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The golf course at the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines leisure center offers three golf courses. A first short and technical course, a second long and straightforward for all levels of play, and finally a compact 6-hole practice course for beginners. Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines golf course is one of the largest golf courses in Ile-de-France. The golf course is set in a privileged environment, bordering the Saint-Quentin pond nature reserve and the Saint-Quentin nautical base.
Red course
18 Holes - Par 72 - 5787Meters
The red course demands precision and tactical sense with narrow holes and raised greens. This technical course is a real pleasure for lovers of small game. The important modifications carried out in recent years have brought a new visual to this beautiful course, with landscaped hills, new raised and displaced departures and plays of shadow and light. .
Blue course
18 holes - Par 72 - 6121 meters
This long and straightforward course is very pleasant for long hitters on the first 11 holes with its vast fairways and landscaped hills. It quickly turns into "Amen Corner" from 12 to 15 with the proximity of the woods and the out of bounds.
Compact 6-hole course
This compact, rather hilly course is ideal for taking your first golfing steps or for training experienced players.
Training areas:
75 practice stations
1 putting green
1 pitching green
Training bunkers
6 hole compact
3 training holes
Located 15 minutes from Paris in the town of Vaucresson (Hauts-de-Seine), the Stade Français Haras Lupine golf course is open all year round. It includes a 9 hole par 32 approved course.
In the heart of the Paris region, the Haras Lupine golf practice has 60 stations, 20 of which are covered. Also, a paved path and lighting in the evening, allows you to access it in all weathers, even in winter.
The synthetic zone: the pitch and putt and the putting green
A synthetic training area opened at the end of March 2014 at Haras Lupine. A 3-hole pitch and putt of 7000m² and a 350m² putting green await you to perfect your approaches and your putting.
Pitch and Putt allows you to start golf in ideal conditions, or to perfect your game. The 3 holes have respective distances of 80m, 50m and 40m, and are fitted out with training bunkers.
This fully synthetic area will make your training particularly pleasant in winter. But also, it will allow you to efficiently prepare for your spring competitions.
Saint-Cloud Golf is a private club with two 18-hole courses. it is located in the towns of Garches, Rueil-Malmaison and Vaucresson, in the immediate vicinity of Paris. The Eiffel Tower, which stands in line with 8 du Vert and 18 du Jaune, offers a magnificent view of Paris. it was inaugurated in 1913.
Designed by Harry Shapland Colt, the first true golf architect, the Green course has received the French Open 14 times. This is the historic route of the French Open Juniors - Esmond Cup.
The Golf de Saint-Cloud has one of the finest amateur team records for the Ladies. In fact, today there are 26 victories in the French Championship. In addition, the best French amateur players come to play the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud, which is named after its founder every other year. Thus Henry Cachard or Jacques Petit-Le Roy, very good amateur player, member of the Club, young resistant, emissary of Jacques Chaban-Delmas, killed at 28 years old the day before the Liberation of Paris.
The Golf de Saint Cloud, along with 21 other French golf courses, is included in the Rolex guide to the 1000 best courses in the world.
Green Course: 1913 - 18 holes - Par 71 - 5.936 meters
Designed by the great architect Harry Shapland Colt (considered by Donald Steel to be the father of golf course architecture) the Saint-Cloud Golf Green course, like all the other courses designed by Harry Shapland Colt, supported the test of time. Colt took into account the natural relief of the site, which is hilly for a large part of the course. The hole patterns are varied and lead the player to think about several playing strategies. Par 71 of 5.936 meters, the Green allows all the clubs in the bag to be used, with a considerable variety of strokes. Hole n ° 8 offers a unique view of the Eiffel Tower.
Yellow Course: 1931 - 18 holes - Par 68 - 4.877 meters
Transformed into 18 holes by Harry Shapland Colt and Jim Morrison in 1931, the Yellow course stretches over the entire wooded plain of the Buzenval estate. Only the last 4 holes offer more hilly holes which offer a marvelous panorama of the capital. Par 68 of 4.877 meters, this course with small greens requires a good set of irons and precise plays.
Training areas
The practice includes 46 indoor and individual boxes. It is open from 8:00 a.m. until nightfall.
Players also have at their disposal:
a chipping green at the back of the practice,
a chipping green, between the 2 departures,
two putting greens near each tee,
a synthetic putting green near the start of the Yellow course.
A Pitch and Putt designed by Jean-Pierre Tairraz completes these installations. This, organized around holes 11, 12 and 13 of the Yellow course, is accessible at certain times of the season and as part of team training and the golf school.
The Maisons-Laffitte golf course is located in the green setting of the racecourse in the Yvelines department, in the Île-de-France region, about 10 km north-east of Saint-Germain-en-Laye and 18 km approximately north-west of Paris.
You will discover a real training center dedicated to golf which will delight all golfers. Indeed, the various training facilities offered by the Maisons-Laffitte golf course will delight beginners or experienced golfer to train and progress.
Open to everyone, except on race days, it will welcome you as a freelance or as a subscriber.
The Maisons-Laffitte golf course in a few figures:
A practice of 50 stations on carpet or on grass, including 15 covered
2 training bunkers
2 putting greens and an approach green
An approach zone
A 9-hole FFG approved course.
A 40-minute drive north of Paris, the 27-hole Bellefontaine golf course opens up between the curves of the Ysieux valley, on the edge of the Val d'Oise and the Oise, near the Chantilly forest massifs and Ermenonville. The two 9- and 18-hole courses of the Bellefontaine golf course are located on the grounds of the Oise Pays de France Regional Natural Park: thus we appreciate both the unspoiled nature and the quality of a great competition golf course.
BELLEFONTAINE course
18 holes - Par 72 - 6200meters
Created in 1987 by Michel Gayon, the 18-hole Bellefontaine course was recently remodeled by Alain Prat into a real competition course. The route alternates valleys and ponds, chiseled bunkers and raised greens, wooded mounds and undulating fairways, maples and pines: the game configurations are multiplied for the greatest pleasure of the players.
PLESSIS course
9 holes - Par 36 - 2900 meters
The 9-hole course at Le Plessis aligns fairways, long or narrow, ideal for training or, more simply, for a short course. Without neglecting some technical difficulties, it offers beautiful views of the peaceful and wooded countryside around.
For your training, the Bellefontaine golf course is equipped with:
Practice area
36 positions
24 outdoor practice stations
12 covered positions
Putting green
1200m2 area
18 holes
Pitching greens
600m2 area
4 holes
3 training bunkers
1 compact 4-hole course
4 by 3
Ideal for starting golf
The Clément Ader golf course is located in eastern Paris, around thirty minutes from the capital. This magnificent 18-hole course was designed and drawn on a historic site, the scene of the first "motor plane" flight made by Clément Ader in 1890.
Born from the pen of the know-how of Michel Gayon, you will discover a demanding course made up of numerous water features. Its layout will offer you a real technical challenge. The course is quite long, 6059 meters with greens perfectly defended by carefully placed bunkers all along the course. Let yourself be charmed by this magnificent setting. Play your best golf on perfectly manicured fairways carefully delimited by century-old trees in flamboyant colors throughout the fall season.
For training, Golf Clément Ader has a practice of 15 stations, 5 of which are covered. But also a putting green, a pitching green and a compact 9-hole course.
Feucherolles golf course is a prestigious golf course at the gates of Paris. It deploys its greens and fairways over 65 beautifully hilly hectares in the north-east of Yvelines, 12 minutes from Saint-Germain-en-Laye.
