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Top 15 golf courses in France

15 celebrated courses in France, from historic links to spectacular resort layouts.

15 golf courses

  1. 1
    Parkland

    Le Golf National (Albatros)

    Guyancourt

    Stadium course home to the French Open that hosted the 2018 Ryder Cup and 2024 Olympic golf.

  2. 2
    Heathland

    Golf de Morfontaine

    Mortefontaine

    Private heathland club north of Paris laid out in the 1910s and 1920s, revered by course architects.

  3. 3
    Resort

    Les Bordes Golf Club

    Saint-Laurent-Nouan

    Estate in the Sologne forest whose Old Course was designed by Robert von Hagge.

  4. 4
    Mountain & lakeside

    Evian Resort Golf Club

    Évian-les-Bains

    Course above Lake Geneva that hosts The Amundi Evian Championship, a women's major.

  5. 5
    Parkland

    Golf de Chantilly

    Vineuil-Saint-Firmin

    Historic club whose Vineuil course by Tom Simpson has hosted the French Open many times.

  6. 6
    Heathland

    Golf de Fontainebleau

    Fontainebleau

    Tom Simpson-designed course among the sandy heath and boulders of the Fontainebleau forest.

  7. 7
    Links

    Golf du Touquet (La Mer)

    Le Touquet-Paris-Plage

    Harry Colt links course among the dunes of the Opal Coast, opened in the early 1930s.

  8. 8
    Heathland

    Golf d'Hardelot (Les Pins)

    Hardelot

    Tom Simpson course cut through pine forest and dunes on the Opal Coast.

  9. 9
    Resort

    Golf du Médoc Resort

    Le Pian-Médoc

    Resort with two courses among the Bordeaux wine châteaux, including the heathland Les Châteaux.

  10. 10
    Coastal & clifftop

    Golf de Biarritz Le Phare

    Biarritz

    One of continental Europe's oldest golf clubs, founded in 1888 beside the Biarritz lighthouse.

  11. 11
    Links

    Golf de Chiberta

    Anglet

    Tom Simpson course in Anglet running through pine woods and dunes by the Atlantic.

  12. 12
    Coastal & clifftop

    Golf d'Étretat

    Étretat

    Clifftop course above the famous chalk arches and needle of the Alabaster Coast.

  13. 13
    Links

    Golf de Granville

    Bréville-sur-Mer

    Traditional links among the dunes of the Cotentin coast, originally laid out by Harry Colt.

  14. 14
    Resort

    Terre Blanche

    Tourrettes

    Provençal hotel resort with two courses designed by Dave Thomas in the hills of the Var.

  15. 15
    Coastal & clifftop

    Golf de Sperone

    Bonifacio

    Robert Trent Jones course on the southern tip of Corsica facing the Strait of Bonifacio.

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