South East France

South East France, France

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.

South East France, France

Founded in 1999 at Vidauban, and originally named Prince de Provence, Vidauban was fashioned by the full complement of Robert Trent Joneses.

South East France, France

If you like variation, entertainment and interesting holes, Barbaroux is the course for you. Nobody could ever accuse it of being boring.

South East France, France

Royal Mougins, open since 1993, reposes in a secluded valley near the town of Mougins and a short drive from Cannes.

South East France, France

The golf course at Evian dates back to 1904, when the Société des Eaux Minérales d’Evian commissioned Willie Park Jr. to construct a 9-hole layout on a wonderfully scenic site overlooking Lake Geneva.

South East France, France

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.

South East France, France

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...

South East France, France

Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia founded one of the oldest golfing layouts in France, the Old course at Cannes-Mandelieu in 1891.

South East France, France

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.

South East France, France

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.

South East France, France

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...

South East France, France

Established in 1931, the course at Golf du Domaine de Divonne was originally set out by Igor Nakowski. When a new owner took control of the property in 1963, Donald Harradine was brought in to redesign the layout.

South East France, France

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.

South East France, France

Named after the mountain range that rises above Saint-Raphaël, the course at Golf de l’Estérel is set out within a forest of umbrella pines. Unveiled in the late 1980s, the layout is a Robert Trent Jones Snr. production.

South East France, France

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.

South East France, France

Pont Royal Golf Club opened for play in 1992 and it’s the only golf course in France designed by Seve Ballesteros.

South East France, France

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.

South East France, France

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.”

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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.

South East France, France

Golf International de Grenoble Bresson at Bresson is one of just a handful of Robert Trent Jones Jnr designs to be found throughout France...

South East France, France

Nîmes Campagne is located in the South of France on hilly heavily wooded terrain. The clubhouse dates back to 1902 and it was built by its former owner as a miniature replica of the White House in Washington.

South East France, France

Le Breuil is the longer and tougher of the two 18-hole layouts at Golf du Gouverneur. Brought into play in the early 1990s, the course winds its way round a number of water hazards...

South East France, France

The original course at Golf de Roquebrune was designed by Dutch architect Udo Barth in the late 1980s but Michel Gayon was then engaged in 2007 to remodel the layout, resulting in the eighteen holes that are currently in play today.

South East France, France

The Classic course at Le Cap d’Agde Golf International comprises the Azur & Alizés nines and these two circuits form the longest 18-hole configuration at an enterprising 27-hole golf facility located close to the south coast.

South East France, France

The 18-hole layout at Golf de Domaine de Manville is rather unique with its eye-catching geometrically shaped greens and bunkers – some might say it’s where the design schools of Desmond Muirhead and Seth Raynor collide in southern France!

South East France, France

The Opio Valbonne course is a Donald Harradine design – one of three French golf projects the architect was involved with in the early 1960s...

South East France, France

The 18-hole layout at Le Golf de la Bresse is laid out in a wonderful rural location, extending to more than 200 acres of a nature preserve. In such a tranquil setting, the course finds itself in complete harmony with its surroundings.

South East France, France

Opened in 1985, Golf & Country Club de Bossey is a Robert Trent Jones Jnr. design that is surprising, exhilarating and at times a rather frustrating challenge...

South East France, France

Situated on the edge of the Camargue region in the south of France, Les Flamants Rose at Golf de la Grande Motte is a Robert Trent Jones Snr design from the late 1980s which brings small lakes and ponds into play at many of the holes.

South East France, France

The course at Domaine de Charmeil is set on the floodplain of the River Isere so – as might be expected on such flat terrain – natural water hazards play a prominent part in proceedings as the round progresses on this entertaining layout.

South East France, France

Located less than half an hour’s drive from Montpellier city centre, the course at Golf de Massane-Montpellier is a late 1980s design from Ron Fream, built at a time when the American architect was heavily involved in a number of French golf projects...

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Lying in the shadow of Mont Blanc, the original 9-hole layout at Golf Club de Chamonix was inaugurated in 1935. It then took almost half a century before Robert Trent Jones finally expanded the course to an 18-hole track in the early 1980s.

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Designed by Cabell Robinson, a former associate of Robert Trent Jones Snr, the course at Golf de la Grande Bastide lies close to Grasse, the town that’s world famous for its perfumes...

South East France, France

Monte-Carlo Golf Club dates back to 1911, when Willie Park Junior fashioned the club’s original 18-hole course. Starting in 1984, nine editions of the Monte-Carlo Open were held here, with Ian Woosnam winning the last three of these popular professional events.

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Established in 1895, the original 9-hole Old Course at Golf & Tennis Club de Valescure was extended to 18 holes by Harry Colt in 1910. Today, measuring just over 5,000 meters from the medal tees, this delightful tree-lined layout remains much as it was over 100 years ago.

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Golf Club de Lyon dates back to 1919 but both 18-hole layouts at this golf facility (Les Brocards and Les Sangliers) are of a more recent vintage. The construction of a new main road in the early 1960s forced the club to move to its present location...

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The Montaplan course is the shorter understudy to the “championship” Le Breuil layout at Golf du Gouverneur but the Montaplan is set in delightful rural seclusion.

South East France, France

First opened in 1992, the course at Golf du Claux Amic was designed by Jean-Pascal Fourés and its one of a dozen golf projects the French architect has been involved in over the last couple of decades.