Particularly rugged, the Feucherolles golf course has a very interesting technical aspect. Indeed, built with the greatest respect for the environment, the site, largely wooded and punctuated by 5 lakes, fits perfectly into the surrounding landscape.
Designed by the American, JM Poellot, it was inaugurated in 1992. Feucherolles golf course has today reached a maturity which ranks it among the most beautiful golf courses in western Paris.
18-hole course
The par is 72 (36 and 36) and regular (two par 5 and two par 3 out and back). Its length is 6348 meters. It is a demanding and technical course that you have to play many times before mastering it. Indeed, many obstacles are within reach of Drive and deserve a rigorous calibration of the course to get around them.
Aesthetically, this golf course is superb, quite hilly mixing water obstacles and hundred-year-old trees. Even if the game is not there, the golf trip will be unforgettable.
Training areas
Practice with 3 covered positions
2 putting greens
A pitching green.
The Haras de Jardy golf course is located in Vaucresson, 10 minutes from Porte d'Auteuil. The site has the eco-sustainable Golf label: it is 100% natural and respectful of the environment and human health. The Ugolf et Tennis du Haras de Jardy is known for its 9-hole FFG-approved course in the heart of a 75-hectare estate, between forests and hundred-year-old stables. But also for its tennis infrastructure.
The park welcomes walkers, walkers and joggers every day. A marked hiking trail links the paths in the forest of Fausse-Repose. Areas of the park are suitable for picnics on the grass.
Training areas
Practice with 84 lighted posts including 52 covered arranged in an arc, open from 7 a.m. to 23 p.m., 21 p.m. on weekends and Public holidays
Illuminated synthetic putting green open from 7 a.m. to 23 p.m., 21 p.m. on weekends and Public holidays
Recognized as one of the most beautiful courses in France, the Golf de Fontainebleau offers a real adventure between rocks, heather, broom and bunkers. Inaugurated in 1909, the Fontainebleau golf course is one of the oldest golf courses in France. Traced by the French Julien CHANTEPIE, redesigned in 1920 by Tom SIMPSON, lengthened and modified in 1963 by Fred HAWTREE, it is located in the middle of the Fontainebleau forest, 800 meters from the city, on the former floor of the imperial hunts.
The 18-hole course
Its relatively narrow fairways are lined with trees of various species, pines, but also birches, cherry trees, beeches and hundred-year-old oaks. They are well defended by 103 bunkers of fine sand, but also by thick copses of heather, lilac, ferns and broom, which make them charming and difficult and compose, depending on the season, a symphony of colors and smells. .
A great traditional golf course, Fontainebleau is considered by many players to be one of the most beautiful golf courses in Europe. It was ranked in 2001 by the readers of the magazine Golf Européen, 1st Golf in France, all criteria combined, and ranked 17th in the Top 50 golf courses on the European continent of "Golf world".
The Golf d'Ableiges in the heart of Vexin consists of an 18-hole course and a real 9-hole course approved by the French golf federation which appeal to a green-fee clientele, anxious not to linger too long , in view of an often very busy schedule.
The site is protected, because it is recognized as the first Gallo-Roman camp installed by Julius Caesar in his conquest of Lutetia. The air is much nicer there than in Paris and you can see here and there, deer, birds, barnacles busy, over an area of 86 hectares.
The two courses were designed by Jean Garaïalde and the Englishman Jérémy Pern, as in Albi. The 18-hole course, called Les Étangs, is hilly, wooded and bordered by the Viosne, a small river that winds under the foliage of hundred-year-old trees. The two routes are completely complementary. Also, no hole looks the same as another.
The 18-hole "Les Étangs" course
“Les Étangs” is a Par 72, fairly long: 6 m. The course winds around a 340 hectare wood where doe and deer live. But don't be fooled, bunkers and water hazards are here to bring you back to reality. Technical, the course of the Ponds is a real challenge and will be particularly appreciated by experienced players. The most spectacular views are at the start of 15 and on the green of 4.
The 9-hole course "Le Vexin"
“Le Vexin” is a 9-hole Par 33 of 2 m, more suitable for players who do not yet have sufficient control to face a large course. With its pond, its real Par 145 and its relatively narrow greens, it will also suit golfers who want to play 5 holes quickly, at lunchtime on weekdays for example.
The Golf de Maudétour-en-Vexin is located in a naturally and harmoniously hilly setting, on a "witness of the sand of Fontainebleau". It is bordered by large woods in an exceptional landscape of beauty and silence preserving views of the distance .
It is an 18-hole golf course in northern Ile de France. Its course, Maudetour en Vexin is a par 72 of 5671 meters open since 2014 in the town of Maudétour-en-Vexin (95 - Val-d'Oise).
What is certain is that the variety of holes (wood, plateau, slopes…) will never leave you indifferent. Indeed, if this pleasant course can initially impress, it remains straightforward and the greens are easy to read.
The practice is equipped with 16 stations, half on grass and the other on carpet. You can also work on your putting on a training area of 450 M² provided for this purpose.
The boulie golf course - Racing Club de France is located in Versailles in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region,
The Racing Club de France (the most successful French golf club) was created in 1882 and it was in 1901 that construction of the La Boulie golf course began.
Three courses, two of 18 holes and one of 9 holes, with evocative names ("La Vallée", "La Forêt" and "Le Coteau") share the 106 hectares of this superb domain located near the royal city of Versailles, 20 minutes from the capital.
Accessible only during the week for non-member visitors, the area has a practice range, a pro-shop, field hockey fields, seven tennis courts, a weight room, a clubhouse (restaurant, snack bar, bar, gym). bridge ...) and a junior club for the youngest to have fun while the older ones walk the fairways.
The RCF-La Boulie reconciles both amateur game and high level, leisure and competition, training and excellence, through simple values: friendship, performance, family.
THE PATHS
THE VALLEY - 1901 - 5 m - PAR 918
La Vallée was the first course built in the Paris region in 1901. Its winding and hilly course for the time was designed by the Scottish Willie Park Jr, winner of two British Open, who became one of the most famous architects of the early twentieth century. century.
The course hosted the first French Open in 1906, won by Club pro Arnaud Massy.
Ravaged during the Second World War, it was rebuilt in 1951 according to the original layout, making some changes and modifications necessary after the passage of the German tanks. Theater of 19 editions of the French Open, a World Cup in 1963, many prestigious tournaments such as the Open Perrier (1988 and 1991), the course of La Boulie has seen a significant number of glories of this sport like Arnaud Massy, Byron Nelson, Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Severiano Ballesteros, Fred Couples or Tiger Woods during the Amateur World Championships in 1994.
A course that has become legendary, La Vallée is not very long but rather technical. Its narrow fairways lined with trees of various species, with steep drops and numerous slopes represent the main difficulty of this route. You never play with your feet flat! The large and deep greens allow multiple flag positions, from the simplest to the most complex. They are defended by many deep bunkers requiring a little performing game.
LA FORÊT - 1968 - 6 m - PAR 122
Inaugurated in May 1968, the La Forêt course is designed in the heart of the Bois des Gonnards, bought by the Racing Club de France a few months earlier, bringing the total area of the site to over 100 hectares.
