Saint Donat

One of half a dozen French golf projects that Robert Trent Jones II has been involved in down the years, Saint Donat is a tree-lined parkland course that’s laid out over undulating terrain in two returning 9-hole circuits.

Water threatens at a number of holes and good bunkering and large putting surfaces go a long way to protect the overall par of 71. The back nine is quite a bit hillier than the outward half and golfers have to contend with several blind drives on these holes.

Although it’s not quite in the same bracket as the private Trent Jones Snr course (Prince de Provence) that lies an hour’s drive to the southwest at Vidauban, the Saint Donat layout certainly holds its own in the Cannes area amongst courses like Robert von Hagge’s Royal Mougins and Cabel Robinson’s Grande Bastide.