Granville Golf Club (Links)

The main course at Granville is one of the few authentic links courses in France, only La Mer at Le Touquet comes close.

The joyous French players gathered around the Tricolour, beaming at their victory while we, their gallant and, if we are truthful, disappointed opponents, watched on

Granville Links had hosted the 33rd Wryter Cup – an annual contest between the golf societies of the French and British press.

This is the only true links in France.

I played this course 7 years ago and it touched my heart.

Golf de Granville claims to be the only authentic links course in France.

There are not many places left in GB&I where you can experience truly unwatered summer links conditions on a quality course.

I suppose the kindest way to describe Granville when I played it last week was “a little rough around the edges” but I write that in the most sympathetic way possible – the green complexes were absolutely fine as they, thankfully, have irrigation, but the fairways were bare and rather barren, which is no bad thing for a fast-running links but the contrast between watered and parched turf was rather stark, to say the least.

Granville is a beautiful links course on the northern coast of France.

Granville is a links style course with revetted bunkering and although on the coast has it has no views of the coast.

I've played Granville a few times and enjoyed thoroughly.