Its relatively flat route winds through trees of hundreds of different species, giving the course a rural atmosphere, rare in the region. Its fairways are quite narrow and its immense greens are almost systematically defended by wide and deep bunkers. Some par 4s are extremely long, requiring powerful and straight faceoffs, and several dog-leg holes such as numbers 7, 8 and 15 complete the difficulties of this long and demanding course.
Less prestigious than its big brother La Vallée, the La Forêt course is nevertheless just as interesting and pleasant to play and very difficult to score.More than just a second course, La Forêt offers a real golfing challenge over more than six kilometers and even becomes amazing when the trees are adorned with their autumnal colors.
LE COTEAU - 1911 - 1 m - PAR 086
The Coteau course is laid out in the heart of the site, on the hillside, very close to the small game area and the clubhouse. Composed exclusively of par 3s from 81 to 170 m, its hilly and physical layout makes it a truly selective course, ideal for training players of all ages and all levels. Its narrow fairways bordered by high roughs and the steep drop in each hole spice up the various friendly games that take place there. This small course serves as an educational support for the golf school, which regularly organizes ranking competitions for all the “Ciel et Blanc” small team members.
The Buckles de Seine golf course offers a 6 and 18 hole course (playable in 9) suitable for all levels of play. Funded by the Ile-de-France Region, this public golf course, designed by the architect Yves Bureau, has opened in 1995. The quality of the organization and the equipment of this public golf course in Yvelines allow everyone to practice golf in the best conditions.
The main 18-hole course stretches over 5497 meters Slightly hilly, narrow and wooded, it evolves in a peaceful and rural environment in the Valley of the Impressionists. An exceptional setting 70 km from Paris! The 6-hole course will offer you the opportunity to discover golf in complete serenity. Indeed this small course is ideal for learning. it will allow you to develop your sensations and improve your little game in a fun way.
In addition, a complete training zone allows you to warm up. It includes a driving range, a putting green, an approach green as well as training bunkers.
The location of the Golf within the Leisure Island Loops of the Seine allows you to enjoy accommodation throughout the year in order to extend your stay and vary the activities: tennis, water sports, mountain biking, etc. ...
The National golf course is located in Guyancourt, in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region, only about twenty kilometers south-west of Paris.
It is part of the European Tour Destination golf courses and offers 3 golf courses. First of all, the legendary Albatros, which has hosted the French Open since 1990 and hosted the Ryder Cup in September 2018. But also, the Eagle whose layout and topography are reminiscent of on-board Links courses sea. And finally, l'Oiselet, 9 technical holes suitable for all levels of play. The Golf National also offers two driving ranges, seven putting greens and a grass hitting zone.
L'ALBATROS 18 holes - The star course of the National golf course
The ALBATROS course is a real gem, recognized as one of the best championship courses in Europe. He regularly receives many praise from pro and amateur players. It is the star course of the national golf course. Home of the French Open since 1991, a key stage in the European calendar, the Albatros combines the traditional aspect of a links with the modern characteristics of the course. target. Indeed, rolling greens, vast undulating fairways with countless bunkers are waiting for you. They will require the golfer to take a wide variety of strokes and use all of the clubs in the bag. The spectacular last 4 holes surrounded by water make the Albatross the most famous course of the national golf course but also one of the most difficult and the most beautiful golf courses in Europe. In 2018, it was here that the final act of the Ryder Cup and the victory of Europe was celebrated. Come face the Albatross course and immerse yourself in the Ryder Cup atmosphere after the golf stars have left.
L'AIGLE 18 holes - A Links course
The “links” type course: L'Aigle offers a good challenge and gives golfers the feeling of being on a “links” type course in Île-de-France at the gates of Paris. Undulating fairways, large greens and well-defined roughs. It has many similarities with its big brother, the Albatross. If you are visiting the Golf National, do not miss the opportunity to play this very popular course in the region. Whether as a warm-up before facing the Albatross, or to reconcile you with your game the next day ...
L'OISELET 9 holes - School Course
9-hole school course, which is neither very long nor very wide, but has almost no rough. (1955 meters for men and 1761 meters for women, par 32). However, it offers all the situations conducive to training and training. Alone or supervised by the teachers of the Ecole du Golf National, l'Oiselet can be your first contact with the courses and also, a framework for practical improvement if you have little time.
The Ecancourt golf course is a compact 9-hole golf course. Associative golf managed entirely by volunteers Ideal for beginners and improving their skills, the Ecancourt golf course allows young and old to play in a friendly atmosphere. The daily green fees allow you to enjoy a very pleasant 6-hole course! Open since 1987 in the town of Jouy le moutier, 95 - Val-d'Oise
At the gates of Vexin, near the Oise, the Cergy Vauréal golf course is an extremely varied course with the first 9 very narrow holes and a very hilly return. a sporting and friendly atmosphere reigns there, ideal for having a great time with friends. The Cergy-Vauréal garden golf course was created in 1988 by architect Michel Gayon.
The Ugolf de Cergy-Vauréal course is a par 71 with 18 holes. Its total length is 5667m: white landmarks with a slope of 134 and 4915m; blue departures for a slope of 123. It also has young markers calibrated by the FFG (2520m for orange departures). The course is balanced with 4 par 5 and 5 par 3. In addition, the Ugolf de Cergy-Vauréal site is also made up of a compact 6-hole course, ideal for beginners.
Practice: 35 stations including 15 covered. New refurbished practice (mats, distance targets, green targets, mirror, etc.) This long game area is fun and friendly, with its distance indications and targets. (Opening hours from 8 a.m. to 00 p.m.). Finally, you will also find an approach area, a putting green and a training bunker.
The Paris International Golf Club is located in Baillet-en-France, a pretty town in Val-d'Oise located in the plain of France, on the edge of the forest of L'Isle-Adam and about 20 km north of Paris. Inaugurated on October 13, 1991, the Paris International Golf Club (PIC of its nickname) offers you equipment and services of the highest level. One word is enough to describe it: Sumptuous!
18-hole championship course
Its 18-hole par 72 championship course of 5985 meters is the only work of the famous Jack Nicklaus in France. This marvelous route takes shape through the Baron Empain park with its hundred-year-old trees and its ponds. It is at the same time technical, varied and nicely laid out, in a wooded decor sheltered from noise. The finish is beautiful with hole n ° 18: a "par 5" downhill where the drives beat length records.
Infrastructures
Infrastructure level, the practice is up to the course, of high quality. Just like the spacious 5 m500 clubhouse with all the services (seminars, receptions, dinners, etc.) that one would expect from a large club. In short, this "explosive" cocktail will allow you to spend a day or several years in an exceptional leisure environment.
The Chateau de Rochefort golf course is located in the southwest of Yvelines, 45 km from Paris, near Rambouillet (about 20 minutes) and the Clairefontaine training center. The estate is hilly, established on a soft heather land and on a permeable sand bed. It is possible to play there all year round in optimal conditions. It is one of the rare golfing areas in Île de France where the land is practicable in winter and summer. Therefore it is often compared to the best courses in Scotland. The Rochefort golf course, which is one of the most beautiful golf courses in Île de France, was designed in 1964 by Frederic William Hawtree.
A superb 18-hole course in the middle of the forest
The Exclusiv UGolf course at the Château de Rochefort guarantees golf enthusiasts incomparable golfing pleasure. 5 m long, this Par 709 nestled in the middle of the forest will require you to know how to play all the golf shots. Indeed, the few narrow dog-legs of the course will require you to master your ball trajectories. Fade player or Draw player you will have to adapt. Articulated around respect for nature and the pleasure of the golfer, each fairway is surrounded by hundred-year-old trees and isolated from the following ones.
