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A golf trip is better with a pro along: coaching on the course, a tightly organised programme and a group experience that stays with you. As the "Travel Pro", Mark Reynolds takes your golf trip under his wing — for companies, groups of friends and clubs.
A golf trip is more than a few rounds on a beautiful course. It is the combination of sport, relaxation and togetherness — and it is precisely that combination that lifts a good golf trip above an ordinary holiday. Bring a PGA professional along and a further dimension is added: you do not just play, you also improve, and the organisation is in experienced hands. This page explains what a golf trip with a pro adds, who it is for, what can be arranged and how to enquire about a golf trip with Mark Reynolds.
The golf trips fall under the "Travel Pro" service of Mark Reynolds, a PGA professional since 1995 and founder of MrGolfbal.nl. As a trip host with an impressive tournament career, he combines expert coaching with the ease of a well-organised trip. Whether you set off with colleagues, friends or club members, in the Netherlands, elsewhere in Europe or beyond — a golf trip with Mark is sporting, sociable and carefree.
The difference between a golf trip on your own and a golf trip with a professional comes down to three things. First, the coaching on location. Instead of taking a lesson at home and forgetting it on the course, you get guidance at the moment that counts: while you play, on the holes that challenge you. A short pointer at the tee, a glance at your putting, a tip on strategy — small things that, over a trip of several days, genuinely stick.
Second, the organisation. A golf trip has many separate parts: course reservations, arranging flights, matching the programme to everyone's level. When an experienced pro helps shape that, you do not have to worry about it yourself. Third, the group experience. Golf connects people, and a well-hosted trip makes the most of that: shared successes on the course, relaxation around it and a level field on which everyone — from beginner to low handicap — feels at home.
A golf trip with a pro suits a range of groups, each with its own emphasis.
Companies and incentives. Want to reward clients, strengthen relations or thank a team for a good year? A business golf trip is a powerful incentive: you are away together, you share the course, and the informal moments spark the conversations that do not happen at the office. The presence of a PGA professional also lends the trip cachet.
Groups of friends. For golfing friends who want to get away together, a hosted golf trip is the way to both enjoy and improve. You play the courses you would not readily book yourself, with someone who sharpens your game along the way.
Golf clubs and societies. A club trip hosted by a pro is a cherished tradition. Members of varying levels travel together, play together and receive practical coaching en route. That turns a club outing into a moment of shared progress too.
The set-up of a golf trip is bespoke, tailored to your group, your wishes and your budget. Broadly, Mark can help think through the course choice and playing schedule, the arrangement of flights and levels, coaching moments during the trip and the balance between golf and relaxation. The idea is that your guests can focus on playing and enjoying themselves, while the sporting programme is thoughtfully put together.
Concrete destinations, dates and forms of stay we decide together — these depend on your group, the season and your preferences (destination, trip length and programme to be put together in consultation). Some groups opt for close by and short, others for a longer trip further afield. Whatever the form, the starting point stays the same: a golf trip that works sportingly and socially. If you would like to round off the trip with a keepsake for the participants, consider personalised golf balls or a printed golf ball as a memento.
The heart of a golf trip with Mark is what happens on the course. Unlike a one-off lesson, coaching during a multi-day trip works cumulatively: a pointer on day one that you already see back in your game on day two. Because Mark experiences you throughout the trip in real playing situations, he can tailor his advice to what you need at that moment — whether that is your long game, your short game or your mental approach.
At the same time, a golf trip remains a trip: it is also about enjoyment, about the holes that stay with you and about the evenings afterwards. Mark keeps that balance. Those who want to work on their game get plenty of room for it; those who mainly want to enjoy the company are not burdened with too much technique. That flexibility makes a golf trip suitable for mixed groups in which not everyone is equally keen.
A golf trip with a pro is only as good as the pro who comes along. Mark Reynolds has been a PGA professional since 1995 and completed his PGA training under Simon Thornhill at Rotherham Golf Club in England. Born in 1978 in Maltby (Rotherham), he started golf at the age of five and moved to the Netherlands in 2000. There he founded a golf school at Golf Centrum Noordwijk in 2001, and since 2014 he has been based at The International golf club near Badhoevedorp (Amsterdam).
His record speaks for itself: winner of the Dutch PGA Order of Merit in 2005, 2009 and 2018, winner of the European PGA Team Championship in 2019 and of the PGA Cup (Great Britain & Ireland versus the USA) in 2005. He has played the KLM Open — in 2018 as the best-placed Dutch player — and has recorded more than ten professional tournament wins. More important for a trip: he teaches daily and knows how to move players of every level forward, with patience and humour. Read more on the about Mark page.
