Cédric
I live near Paris and report on France and Iceland for Top 100. My handicap is currently set at 5 and I’ve played many of Europe’s greatest courses with my personal favourites being Royal County Down, Muirfield and Turnberry (Ailsa).
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Finca Cortesin 26/02/2019
4th
5th
19th
I must admit straight away that this review might be biased by the horrendous winds on the day I played. But as I understand, these strong winds are quite frequent in the...
Real Sotogrande 26/02/2019
2nd
3rd
10th
Didn't realize it was 9 years since I came here first. My opinion this time around is even better. What a classy place! Really understated and not at all "in your face" a...
Grand Saint-Emilionnais 05/06/2017
4th
16th
80th
I have mixed feelings about this course, and surely not as enthusiastic as the previous reviewer. Surroundings are very nice, a great feeling of isolation. As for the cou...
Médoc (Châteaux) 29/10/2016
1st
9th
28th
I really like my new home courses. Les chateaux is a proper beast, real tournament golf course. It's long and tough. Greens are huge, elevated and very undulated! A real...
Médoc (Vignes) 29/10/2016
7th
30th
Having recently moved to the area, I can now call this my home course. And what a treat! Surely one of the best 36 holes complex in Europe. Les vignes is shorter than les...
Woburn (Marquess) 11/06/2016
1st
37th
86th
The contrast between Marquess and Duchess is quite striking. Different environment and altogether different width and atmosphere. Clearly, Marquess is the big course at W...
Woburn (Duchess) 11/06/2016
4th
79th
This is a very pretty and lovely course. Not long by any means, but really quite narrow! The par 3 2nd is a good example of that, you can't afford any bit of lateral move...
Tierra del Sol 18/02/2016
1st
31st
Tierra del Sol is a lovely course. I agree with the previous comments regarding the routing of the course and the fact that they've taken into consideration the prevailin...
Kauri Cliffs 20/12/2015
5th
5th
19th
Final round in NZ for the time being. I thought I wouldn't be able to squeeze that round in my schedule but I'm so glad I did. I had heard that the scenery was even bette...
Cape Kidnappers 19/12/2015
2nd
2nd
6th
44th
This course had been on my mind for many years, probably like everybody else, after having seen the aerial pictures. Even if the feeling on the ground is different, the s...
Paraparaumu Beach 13/12/2015
3rd
3rd
11th
97th
Was I ever going to be able to play that course? It didn't look like it when my domestic flight to Wellington was cancelled the previous evening because of the wind and t...
Kinloch Club 06/12/2015
4th
4th
16th
I have mixed feelings about this course. I was expecting the worse (too difficult, extreme, unplayable quoted from other reviewers) and the best and I feel I got neither....
Littlestone (Championship) 03/10/2014
4th
71st
A real pleasure to see Jim write more and more reviews outside of Scotland, ever so informative and well written. My first glimpse at Littlestone wasn't too exciting, the...
Granville (Links) 16/08/2014
3rd
18th
99th
As a links lover, I'd wanted to play this course for some time. Indeed, it is meant to be the only real links in France (can't remember the title of the book that made th...
Royal Liverpool 09/05/2014
1st
15th
39th
This is a course of 2 halves, or 2 parts to be more precise. The "hilly" southern part of the course, holding the best holes (4th to 15th in the open configuration that I...
Royal Birkdale 09/05/2014
1st
3rd
12th
38th
Wonderful club, wonderful course, wonderful atmosphere, wonderful welcome to visitors. Really a place of superlatives. Even when it's blowing a gale like on the day I pla...
Royal Lytham & St Annes 09/05/2014
2nd
5th
18th
54th
The dormy house atmosphere is an experience not to be missed. And neither is the history packed clubhouse. The course is not too bad either! Flatter than other Open venue...