Training areas
Rochefort golf course has many training areas
Practice with 14 posts including 3 sheltered, open from 8 a.m. to 19 p.m. every day
An approach zone
A putting green
A few minutes by car from the Park, you can go to the Green for your greatest pleasure by going to Golf Disneyland. The latter is located in the south-eastern area of the complex and covers an area of 91 hectares. Designed by architect Ronald Fream, this golf course opened in October 1992. It has a Mickey Mouse-shaped youth golf area and a 600m² driving range. It also has a restaurant, the Club House.
Opening hours
Summer opening: 8:15 am - 21:00 pm
Winter opening: 8 a.m. - 45 p.m.
Exceptional closure: December 25 and January 1
Career
The course is suitable for players of all levels, amateurs or professionals. It has been thoughtfully designed: three 9-hole courses starting and ending in front of the Club House. By playing them in the order you want, you have three courses of 18 different holes decorated with green-en-île, ponds and seas of sand.
The Disneyland golf courses are named after the Disney universe:
Hundred Acre Wood with Winnie the Pooh and Friends from the Forest of Blue Dreams
By 36, 3094m
Wonderland with Alice and the characters from wonderland
By 36, 3127m
Neverland with Peter Pan and the characters from Neverland.
By 36, 2905m
Training areas
Practice: 33 stations (10 seats)
Putting green
Pitching greens
12 km from the Pont de Sèvres, the Saint Marc golf course deploys its greens and fairways in the magnificent domain of the Château des Côtes. On 52 hectares, the place is wooded with rare and hundred-year-old species. Slightly hilly, it is embellished with 4 hectares of natural bodies of water, which feed on a spring springing from a cave.
Thus, in a natural and unspoiled setting, the Saint-Marc golf course is a true haven of peace that will appeal to all golfers, both beginners and experienced.
Saint Marc golf course was designed by architects Fromanger and Adam, architects of several great courses in France. The course is a happy compromise between Scottish tradition and the use of the most modern techniques. Thus, it is the result of the search for a perfect harmony between the variety of the landscape and the game strategy. This diversity of forms, materials, as well as lights and spaces gives the game an ever different approach.
The 18-hole course, approved by the FFG, welcomes all levels of players. In addition, the sandy greens allow passionate golfers to play in any season.
To complete its offer, the Golf de Saint Marc offers various training facilities:
a 1000m2 putting green
an approach area with two greens, one with a bunker
54 practice stations with target, 18 of which are covered.
The Golf de Béthemont is located just 20 minutes from Paris and 15 minutes from La Défense. This flagship of Parisian golf courses covers 65 hectares. The quality of its course and its facilities make it a benchmark golf course in Ile de France.
History
Created in 1989, the Golf de Béthemont is to this day the only work in France of the German champion Bernhard Langer (double winner of the Masters). "It is the attention paid to a multitude of small details that makes the difference between a good course and a great course".
Career
18 holes: Par 72. Distances: white 6035m, Yellow 5m, Blue 550m, Red 5m.
The Béthemont course promises enthusiasts new golfing sensations. The route scrupulously respects the wooded and hilly environment of the domain: fairways tight between the trees, steep dogleg holes, water obstacles, protected bunkers bordered by oaks. Quite technical and often difficult to read, the greens of Béthemont benefit from perfect maintenance. Amateurs and experienced players will be able to be seduced by the charm of this exceptional course.
Training areas
Practice: 26 positions including 13 covered
Putting green and chipping green
6-hole compact natural course
A family story
Founded in 1969 by the Ader family, the Isabella Golf takes its name from Etienne Ader's wife. The first vocation of the Club was to make a few friends enjoy a golf course, on the family property. 9 hole golf course for a long time, it was extended to 18 holes in 1989 to satisfy more and more members.
Since 1996, the members ensure, through an association, the management of their Club. The family tradition continues and the Club remains geared towards families: Golf school, daycare, entertainment ... This atmosphere is one of Isabella's strengths. In recent years, the desire for a sporting dynamic has enabled the Club to be represented, with growing success, in the various regional and national championships.
Constant improvement
Investments are made regularly to improve the course and the facilities of the club. For 10 years, the course has been drained, the bunkers and the sprinkler system renovated, the field team has grown and everyone knows how to recognize the progress of the course. In 2014, the Club house was extended and renovated. Today it is more spacious, bright and welcoming.
In 2016, large-scale work again took place to continue improving the terrain with in particular the creation of merlons at holes 5 and 13, mounds to retain balls at holes 11, 14 and at the practice, a new bunker at 14 and an anti-noise green wall along the national road. A pruning campaign also took place to widen some that have become narrower over the years.
Today
Open to green fees during the week and on Saturdays, in a charming location, with lovely views over the Jouars Pontchartrain valley, the Isabella golf course will seduce you. Do not hesitate to book in advance in order to favor the fluidity of the game.
You can also relax in the club house or enjoy a good meal in the restaurant. If you want to register and enjoy a golf lesson, a teacher supervises the golf school and provides individual or group lessons.
The Isabella Golf is engaged in all national competitions. It is a place where entertainment and sporting life take precedence, so amateurs and golf enthusiasts you know where to come!
The Golf de Noisy-le-Roi is located in the French commune of the same name in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region. Its greens and fairways are located on the edge of the Marly forest. The Noisy-le-Roi golf course offers a complete training and development center. Indeed, it includes a 9-hole golf course and a driving range.
Compact 9-hole course FFG approved
The compact 9-hole FFG-approved course (par 27 of 1100 meters) is suitable for golfers of all levels. Thus, novice golfers will have fun doing their first rounds, while experienced golfers will be able to work on their small and medium game.
The Practice
The Practice covering on carpet and grass, the different playing situations of a course. For optimal training, practice balls are available at will.
, In a remarkable forest setting, the golf de la Marsaudiere is an attractive 9-hole Par 35 golf course, 2740 meters long.
A place of history:
La Marsaudière had only a few inhabitants at the start of the XNUMXth century. It then belonged to Baron Petit de Beauverger, former prefect, ennobled by Napoleon I. He had his country house built there. Located in the domain of this old residence, the golf de la Marsaudière offers a golf course that will delight all golfers.
Setting and environment
In a particularly pleasant and wooded environment, the golf de la Marsaudiere allows experienced golfers as well as beginners to have fun and take up a real golfing challenge. In the heart of the forest and built around the moat of the old castle, it offers a breathtaking view of the entire Domaine. A warm atmosphere and a pleasant, sporty and relaxed setting will satisfy you.
Training areas:
Fully covered practice, it allows everyone to learn or improve their Swing.
Putting green and two approach zones (with bunker) to allow you to warm up quietly before setting off on the course.
The Golf de Verrières le Buisson is located about fifteen km south-west of Paris in Essonne, and it is accessible after a 5-minute walk from the RER C (Igny station).
The Ugolf Daily Golf in Verrières-le-Buisson is a 9-hole course. Its course is flat and it runs along the banks of the Bièvres. Narrow, however, it requires precision. The Verrières-le-Buisson golf course allows everyone to obtain a playing handicap of up to 26.5 index during regularly organized classification competitions. It was inaugurated in 2003 and designed by Xavier LEBEUF.
