Courses in France

Golf de Saint-Jean-de-Monts
(Western Loire, France)

Le Golf Parc de Nantilly
(Normandy, France)

Built on around 100 hectares of sprawling waterways and bordered by hills lush with a wide variety of flowers, shrubs and trees, Le Golf Parc Nantilly is as beautiful as it is demanding. The former personal course of the late press magnate Robert Hersant, 15,000 trees were planted in its creation including Sequoias, Douglas firs and Gingkoes which help contribute to some absolutely stunning views, especially in Autumn. Designed by Ronald Fream, this American-style layout features generous fairways which give plenty of room to play around the water obstacles, of which there are many. The greens are very large and some have several plateaus making long putting quite tricky. The addition of several island greens makes the course look even prettier, however they might not lead to such a pretty scorecard!

De Dinard
(Brittany, France)

Designed by Tom Dunn in 1887, this course is the second oldest in France after Pau (1856). Laid out alongside France’s Emerald Coast, players enjoy sea views from all 18 holes, each of which has its own individual name (the dog’s paw, the complete disaster, etc.) This course is neither long nor tiring, so it may deceive the unwary into thinking that it is easy, but the final score tells the real story. This course is more tricky than difficult, with its sandy soil, undulating fairways, small, high, very fast greens and many bunkers; it also has very few trees, but plenty of broom and gorse bushes.

Golf De Dunkerque
(Picardy, France)

The course is often windswept making shot selection absolutely essential, but with 15 of the 18 holes affected in some way by the presence of water, you have to be absolutely on your game!