South East France
From a golf course perspective, Provence is perhaps the premier region and at Vidauban you’ll find (if invited) one of the country’s most private golf clubs and also one of the country’s most accessible facilities. It may be tricky to get a game at Prince de Provence, but it’s resort golf at its absolute finest at the 36-hole Four Seasons Terre Blanche. Heading down to the south of France you’ll find the Pete Dye and PB Dye layout at Barbaroux, Léonard Morandi and Donald Harradine’s Nimes-Campagne, Robert von Hagge’s Royal Royal Mougins and the highly regarded Gary Player-designed Chateau de Taulane among numerous other fine French golf courses.
Terre Blanche (Château)
South East France, France
Terre Blanche (Château)
Dave Thomas slipped the Château course at Terre Blanche Hotel Spa & Golf Resort onto the Provence landscape like a hand sliding into a silk glove.
Vidauban Golf Club
South East France, France
Vidauban Golf Club
Founded in 1999 at Vidauban, and originally named Prince de Provence, Vidauban was fashioned by the full complement of Robert Trent Joneses.
Royal Mougins
South East France, France
Royal Mougins
Royal Mougins, open since 1993, reposes in a secluded valley near the town of Mougins and a short drive from Cannes.
Lyon (Les Sangliers)
South East France, France
Lyon (Les Sangliers)
Villette d’Anthon was one of the first and biggest golf developments in the Rhone region and the championship Sangliers course at Golf Club de Lyon was built in 1991.
Maison Blanche (Les Sources)
South East France, France
Maison Blanche (Les Sources)
The 18-hole Les Sources was designed as a championship course from the beginning, and in fact it has hosted the Swiss Ladies Open back in 1996 and 1997...
Cannes-Mandelieu (Old)
South East France, France
Cannes-Mandelieu (Old)
Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia founded one of the oldest golfing layouts in France, the Old course at Cannes-Mandelieu in 1891.
Terre Blanche (Le Riou)
South East France, France
Terre Blanche (Le Riou)
Measuring 6,005 metres from the back tees, Le Riou course at Terre Blanche Hotel Spa & Golf Resort is considerably shorter than its sibling, but no less challenging, with tree-lined fairways laid out in the higher reaches of the hilly landscape.
Château de Taulane
South East France, France
Château de Taulane
The “Black Knight”, Gary Player designed the Taulane layout, which is set on some 120 hectares and opened for play in 1992 to critical acclaim.
Cannes-Mougins
South East France, France
Cannes-Mougins
Located just a few miles inland from the famous Promenande de la Croisette in Cannes, the fairways of the Cannes Mougins Golf & Country Club nestle in the foothills of the Southern Alps...
Frégate Provence (Frégate)
South East France, France
Frégate Provence (Frégate)
Set within a wonderful 27-hole resort in the Bandol wine region of Provence, the Ron Fream-designed Frégate course at the Dolce Frégate Provence resort overlooks the shimmering waters of the Mediterranean Sea.
Saint Donat
South East France, France
Saint Donat
One of half a dozen French golf projects that Robert Trent Jones II has been involved in, Saint Donat is a tree-lined parkland course that’s laid out over undulating terrain in two returning 9-hole circuits.
Pont Royal
South East France, France
Pont Royal
Pont Royal Golf Club opened for play in 1992 and it’s the only golf course in France designed by Seve Ballesteros.
Val de Sorne
South East France, France
Val de Sorne
Located in the foothills of the Jura mountains, the course at Golf du Val de Sorne is a late 1980s design by Hugues Lambert. Constant elevation changes in the landscape create the ideal environment for positioning raised greens and tee boxes.
Lyon Salvagny (Les Etangs)
South East France, France
Lyon Salvagny (Les Etangs)
The 18-hole Les Etangs layout at Lyon Salvagny Golf Club debuted in the late 1980s with greens built to USGA specification. According to the club’s website “some par threes are surprising, some par fours are daring, while par fives are spectacular.”
Saint Endréol
South East France, France
Saint Endréol
The signature hole at Les Domaines de Saint Endréol Golf & Spa Resort is without doubt the spectacular downhill par three 13th, played to a peninsula green that juts out into the River Endre.
Grenoble Bresson
South East France, France
Grenoble Bresson
Golf International de Grenoble Bresson at Bresson is one of just a handful of Robert Trent Jones Jnr designs to be found throughout France...