Career
A single 9-hole par 28 course. Length: 1 meters. It consists of 134 par 8 with distances varying between 3 m and 75 m and a par 145 of 4 m (hole n ° 240). The slope of the course is 2. Departures on the Golf de Verrières Le Buisson course are only on synthetic mats.
Training areas
Practice: 44 stations including 30 covered. This long game area is fun and friendly, with its distance indications and targets. The illuminated practice allows you to train for longer in winter: until 20 p.m.
The Ugolf de Verrières-le-Buisson is also equipped with two approach areas and a putting green
The site is ideally designed for everyone to learn golf. These facilities are freely accessible.
The Saint-Aubin golf course is located southwest of Paris in the Essonne department in the Île-de-France region. It offers 3 golf courses that will suit everyone's level.
Compact - 6-hole pitch and putt: Par 18 / length 393m - average playing time: 1 hour
9-hole course: Par 32 / length 1785m - average playing time: 2 hours
18-hole course: Par 70 / length 5502m - average playing time: 4H30
Unique structure in Ile de France, Saint-Aubin is designed to accommodate golfers of all levels in the best conditions with accessible and complementary courses.
The Courson Golf is a Links type lunar course. On an area of over 100 hectares, south of Paris in Essonne, in Courson-Monteloup in the Île-de-France region, the 36 holes of Courson Stade-Français golf course are classified among the most beautiful in the world by many many specialized magazines.
Numerous lakes, ponds and water hazards of various sizes come into play on fourteen of the 36 holes of this vast complex. It is a course strongly inspired by Scottish golf courses also resembling the national golf course with dunes on the edges of the fairways which can serve as natural bleachers. Having hosted the qualifications of the French Open for 12 years, UGolf de Courson is part of the highly prized list of the most beautiful golf courses in Europe.
History
Inaugurated in June 1991, the Courson golf course was designed by architect Robert Von Hagge. This one has achieved many of the most beautiful courses in the United States and in Europe.
4 courses of 9 holes Green / Orange / Black / Lilac.
The 4 9-hole courses of the Courson golf course combine wide fairways, vast greens and ponds of various sizes. These many lakes are in play at the drive and second shot for sometimes perilous green attacks. Also, when the wind blows, the difficulty of the course increases and will require you to perfectly master your ball trajectories. Low ball "Stinger", Fade, Draw ... only the best ball handlers will be able to tame this demanding Links and bring back a nice scorecard to the Club-House.
Training area:
A magnificent practice of 60 stations, including 12 covered, equipped for your warm-ups and your golf lessons.
A practice on grass open all year round. Accessible to all, and during the golf course's opening hours.
2 putting greens with a total surface area of 2000 m², each with their own specificities.
A bunker over 15 meters long where you will find all possible positions (ball above, ball below your feet, etc.)
In all weathers, this approaching stage of Courson Golf is usable, the teeing areas as well as the green being synthetic.
Less than 30 minutes from the Paris ring road, the Golf d'Ozoir-La-Ferrière in Seine-et-Marne is one of the oldest and most beautiful golf courses in Ile-de-France.
Its 3 very competitive 9-hole courses take place over 90 ha in the magnificent setting of the Monthéty woods, an elegant domain with its many varieties of centuries-old trees. In addition, there is a covered driving range with 15 stations as well as a large small game training area.
Château-Monthéty is traditionally the big course where 99% of the club's competitions take place, private or open (Grand Prix, Thion de la Chaume Trophy, Debuisson Finals). 5980 meters long, it has been able to adapt to modern golf while retaining its centuries-old characteristics.
Les Agneaux, the latest of the three courses, with a total length of 2553 meters, has a more modern and technical course which appeals to all those who play it. Good management of the association year after year makes it possible to prioritize investments for the benefit of these 3 courses.
The Saint-Germain golf course is a private golf course and undoubtedly one of the most beautiful courses in Ile-de-France.
HISTORY
Established since 1922 in the heart of the national forest of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, the golf course offers visitors two courses: an 18-hole and a 9-hole designed by the great British architect Harry COLT.
A PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS
Ranked among the top 20 golf courses on the Continent in the "ranking" established by Golf World's TOP 100 Courses 2017, Saint-Germain is a sports club which has hosted the French Open several times and numerous international competitions.
Great champions have distinguished themselves there and to name a few, we must mention
Ben HOGAN,
Sandy LYLE
Severiano BALLESTEROS
Laura Davies
Marie-Laure de LORENZI
THE GREAT COURSE
The course takes place in the forest of Saint-Germain. It is fairly flat even if the route includes many improvements in the relief. The bunkers play a crucial role here. Superbly designed and strategically placed, there are 116 in total! The general maintenance of the course is impeccable.
THE COURSE OF THE GENESTS
Wooded 9-hole course also designed by Harry Colt in 1922. Its greens are hilly, its fairways and greens are of remarkable quality.
In the west of the Île-de-France, on the Ile des Impressionnistes, in Chatou, the Golf de l'Ile Fleurie (also known as the Chatou golf course) deploys its greens and fairways like a real oasis calm and greenery, just 10 minutes from Paris - La Défense. It welcomes you every day of the year, in a warm and friendly atmosphere.
The 9-hole course
The 9-hole course of the Golf de l'Île Fleurie is a Par 28, of 1.480 m. It has a relatively long 8 par 3 and a short par 4 designed by British architect Martin Hawtree. It develops in a bucolic setting on the banks of the Seine. Thus, the calm and the environment make you forget that we are only 10 minutes from Paris here. Easy to access for beginners, after a period of learning, they can play their first competitions and improve their ranking. For the best players, the technical drawing of the Ile Fleurie Golf course and its reduced playing time (1h30) constitute an ideal training.
Training areas:
The Ile Fleurie golf course has many training areas:
Practice of 150 lighted posts on carpet including 110 covered
Grass training area
6 artificial colored greens
Distance panels (50, 100, 150, 200m)
Fairway width simulation area with posts at 50, 85, 135 and 200m
Small game area with approach green, bunker and putting green.
3-hole school pitch & putt course
The Sénart golf course is located a few kilometers from Paris, between Essonne and Seine-et-Marne. It offers two golf courses. A real 18-hole course and a school course.
Its "Les Cygnes" course is an 18-hole course that alternates between forests, plains and water obstacles. It offers a great diversity of playing situation. The fairways are quite wide and the greens are well defended with carefully placed bunkers. The main difficulty for the golfer in Sénart will be to manage his various Par 3s. Indeed some will offer you as a choice only the green or the water! A real golfing challenge!
To complete its offer, the Sénart golf course also has a 9-hole “Crossbow” Pitch & Putt. Opened in 2008 with lengths of 40 meters to 80 meters, it will be ideal for discovering golf.
The Golf du Coudray Montceaux is located half an hour south-east of Paris. The UGolf Coudray-Montceaux en Essonne is a treasure to be discovered for all lovers of golf and nature. You will have the pleasure of playing a course with a history in a privileged and preserved place. The pleasant layout offers a technical and varied challenge, where often the power must give way to a real game strategy.
History
The history of the golf club of Coudray has been written for half a century. The former property of the Lords of Coudray and the Comte Jourdan Marshal of the Empire became a golf course in 1960. The course was designed by Charles Kenneth Cotton, a famous English architect.
An 18-hole championship course
The 18 Trous des Marronniers is the main course of the Golf du Coudray Montceaux. This par 71 of 5 meters from the back marks asks the golfer for skill and reflection. Its fairways undulate in a remarkable wooded environment where you will find in particular hundred-year-old oaks. Its greens are among the best in Île-de-France.
