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France

France conjures up images of chateaux and vineyards, crusty bread and smelly cheeses, the Eiffel Tower, the Tour de France, even garlic and onions. The French people have an air of seductive sophistication with a twist of va-va-voom and a dash of je ne sais quoi.

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  1. Morfontaine (Grand Parcours)

    North East France, France

    Morfontaine remains a monument to Tom Simpson’s original design, although Kyle Phillips has recently made some minor changes to the course.

  2. Les Bordes Golf Club (New)

    North West France, France

    Configured as two returning nines, the New course at Les Bordes features four engaging par threes which measure between 131 yards at the 7th and 230 yards at the 14th.

  3. Golf de Chantilly (Vineuil)

    North East France, France

    According to the old Big Bopper song, "Chantilly Lace had a pretty face and a wiggle in her walk". Golf de Chantilly is far more than a pretty face; it’s one of Europe’s most glorious courses.

  4. Fontainebleau Golf Club

    North East France, France

    The Ile de France region has more golf courses than anywhere else in the country but they don't come much better than the delightful Golf de Fontainebleau.

  5. Host on numerous occasions to the French Open, Saint Germain is a delightful park course, which flows through avenues of majestic trees.

  6. Les Bordes Golf Club (Old)

    North West France, France

    There's a slight American feel to the Old golf course at Les Bordes, both in terms of design and conditioning, but there is no doubting that you are in France.

  7. Terre Blanche (Château)

    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.

  8. Les Aisses Golf (Les Aisses)

    North West France, France

    The original design at Les Aisses was modern and occasionally eccentric, but Hawtree Limited changed all that in 2010 and the golf course now harks back to the Golden Age.

  9. Cabot Highlands, formerly Golf du Médoc, is located in the north of Bordeaux. The Châteaux course at Cabot Bordeaux is Bill Coore's 3rd solo design, which he laid out with his design associate, Rod Whitman.

  10. Le Golf National (Albatros)

    North East France, France

    20 miles to the west of Paris at Guyancourt, surrounding the Chateau of Versailles – once home to Louis X1V – lies Golf National's stadium styled Albatros course.

  11. Golf de Chiberta

    South West France, France

    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.

  12. Le Touquet Golf Resort (La Mer)

    North East France, France

    Le Touquet's stunning sea course, La Mer, is one of C.H. Alison's greatest achievements. It’s a classic links course that winds its way between the coastal dunes and rough grasses.

  13. Golf d'Hardelot (Les Pins)

    North East France, France

    Close to the Edwardian seaside resort of Hardelot in the Pas de Calais northern region of France lies the beautiful golf course, Les Pins. It's set amongst the dunes and a glorious pine forest.

  14. Le Kempferhof

    North East France, France

    The Kempferhof is one of the toughest challenges in the Alsace region. Robert von Hagge designed the course and it opened for play in 1989.

  15. Seignosse

    South West France, France

    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.

  16. Morfontaine (Vallière)

    North East France, France

    Tom Simpson laid out Morfontaine’s Vallière course on the Duc de Guiche’s polo fields. James Braid, Arnaud Massy and Jean Gassiat officially opened the layout on the 15th of October 1913.

  17. Vidauban Golf Club

    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.

  18. Belle Dune

    North East France, France

    Belle Dune nestles perfectly within some of the finest dune land in Europe, a stone’s throw away from the sea.

  19. Granville (Links)

    North West France, France

    The fairways at Golf de Granville date back to 1912, when a number of somewhat primitive golf holes were first laid out by local golfers amongst the Bréville dunes on France’s Atlantic coast...

  20. Hossegor

    South West France, France

    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.

  21. Barbaroux

    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.

  22. Grand Saint-Emilionnais

    South West France, France

    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.

  23. Dinard

    North West France, France

    Situated four miles to the west of Dinard, along the sandy shoreline of Brittany’s Emerald Coast at Saint-Briac-sur-Mer, the fairways of Dinard Golf Club date back to the late 1880s...

  24. Royal Mougins

    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.

  25. Paris International

    North East France, France

    Paris International is routed over hilly terrain with ponds to be negotiated at half the holes on the card, especially at the downhill, par five 18th that plays to an island green.

  26. Moliets (Forêt & Océan)

    South West France, France

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

  27. Evian

    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.

  28. Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche (Rouge)

    North East France, France

    Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche was the long term venue for the Trophée Lancôme, which was played on a composite layout of the Red and Blue courses.

  29. Courson (Vert & Noir)

    North East France, France

    The Green and Black (Vert & Noir) course is widely considered to form the better layout at Golf du Stade Français Courson...

  30. It’s true to say Cabot Bordeaux (formerly Golf du Médoc) Les Vignes has had to live in the shadow of an older sibling which hosted a French Open (in 1989) but the course is now maturing into one that’s finding its rightful position… Time will tell if Canadian-owned Cabot can create a compelling 36-hole destination in France.

  31. Lyon (Les Sangliers)

    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.

  32. Saint-Cloud (Vert)

    North East France, France

    There have been 14 French Opens held at Saint-Cloud since 1926 – the last of them in 1987, when Jose Rivero won the competition...

  33. Maison Blanche (Les Sources)

    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...

  34. Joyenval (Marly)

    North East France, France

    The Marly course at Golf de Joyenval is a classic Robert Trent Jones Sr. design with plenty of bunkers and large undulating greens.

  35. Courson (Lilas & Orange)

    North East France, France

    Robert von Hagge laid out the four nines at Golf du Stade Français Courson in the early 1990s and the Lilas and Orange combination forms the second choice 18-hole layout, offering a hilly front nine followed by a water-laden inward half.

  36. Cannes-Mandelieu (Old)

    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.

  37. Terre Blanche (Le Riou)

    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.

  38. Château de Taulane

    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.

  39. Spérone

    Corsica, France

    Those that make the trip to the lovely island of Corsica to play the famous Spérone course will have one of the most unforgettable golfing experiences of their lives.

  40. La Boulie (La Vallée)

    North East France, France

    Owned by the Racing Club de France, La Boulie is a historically important golf site as it was the location for the first French Open championships in 1906, won by Arnaud Massy.