at par 27 on compact course ground.
Editorial source: The Round public Atlas
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History
The manor farm predates golf by centuries and its buildings were connected with military movement around the 1815 campaign. Golf arrived in the early 1990s through Dudok van Heel’s championship layout. New ownership in 2011 began a substantial programme across both Grand Pierpont and the shorter Petit Pierpont, with Steensels responsible for architectural refinement.
Investment extended to planting, practice and hospitality. In 2015 the Challenge Tour brought the KPMG Trophy to Pierpont, placing the renewed course in professional competition.
Club experience
Pierpont actively welcomes visitors. Practice facilities, academy, pro shop, restaurant, equipment and golf-cart arrangements support a full day, while the twenty-room hotel enables stay-and-play visits within the historic farm. The separate nine-hole Petit Pierpont provides a shorter learning environment and should not be confused with the main course.
Geography and setting
Pierpont lies in Hainaut between Brussels, Waterloo and Charleroi, surrounded by working fields near Frasnes-lez-Gosselies. The 67-hectare golf property is gently sloping and open to weather from several directions, with planted belts gradually dividing what was once a broad agricultural horizon.
The historic farm complex provides a strong architectural centre and a sheltered courtyard, while the course extends outward into rural space.
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