The 9-hole course
The 9-hole La Guiche is similar to the design of compact golf courses, it offers a real plus for the Golf du Coudray Montceaux because it can accommodate beginner players by quickly offering them access to the course. For experienced players, it is an ideal place to work on their game.
Training areas
The Coudray golf course has many training areas
A practice of 10 covered stations and 10 grass stations. Cards for buckets of 36 balls are available at the reception. Open from 8 a.m. to 18 p.m., access conditions, open to all.
A Putting Green and an Approach Green located near the start of hole N ° 1 and hole N ° 18 (i.e. 2 training areas).
The Golf du Pays Houdanais is a structure made up of a compact pitch & putt course and a nine-hole course. It is located in Civry-la-Forêt in the Yvelines. Juxtaposed with the Golf de la Vaucouleurs, this new golf course is accessible both by its format and by its regulations.
In Civry-la-Forêt, play golf the way you want! Between the 36 holes of the Golf de la Vaucouleurs and the 18 holes of the Golf du Pays Houdanais, golfers, whether they are experienced or beginners, are spoiled for choice. Regulars of the 360, a compact pitch & putt course at the tees and synthetic greens included in the Plan 100 small structures, will now be able to practice on a nine-hole course just out of the ground and designed by the same architect, the Briton Stuart Hallett.
Nicknamed "the Cascades", this new structure of 2638 meters with five par 4, two par 3 and two par 5 is a continuation of its big sister of the 360 with which it merges to create a single entity.
"A golf 2.0"
The Golf du Pays Houdanais is a free access golf course. There are no reservations or departure times and the green fees can only be paid on the internet. Players can swing on the two small unlimited courses for 10 euros per day and 30 per month (free for accompanied children). Thus, no obstacle poles or distance markers and only two starting marks: green for connoisseurs and orange for novices. A pure leisure without constraints therefore on agricultural land where the seeds of golfers could be born.
Opened in 1992, the Joyenval golf course is an exceptional private club, reserved for its members and their guests.
The Joyenval golf course is located in a listed site, in the heart of the Marly forest. Just 20 minutes from Porte Maillot, the Club offers two championship courses signed Robert Trent Jones Sr.
Maintained identically, the two 18 holes are open courses, with wide sloping greens protected by numerous jagged bunkers, signature of the most famous contemporary golf architect.
Further proof of the quality of the design, Marly and Retz will both be a challenge for the best players and remain accessible to golfers of all levels.
The Marly course
Par 72 of 6 177meters
In the pure tradition of the courses of Robert Trent Jones Senior, the cut out bunkers underline the often raised greens. With an alternation of wide and narrow greens but always steep and fast, Marly is a technical course bordered by magnificent natural areas. The double green of 6 and 17 (2m²) can impose a putt of 500m. On the 50th, an impressive downhill par 11 offers a view of old outbuildings and our lime tree, Joyenval's emblem. By accessing 3, a short par 12, you will cross the site of the former Joyenval abbey. The signature 4 hole is an uphill par 18. With the club house in perspective, its 5 bunkers surrounded by tall grass, a double plateau green, it offers the golfer a final challenge.
The route of Retz
Par 72 of 6 242meters
It offers players a walk away two kilometers from the Club House. Facing the forest, the course is both wild and manicured. You will quickly forget that you are so close to Paris. Robert Trent Jones Sr offers players a walk along the Retz Desert. The Retz course offers remarkable and varied holes: The 4 and 5, narrow and in the forest, require skill and strategy. From the hole N ° 6, it crosses here and there the rû de Buzot which crosses the property, creating obstacles often in play. The 11, a very impressive par 3, is considered to be the most difficult hole of the 2 courses. Lined with paths, the Retz course is open to golf carts practically all year round.
The Torcy golf course is located in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region, just 20 minutes from Paris.
Designed by Alain Prat in the purest tradition of Scottish links, the 9-hole course of the Torcy golf course will appeal to the most seasoned golfers as well as beginners.
With a view of the lake on the Île de Loisirs de Vaires-Torcy, this site is an opportunity for as many people as possible to discover golf thanks to very comprehensive infrastructures.
Huge putting green
Pitching greens
chipping green,
Practice on grass or mat with targets
3 hole compact
The Torcy golf course offers you an ideal training and initiation center to work on all the shots of golf.
The International Golf of Roissy deploys its greens and fairways over more than 90 hectares in the Vallée Verte in the Val d'Oise (95). Located 20 kilometers north-east of Paris, it is ideally served by the A1 motorway and in the immediate vicinity of Roissy airport.
The International Golf of Roissy and its development of the Green Valley are the result of a project, initiated by the municipality of Roissy-en-France, carried out jointly with the Community of Agglomeration "Roissy Pays de France", and supported by the French Golf Federation.
UGOLF and PGA France are partners to make Roissy International golf course a new benchmark in terms of layout, quality and notoriety.
From a sporting point of view, it aims to be an equipment of international level, hosting major competitions.
HISTORY
Open on September 18, 2020, the golf course was designed in 2015 by Michel NIEDBALA. The history of the place is being written with many events on the front page, including a PGA France Open.
THE 18 HOLES COURSE
Each hole offers an interesting perspective and a different point of view.
Some holes run alongside the water features while others resemble hilly links.
The whole project has been designed in such a way as to preserve and enhance a green lung dedicated to Golf.
TRAINING AREAS
Practice of 26 stations including 12 covered
2 Putting green including 1 synthetic
An approach area with bunker
A Virtual Golf indoor training area
An exceptional setting in the heart of the French Vexin Regional Natural Park
The Golf de Gadancourt nestles in the heart of the French Vexin Regional Natural Park, in the Val d'Oise department, in the land of the Impressionists, 20 minutes from Meulan and 30 minutes from Paris. It extends over an area of approximately 60 hectares of greenery. It was inaugurated in 1991 and designed by the architect Antoine d'Ormesson.
A long and sporty 18-hole course
The golf course of Gadancourt is quite long and sporty. However, wide enough, it will allow you to stray slightly on the Drive. With Par 4s over 400 meters the heavy hitters will have a clear advantage on this course. Many slopes will make you work every time on slopes. The whole is harmonious and will offer you a beautiful golfing day in a rural and relaxing environment.
Three golf courses for the happiness of all golfers
18 holes
9 holes
3 hole compact
Training areas
Gadancourt golf course has many training areas:
Practice 14 posts including 8 covered open all year round with free access until nightfall.
Ball machine operating with a card system to be purchased at the reception
Approach green of 30 meters defended with 2 bunkers, training possible in all kinds of situations,
Large Putting green with 6 flags, it includes many small slopes and valleys
At the edge of the Sénart forest, the Saint-Germain-Lès-Corbeil golf course is located about thirty kilometers south-east of Paris in Essonne. It presents a varied and balanced course in an exceptional site.
The Garden Golf of Saint Germain-lès-Corbeil was designed in 1989 by Pierrick DRANCOURT. It was designed with the assistance of Gaëtan MOURGUE D'ALGUE:
25 times French Champion
President of European Golf
creator of the Lancôme Trophy
The Saint Germain Lès Corbeil Golf Course
18 holes: Par 70. Distance 5 meters.
What Golf Magazine says: “With its wooded course and beautiful training facilities, this Essonne club, managed by the UGolf chain, aims to be both educational, friendly and sporty.” A very first part technique where willows, laurels, redwoods and oaks delimit with majesty narrow fairways.
