South West France

Map of South West France

We’ve grouped the regions of Aquitaine, Limousin, Midi-Pyrénées and Poitou-Charentes to create the South West area of France, and it was here at Pau where golf à la française began in 1856. In fact, Pau Golf Club is the oldest club in continental Europe.

Toulouse is the South West region’s largest city, but there are few top golf courses within easy reach of Toulouse. To the north of the city, the Jeremy Pern-designed course at Albi Golf Club is worth a inspecting and if you are interested in art you’ll perhaps want to check out the home of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. To the north of Bordeaux you’ll find the Châteaux course at Golf du Médoc, Bill Coore’s third solo design and his first and only project in Europe.

The greatest collection of top golf courses in the South West lie in Basque territory to the north of Biarritz, along the Bay of Biscay. Robert von Hagge’s Seignosse is considered one of the most beautiful courses in France and with RTJ’s Moliets further north and two Golden Age classics at Hossegor and Chiberta to the south, we can safely say that Biarritz is one of the most engaging golfing destinations in the entire country.

Top 100 Golf Courses - South West France

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Médoc (Châteaux)

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Golf du Médoc is located to the north of Bordeaux, which everyone knows, or ought to know, is the world capital of wine. The Châteaux course is Bill Coore's 3rd solo design, which he laid out with his design associate, Rod Whitman.

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Seignosse

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A couple of kilometres inland from the Bay of Biscay lies one of France’s most beautiful and most challenging golf courses. Hidden in the forest amongst the Cork Oak and pine lies the stunning Seignosse.

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Chiberta

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Golf de Chiberta is a monument to one of the world’s greatest architects, Tom Simpson, and it is also one of the few links courses on the French Atlantic coastline.

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Grand Saint-Emilionnais

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The course at Grand Saint-Emilionnais Golf Club is Tom Doak's first Continental European design, which is set within a UNESCO World Heritage site in the wine producing countryside near Bordeaux.

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Moliets

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Golf de Moliets is set in amongst the pines of Landes in a thoroughly agreeable and most natural setting.

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Hossegor

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Hossegor is the perfect venue for golf and it is reminiscent of the sparkling heathland courses, which are in abundance to the west of London.

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Médoc (Vignes)

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It’s true to say Les Vignes has had to live in the shadow of an older sibling which has hosted a French Open (in 1989) but the course is now maturing into one that’s finding its rightful position...

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Biarritz Le Phare

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The original course at Golf de Biarritz Le Phare, which was laid out by Tom and Willie Dunn in 1888, was one of the oldest on the European continent that was subsequently redesigned by Harry Colt in the 1920s...

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Albi Lasbordes

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Golf d’Albi Lasbordes was one of a dozen designs that Pern introduced to the French golfing public during a prolific nine year period from 1986 to 1994...

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Royan

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Routed through La Coubre forest, Golf de Royan bears a striking resemblance to the courses at Woburn. There’s a fine collection of varied and memorable holes at this government run facility. Check out the view of the Cordouan Lighthouse on the 14th.

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