Enquiring about a golf trip starts with no obligation. You let us know what kind of group you want to travel with, how large the group is, what level the participants are and roughly what you have in mind for destination, period and duration. On that basis Mark thinks along with you and works out a proposal that suits your wishes and budget. Availability, price and programme depend on your choices (quote and availability on request).
Because a good golf trip calls for planning — reserving courses, coordinating diaries, building the programme — it is wise to get in touch well in advance. Enquire about your golf trip via the contact page. Looking for entertainment for an event at home as well as the trip? Then look at the golf shows with Mark. And if you would like to surprise your guests with a lasting keepsake, read about golf balls as a corporate gift for businesses.
Planning a golf trip yourself works perfectly well, but there is a reason groups increasingly bring a professional along. It is not only about better shots — it is about the through-line a pro gives to the days. Someone who knows the courses, who understands how to arrange flights cleverly and who offers a pointer at the right moment turns a set of separate rounds into a coherent experience in which you visibly improve.
With a golf trip with a pro such as Mark Reynolds, calm comes with it. Because the golfing programme is in experienced hands, the participants need not worry about a thing and can focus on playing and enjoying themselves. You feel that difference most on a multi-day golf holiday: coaching then works cumulatively, and what you pick up on day one shows up later in your game. You can read more about the man guiding you along the way on the about Mark page.
A golf trip is not an off-the-shelf product but a format that adapts to the group. For a group of friends it is the chance to play courses together that you would not readily book on your own, with someone alongside who sharpens things just a little. For a golf club or society, a guided trip is a cherished tradition in which members of varying standards set off together and receive practical coaching along the way.
And then there is the corporate side. A corporate golf trip is a strong incentive: you reward clients or a team, you are away from the daily grind together, and it is precisely the informal moments on and around the course that spark the conversations an office rarely produces. The presence of a PGA professional also lends such a trip real cachet. If you want to carry that business thread through to an event closer to home, look at the options around a company golf day or all applications at a glance.
Golf and team-building sit together surprisingly well, and a golf trip is a natural setting for it. On the course it emerges of its own accord how people cooperate, encourage one another and cope with setbacks — without the forced feel of a classic team session. Hours spent walking together, waiting at the tee and talking it over after the round build a bond a meeting room seldom manages.
Because Mark tailors the coaching to each person's level, a level playing field emerges on which the beginner comes into their own as much as the low handicapper. That is exactly what binds a group: everyone takes part and no one is left out. Those who want to work on their game are given the room to do so; those who mainly want to enjoy the company are not swamped with technique. That balance makes a golf trip well suited to mixed teams in which by no means everyone plays keenly — and ensures the trip works as a team moment, not only as a sporting challenge.
Enquiring about a golf trip with a pro starts without obligation and without your needing to have it all worked out. You let us know what kind of party you want to travel with, how large the group is, roughly what level the participants are and what you have in mind for atmosphere, period and duration. That is all it takes to begin the conversation — the rest falls into place as you go.
From that first sketch, Mark thinks along with you about course choice, playing schedule, the arrangement of flights and the balance between golf and relaxation, and works up a proposal that fits your wishes and budget. Destination, dates and accommodation are decided together (programme and availability to confirm). Because reserving courses and aligning diaries takes time, it pays to get in touch well in advance. Enquire about your golf holiday via the contact page. Looking for entertainment for an event back home as well? Take a look at the golf shows with Mark.
Anyone who has sent a group away before knows how many loose ends a golf trip carries. Course reservations that have to line up, flights that make sense in terms of level and company, tee times that suit the rhythm of the day, and a programme that keeps golf and relaxation in proportion. Each part is manageable on its own, but together they call for oversight — and it is precisely that oversight an experienced pro carries for you.
Because Mark knows trips of this kind, the participants need not get bogged down in anything. They arrive to play and to enjoy themselves, while the sporting framework is already thoughtfully in place. For a corporate golf trip that is especially valuable: as host you want to be with your clients or team, not occupied with the logistics in the background. That calm — for organiser and guests alike — is perhaps the biggest difference between a trip on your own and a guided golf trip. If you want to round the trip off with a lasting keepsake, consider printed golf balls for businesses for the participants.
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From a business incentive to a club trip or a getaway with golfing friends — PGA professional Mark Reynolds turns it into a sporting, carefree golf trip. Request a proposal without obligation via the contact page.
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