Passing players will appreciate the variety of the layout and the judicious alternation of long and short holes which offer real chances of pars and even birdies.
As soon as the fine weather arrives, the course presents a very attractive face with careful maintenance, rolling greens, fairways bordered by small roughs and some areas of tall natural grass which bring an additional aesthetic touch to the whole.
Training areas
Practice: One of the most beautiful practices in the region with 3 Tee Line representing nearly 35 training stations, and a covered practice of 10 stations.
Putting Green: A putting green with 9 training holes placed opposite the restaurant terrace and next to the start of hole n ° 1.
Chipping zone: Near the practice area, the chipping zone offers 1 beautiful bunker and 2 large greens with 4 training flags.
The Golf de Montereau la Forteresse, in Seine-et-Marne (Ile-de-France) is a haven of peace stretching over 98 hectares in the heart of the Orvanne valley, 25 km from Fontainebleau.
The Golf de la Forteresse deploys its greens and fairways on a classified site with unique charm. A XNUMXth century fortified farm around which the architects P.Fromanger and M.Adam have shaped a course with a varied design as beautiful as it is technical.
Each hole will make you discover the different horizons of a hilly, wooded site adorned with ponds, the greens of which are defended by many judiciously placed bunkers.
This 18-hole course with unique charm and practicable all year round will appeal to experienced golfers as well as beginners.
The Golf du Prieuré is located around XNUMX minutes from the Pont de Neuilly. It brings together everything you could want to play golf. In fact, in the Vexin Regional Natural Park, in a historic XNUMXth century setting, you will discover:
Two magnificent golf courses
A junior club where children are kings
A covered training center with 5 compact holes
Tennis courts
A heated swimming pool
A gym
A bridge club
All this in a family, friendly and sporting atmosphere.
East course
The East course is the closest to the Club House. Designed by golf architect Fred Hawtree, this is arguably the most selective course in the Golf du Prieuré. After water obstacles at 1 and 2, the EST course allows you to discover, from hole n ° 4, the rolling hills of Vexin, particularly pleasant in the fall.
The course itself is very wooded, while being quite wide, and throughout the 18 holes, you will appreciate its side "in the countryside", far from the nuisances of the city. The greens are vast, and generally rather rolling.
West course
The West Priory Golf Course, the closest to the practice, was also designed by architect Fred Hawtree. You start with a Par 3 on the hillside, and the first six holes, which are more played "cold", are probably the hardest. But you will undoubtedly make up for it on the following holes. The course itself is very wooded, and you will feel far from the city. The holes are varied, the greens are vast, and generally rather rolling.
Training zones
The Priory practice located at the start of the West course offers you 50 play stations, the balls are free (for members and for green fees) and until you are exhausted. Your warm-up or real training can be done under the best conditions on synthetic areas or on grass.
Ten gaming stations are covered for bad days.
Close to the driving range, a practice green surrounded by three bunkers will allow you to perfect your little game. A putting green, located near the start of the East course, will help you practice your putting. A former riding arena covered and fitted out as a training center for the Priory golf school and for the Priory teams. Located to the right of the fairway of hole n ° 2 from the west, it is composed of an indoor driving range allowing players to train in the shelter of bad weather, and outside a small green, of a practice green surrounded by bunkers and 5 compact holes.
Located near the Château du Tremblay, an exceptional place to the west of Paris, the Golf du Tremblay sur Mauldre stands in the heart of a 40 hectare park. You will discover a practice and two courses (one technical approved by the FFG, and the other Compact) to train.
Also discover the charm and authenticity of a splendid XNUMXth century castle and its gardens designed by Le Nôtre.
The Tremblay sur Mauldre golf course is renowned for the technicality, diversity and beauty of its course. It offers combinations suitable for all levels.
The 9-hole “Château Bertin” course
Atypical because of its length, its configuration and its wooded decor, it will satisfy the most demanding golfers.
The Pitch & Putt
Compact 9-hole course, allows you to discover the joys of the first swings or to practice small game.
The Tremblay castle golf course in a few figures:
9 holes Par 36 of 2,925m
9 holes Pitch And Putt Par 27 of 711m
1 Practice: 40 covered positions
Putting green
Pitch & Putt
Nestled in the heart of a 90 hectare wooded park, the Golf des Yvelines welcomes you all year round, just 30 minutes from Paris. The Château de la Couharde, the golf club house, dating from the 18th century, is surrounded by two golf courses, "Les Chênes" 9 holes and "Les Tilleuls" XNUMX holes.
Let yourself be charmed by this magnificent setting and by the castle restaurant opening onto the park. On sunny days, service is provided on the sunny terrace at the foot of the hundred-year-old trees.
Les Chênes, 18 holes
Designed in the heart of hundred-year-old trees, the 18-hole "Les Chênes" course reveals an enchanting setting among a population of around forty deer. Traced by the famous British architect Bill Backer, the "Les Chênes" course reaches its full maturity almost 25 years of existence. In order to keep it all its youth, Jean-Claude Cornillot, a very talented French architect, makes adjustments and improvements in order to always be able to offer you a quality course.
Maximum index on weekends to play on the 18-hole "Les Chênes": 36
Les Tilleuls, 9 holes
The 9-hole "Les Tilleuls" course is a real 9-hole course of over 2000 meters. Ideal for beginners, but also for the improvement and training of experienced players.
Training areas
The Golf des Yvelines has a practice with 20 covered bays and 20 grass bays. To perfect your training, it also offers:
a Putting green
a pitching green
a training bunker
an approach zone on synthetic turf.
Happy Parisians who are spoiled for choice when it comes to choosing the golf course for their weekend. Because seven of the eight departments that make up the Ile de France (Seine et Marne, Yvelines, Essonne, Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, Val de Marne et Val d'Oise) offer more than seventy courses to the bulimia of golfers. A figure that can easily be inflated by adding the routes to the south of the Oise which are less than forty kilometers from the ring road. Moreover, Ile-de-France residents represent the bulk of the golfing troops listed in the French Golf Federation. Ninety thousand out of two hundred and ninety thousand, or one third of the licensees.
In this context, commercial golf courses have embarked on a real price war. Senior days, women's days, meals offered with the green fee…, golf course managers have thus developed treasures of the imagination to attract this new clientele. On the other hand, private golf courses have long closed their doors so as not to be overwhelmed by an uncontrolled arrival before they too follow suit, lowering entry fees in order to compensate for the departures of members, seduced by these newcomers. golf courses with modern layouts and less expensive membership fees.
To play golf in the Paris region, it is better to live in the west than in the northeast. Because the Yvelines, which has the most golfers in France (nearly 23) is also the department with the most courses. Twenty-two courses against just one in Seine-Saint-Denis! And double compared to Val d'Oise. This unbalanced distribution is the consequence of the social cut that has existed since the last century between the more industrial and popular east of Paris and the more sedentary and bourgeois west.
If the Paris region today occupies the most important place in French golf, the practice of this sport took decades to establish itself since the first courses still in existence did not open until the beginning of the XNUMXth century, i.e. fifty years after the creation of the Pau golf course. At the turn of the century, French golf was initiating a radical revolution: golf played only on vacation on the French Riviera, the Basque Coast or the Normandy coast, would become a weekend practice if not a daily passion.
