IDHO
History 1
The golfcourse was realized in 1923 to a design of Gerry del Court van Krimpen, by order of Dr. François Gerard Waller (1860-1935).
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It is a , and quite possibly the only, golfcourse with fairways of heather in the world.
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In October 2010, the course hosted the International Dutch Hickory Open, a tournament played with original golfclubs made of hickory dating from 1935 or earlier.Ullerberg Heidegolf Ullerberg Heidegolf Ullerberg Heidegolf Ullerberg Heidegolf Ullerberg Heidegolf Ullerberg Heidegolf Ullerberg Heidegolf Ullerberg Heidegolf Ullerberg Heidegolf
The layout of the course
See below for the local rules. golfcourse lay-out
Distance table [yards]
Hole Par S.I. Men's Ladies Hole Par S.I. Men's Ladies
1 3 9 137 137 6 4 13 301 294
2 4 5 350 314 7 5 7 463 377
3 4 17 246 225 8 3 15 116 116
4 4 1 387 356 9 5 3 423 369
5 4 11 383 337
Total 36   2806 2525

Golfing laws
to be observed by visitors of the historical heather golf “De Ullerberg” while playing golf

(Ermelo, April 22, 1923)

  1. You must Tee your Ball not nearer the Marker than two Club lengths, nor farther distant from it than four.
  2. Your Tee must be upon the ground.
  3. You are not to change the Ball you strike off the Tee before that Hole is played out.
  4. You are not to remove stones, bones, or any break-club, in order to play your Ball, except upon the fair Green.
  5. If your Ball is half-covered or more with water, you are at liberty to take it out, tee it behind the Hazard, and play it with any Club, allowing your adversary a stroke: and if on Ice, you may take it up, and tee behind the Ice, losing one, or play it off the Ice, in the option of the Player.
  6. If your Ball lye in a made Hazard, or in any of the Water-tracts, for draining the Links, where the cut of the spade appears at the place where the Ball lyes, it may be taken out, dropped behind the Hazard, and played with an iron club without losing a stroke; or in the option of the Player, the Ball to be tee'd, and lose one. And in no case, but what is mentioned in this and the immediately preceding law, can a Ball be lifted, but must be played where it lyes.
  7. If your Balls be found anywhere touching, or within six inches of one another, you are to lift the first Ball till the other is played.
  8. At Holing you are to play your Ball honestly for the Hole, and not play on your Adversary's Ball not lying in your way to the Hole.
  9. If you lose your Ball, you are to drop another as near as can be judged to the place where your Ball was lost, and allow your Adversary a stroke for the misfortune.
  10. At Holing you are not to mark the direction to the Hole.
  11. If a Ball be stopped by accident, it must be played where it lyes; and if stopped by the Adversary, his caddie or servant, the party who stops the Ball to lose one.
  12. If in striking, your Club breaks, it is nevertheless to be accounted a stroke if you strike the ground, or pass the Ball with the Club.
  13. The Ball farthest from the Hole must be played first.
  14. In playing, you are to strike off from the Golfhuisje and play the holes in the sequence as numbered until you come again to the Golfhuisje, where the Round ends.
  15. Any disputes arising between parties on the Green shall be settled by the Captain for the time, if present, or by the latest Captain who may be on the ground.

Addition August 2010
If the aformentioned rules are insufficient to settle a dispute, then the rules of the Royal and Ancient at St. Andrews apply.

History 2
Players from nine different countries entered the competition. Winner was the current worldchampion hickorygolf Perry Somers, golfprofessional at the Sorrento Golf Club in Sorrento, Australië in a new course-record of 74 strokes.

Mr. Somers was awarded the Waller trophee with Mrs. Brita Nord from Sweden, who won the ladies competition.Ullerberg Heidegolf Ullerberg Heidegolf Since then the IDHO was held on a yearly basis on the Ullerberg. See the Archive for reports and results.
In 2012 the course-record was reduced to 72 strokes by winner Iain Forrester. Ullerberg Heidegolf Ullerberg Heidegolf Ullerberg Heidegolf Ullerberg Heidegolf Ullerberg Heidegolf Ullerberg Heidegolf Ullerberg Heidegolf
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