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THE BEST OF GOLF IN FRANCEA 40-PAGE GUIDE TO GOLF IN THE HOST COUNTRY OF THIS YEAR’S RYDER CUP WIN A luxury Paris golf break worth £3,000! PARISIAN KNIGHTS BEST-KEPT SECRET The capital boasts Europe’s two Classic courses and renowned best courses plus Ryder Cup host wines combine in Aquitaine VARIETY AND VALUE SOUTHERN COMFORT Easy access and 50 courses Class, style and charm in Nice, in Normandy and Brittany Provence and Cote d’Azur PLUS: AN EXCEPTIONAL TRIO AND INCREDIBLE DEAL ON THE OPAL COAST Cover image: The 15th hole at Hardelot’s Les Pins course. adRocket FP_GOLFWORL_360911id3485022.pdf 15.05.2018 14:54 GUIDE TO FRANCE WELCOME TO FRANCE What makes France and museums, but you might be driveable par 4s and some epic short such a great choice for a surprised to learn it hosts some of holes and you have everything you golf break? Convenience, Europe’s very finest golf courses. need to create plenty of Ryder Cup accessibility and value Morfontaine and Fontainebleau, for drama. I’m hoping the huge attention immediately spring to example, are consistently placed in the event generates finally puts France mind. But, for me, the biggest draw is the highest echelons of our Top-100 on the map as a golf destination. versatility. Long weekend? Stick your Courses Continental Europe ranking. This guide highlights the five key car on Le Shuttle at Folkstone and However, this year, I would be golf regions in France and some of you’ll be on the tee at the revamped remiss if I did not mention the one the best golf to be found in each area Le Touquet or Hardelot less than Parisian course we will all be familiar – from links to woodland, heathland, two hours later. Sunshine and wine- with come September – Le Golf parkland and resorts. We also tasting? Jet into Marseille and either National. While it may not be the introduce you to tour operators and head east along the coast to the city’s most aesthetically-pleasing golf networks, and reveal some of the sumptuous Terre Blanche or west to course, it’s certainly the most more interesting off-course cultural, the Seve Ballesteros-designed Pont challenging. The venue of the Open historical and gastronomical delights. Royal, taking your pick of a de France on the European Tour is a In short, everything you need to book multitude of good courses – and hugely technical golf course with a great golf break in this beautiful chateaux – along the way. Sightseeing danger lurking at every turn – country is at your fingertips. Enjoy! and culture? You won’t need me to especially over its four-hole closing tell you Paris has some of the world’s stretch where water lurks everywhere. Nick Wright finest architecture, restaurants, galleries Throw in some do-or-die par 5s, Editor, Golf World TOP 100 QUALITY France has 16 courses in our Top 100 Courses Continental Europe list. 1. Morfontaine, Paris 3. Les Bordes, Orleans 6. Fontainebleau, Paris 11. Chantilly, Paris 14. Golf du Medoc (Châteaux), Bordeaux 15. Terre Blanche (Chateau), Fayence 19. Saint Germain, Paris 24. Hardelot (Les Pins) 32. Golf National, Paris 57. Sperone, Corsica 51. Seignosse, Landes 52. Golf du Medoc (Vignes), Bordeaux 31. Le Touquet (La Mer), Pas de Calais 73. Chiberta, Landes 77. Saint Emillionais 87. Moliets, Landes The beautiful 2nd hole at Morfontaine in Paris – ranked No.1 in our Top-100 Courses Continental Europe ranking. 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