Golf in the Paris region has also developed in the less populated parts of Ile de France. This is why the south of Essonne and the western part of Seine-et-Marne, two agricultural departments, have also experienced the frenzy of the routes ... While at the same time, the small department of Hauts -de-Seine did not have the necessary space and the price of the land is also vertiginous there to build 18-hole golf equipment. This department has only one golf course with more than 9 holes, the very private golf course of Saint-Cloud.
Still, Saint Cloud is the golf course (it has 36 holes) closest to the Capital. Less than eight kilometers from Porte Maillot. Built on the grounds of the Château de Buzenval, the battlefield between the French and the Prussians, on January 19, 1871, the Saint-Cloud golf course has the funny feature of not having one square meter in the town of the same name. But it was the creation on December 2, 6 of the “Saint-Cloud” Country Club that gave the name to the club, whose fairways extend over the towns of Garches and Vaucresson. Be so close to Paris is an immense privilege for this club, which hosted crowned heads like the Duke of Windsor, Leopold of Belgium or King Hassan II and personalities from the political world like Dwight Eisenhower and President François Mitterand who liked to come on Mondays, day of closing, play his weekly game.
From 1900 to 1910, three major routes will be inaugurated: The Boulie in 1901, Fontainebleau and in 1908 Whipped Cream the next year. First to arrive in this chronology, the Boulie will have the privilege of bearing the name of Golf Club de Paris before becoming the Racing Club de France La Boulie. Since then, two clubs have dared: the Paris International Golf Club, in Bouffémont, and the 9-hole course at the Saint-Cloud racecourse, the Paris Country Club.
Of the three courses that make up this Parisian trilogy, Whipped Cream is closest to tradition. Five of its members are at Royal & Ancient of St Andrews, the guardian club of golf orthodoxy. In Chantilly, the sponsors kindly stay at the door. The Sunday competitions are endowed by the members and the silver cups and trays replace the umbrellas, towels and logoed sweaters which clutter up the price reductions of commercial golf courses. "We are among gentlemen, let's behave like gentlemen", is the credo of these timeless golfers who set off with delight on the two 18 holes, the Vineuil, which is the original course, and the Longères.
Inaugurated on September 28, 1909 with an exhibition match between the two great champions of the time, Arnaud Massy and Jean Gassiat, the club organized ten Opens of France and all the biggest amateur competitions. The best players in the world, including Bobby Jones, came to measure themselves at the 6 meters of the course of Vineuil, masterpiece of intelligence of the English architect Tom Simpson, and all suffered from the terrible roughs which recall those of the British Open.
One of the most beautiful and oldest courses in France, the golf of Fontainebleau is narrow but the rough is almost nonexistent. But beware of the capricious balls which end in the dense forest which encloses the fairways in its vegetable and mineral mass. Indeed, the famous sandstone rocks of the forest are sometimes used on the course as at 12, a long uphill par 5 barred two-thirds, by white rocks that seem to be waves covered with foam rolling on an ocean. of turf.
For around sixty years, the pace of opening up new golf courses is as slow as the progress of new practitioners: Port-Marly, which has now disappeared, Saint-Germain, Morfontaine, the most closed club in France, International Club of Lys and Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche golf course which, in the late 50s, was the first example of a french real estate golf. Thanks to the Lancôme Trophy, which has been held there since 1970, the 36 holes of Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche have acquired an international dimension.
It was in the 70s, then in the following decade, that the Ile de France was stained with small red flags. This time, golf is taking off in France and the Paris region is at the forefront of the movement. Especially since the opening of the first Saint-Aubin public golf course, on August 15, 1974, under the impetus of two idealists, Emmanuel Veillas and Gilles Boutrolle, who, through the creation of their company SOGEL (Society for the management of leisure equipment), will greatly contribute to the explosion of 80 years.
During these blessed years, the percentage of licensees increased by more than 20% per year. It is the golden age. Golf is now reaching the middle classes. These new players want to play now and for less. No more endless lessons at the driving range under the fussy eyes of golf teachers.
The golf clubs waltz in atypical swings and the money goes into the cases. Investors immediately followed suit and architects abandoned the building to design fairways and greens full time. Projects are pouring in, “designers” are working day and night to meet demand. It was also the time when the Japanese made a sensational entry into French golf with the creation of golf courses. Cély-en-Bière, Fountains, Clement-Ader, Feucherolles, Apremont ...
A Cély-en-Bière (Seine et Marne), the Urban group spends without counting. Taking over an unfinished project, he commissioned two French architects, Mark Adam and Patrick Fromanger, to redo a new course built entirely on sand. Waterfalls, flower beds, outdoor sculptures adorn this garden course with such perfect maintenance that many players, unaccustomed to this magnificence, do not dare to hit their ball on the fairway for fear of damaging this surrounded paradise. of walls. The small castle is transformed into a clubhouse and underground car parks are set up. At the opening of Cély golf course, the bill amounts to 250 million francs! For the inauguration with great fanfare, the golf promoters are organizing a Women's World Championship with the eight best projects. Since then, the Urban group, grappling with financial difficulties in Japan, has given way to compatriots who have returned to healthier management.
In this context of economic boom, American architects are in great demand. Their prestigious signatures ensure immediate publicity for these new routes. Jack Nicklaus draws the Paris International Golf Club in Baillet-en-France, Robert Trent Jones Sr, the two 18 holes of Joyenval in the heart of the Retz desert, Ronald Fream, theIsle Adam and Eurodisney golf course, in the plains of Brie, and Robert Van Hagge, the 36 holes of Courson-Monteloup et the course of the Albatross du Golf National, the latter in collaboration with Hubert Chesneau, general manager of the French Golf Federation.
Located in the plains of the industrial zone of GuyancourtWithin Yvelines, the course of the Albatross National Golf is a real golf stadium. The first in France built on the model of the TPC (Tournament Players Course), hosts of many tournaments on the American circuit. A golf stadium requires grandstands to accommodate the public. Also, a clever use of cut and fill allowed the construction of large grassy mounds along most of the fairways. The spectators of the eight penultimate French Open thus followed in a privileged way the game of the champions.
Another stroke of genius of this extraordinary course, the subtle blend of links and Floridian architecture in the heart of France. Thus certain holes like the 3, 7 or 12 have a resolutely Irish "look" while the 15 and 18 with their greens in peninsulas have a very "Miami Slice" character. Open to all players with a handicap of 24 or less, the Albatros du Golf National course has another 18 holes, the Eagle and a 9-hole initiation course, the Oiselet. best golf test in the Paris region. Playing your handicap is a miracle or a keen sense of strategy as the difficulties accumulate there to crack the most solid of swings. We do not go to the National Golf to admire the landscape it does not present any real interest nor for the atmosphere of the clubhouse it is reduced to its minimum portion but we rush there for the love of the game and flirt with danger. The landing net in the bag is highly recommended for fishing out your balls from the water hazards that dot eleven of the eighteen holes of the course and dreaming of playing the Ryder Cup ...
Paris and its region today live on their achievements. Only one new course opened in 1998, the Owl golf course in the Yvelines, a production by Robert Trent Jones. It now remains to equip the Ile de France with compact urban courses like the successes of the Rueil-Malmaison golf course as well as Ile Fleurie in Chatou or Haras de Jardy in Vaucresson, in departments still poor in golfing equipment such as the Seine-Saint-Denis. The practice golf courses in Paris on the racetracks of Longchamp andAuteuil, apart from the days of races meet with some success. Paris and golf are now written in capital letters.