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La Wantzenau golf course is located about ten kilometers from Strasbourg and extends over a region bordered by forests near the Rhine. Designed by Jeremy Pern, renowned English architect, and assisted by Jean Garaïalde, one of the best professionals that French golf has known, the Golf de La Wantzenau offers a very varied 18-hole course where water is an integral part of the course.
A training space totally open to the public which brings together:
Compact 2-hole course
Covered practice
Practice on grass
Small game area: Pitching green and training bunkers
Two putting greens
In this green setting of 72 hectares, the clubhouse sums up in its architecture the remarkable Alsatian heritage and contains within it a restaurant and a pro-shop that are as warm as they are welcoming.
Golf de Bitche offers 3 courses of 9 holes each just over an hour's drive from Strasbourg and 1h30 from Metz. This golf course located in the heart of the Regional Natural Park of the Northern Vosges will offer you courses that can be practiced all year round. Its long par 4 or 5, swept by a very present wind, offer difficulties that spice up the game, both for beginners and experienced players. A few water obstacles adorn this course, designed by Adam and Formanger. Thanks to its numerous infrastructures and the quality of the equipment and the courses, the Bitche golf course ranks 9th in the Top 10 of the best golf courses in Europe.
The Golf Club des Bouleaux offers golfers a wooded course surrounded by nature near Mulhouse in Alsace. It organizes golfing events throughout the season for its members, whether they are beginners or experienced players. Golfers passing through Alsace will be delighted to discover a course that combines technicality and environment.
The course
Par 71 of 5772 meters, the Golf des Bouleaux combines tradition, simplicity and naturalness. This route will take you to the heart of the Alsatian landscape where forests and bodies of water become entangled.
You will need to have a large, solid game so as not to leave the fairways that slip into the woods. Water hazards that protect many greens will require precise second shots.
During your round of golf, you will be seduced by the subtle atmosphere of the mists above the lakes on spring and autumn mornings, or by the shadows of the centuries-old trees on summer afternoons.
History
The history of Golf des Bouleaux is not trivial ...
It all starts with a horseback riding course where Renée Seiller, emeritus rider, trains. Leaving Alsace, it leaves, at the gates of Mulhouse, a clearing quickly transformed into a Swin-Golf course, an activity in vogue at the beginning of the 80s.
In 1992, the land was quickly transformed into a real 9-hole golf course, set in a forest of oak and birch trees.
Very quickly, the idea of an 18 hole hit the members' minds. Its inauguration will take place in 2003.
Since 2013, the Golf Club des Bouleaux golf course has been reorganized around a new Club House.
In the heart of Lorraine, 15 minutes from Metz city center, the Golf du Château de Chérisey welcomes you in a calm, pleasant and friendly setting. Located in the park of the Castle, the oldest course in Moselle (1963) redesigned by D. Harradine in 1987, now covers 55 ha.
The 18-hole course
With wide fairways, mostly wooded and slightly hilly, the course is suitable for players of all levels and will not leave anyone indifferent. The 18 holes of the Golf de Metz Chérisey extend over a length of 6 meters. The Par is 066 (72 & 36) and regular (two par 36 and two par 5 on the outward and return).
The quality and diversity of the facilities make the Golf de Metz Chérisey an ideal place to train, progress and / or simply get away from it all for a few hours, in a calm, pleasant and welcoming environment. Whatever your level, this course will seduce you.
Training areas
Practice: 20 positions including 7 covered
1 putting greens
1 pitching green
2 training bunkers
1 wedging area
In the heart of the Ardennes, the Golf des Poursaudes offers an 18-hole course combining trompe l'oeil, raised greens and wide fairways. The route takes advantage of the unevenness, woods and plains as well as its natural water obstacles. Hilly, technical and varied, you will appreciate the quality of the fairways and the speed of the greens. Pars 3 are difficult requiring concentration and dexterity to land the ball on well defended greens. Pars 5 are tricky with their hopes of eagles, birdies and moments of glory, can quickly call you to order. The Golf des Poursaudes is a course accessible to all levels of play.
Foot Golf
On a 7 hectare ground unused until then, Thibaut Rigobert created in 2017 a football field, welcome for corporate events. Easier, more accessible than golf, this game can create the desire to reach the fairways, a very smooth transition where everyone is able to kick a ball.
At the heart of the Alsace wine route, come and discover a golf course with character. At the gates of Colmar, in this region combining forests and vineyards, the Golf Resort Ammerschwihr Trois Epis clings its course to the steep reliefs of Alsace.
The Grand Course: Ammerschwihr Trois Epis
18 holes | 5348m | By 70 | Architect: Robert Berthet (1990)
With a length of 5358 meters, this hilly 18-hole course, built by the famous architect Robert Berthet in 1990, is both physically demanding and technically very complete. In addition to the incessant slopes, which will rarely allow you to play flat, you will have to negotiate the small rivers, very present on the course and often in play.
The Charm of Alsace - Mountain Golf between Vines and Forests
A mountain golf course between vineyards and forests, the Golf d'Ammerschwihr is a course with a lot of character. A discovery of Alsace at a glance. At the start of hole n° 14, the centuries seem to have suspended their flight: at the foot, the Walbach Valley and the forest; opposite, the vineyards on the famous slopes; between the two slopes, the steeple of the Saint-Martin church emerging from the brown roofs with the glazed tiles of the village. We can make out the ocher walls and the characteristic half-timbering, with the plain stretching as far as the eye can see as a backdrop.
For the less trained, the cart is recommended, in order to make the most of the panorama offered (especially at the top of hole n ° 12). Golf and nature lovers, the Golf Resort Ammerschwihr Trois Epis will seduce you.
Pitch & Putt
9 holes | 721m | By 27 | Architect: Robert Berthet (1990)
It is a 9-hole school course appreciated by beginners for its diversity. It evolves in an exceptional setting between vineyards and forests. Composed only of Par 3 and approved by the French Golf Federation. This 9-hole golf course of Ammerschwihrest is ideal for discovering the practice of golf
Created in 1935, the Strasbourg Golf Club is the oldest of Alsatian golf courses. Indeed, it is one of the oldest golf courses in all of eastern France. It now covers more than 120 hectares and has 27 holes. Also, a large, superbly landscaped practice and 4 training holes complete its offer.
Ideally located less than 15 minutes from the Cathedral, Place Kléber or the airport, this dean of Alsatian golf courses is proud of its traditions and its excellent sports record.
A fairly traditional course with a few water hazards and trees for the main difficulties, the Golf de Strasbourg benefits from excellent quality fairways, and rolling and well-defended greens.
Three 9-hole courses
Traditionally and taking into account the design, the White and Yellow courses are united in the classic 18-hole configuration over a length of 6162 meters for a par 72 while the Red course displays 2885 meters for a par 36.
As often on old courses, the difficulty comes from the approaches to small raised greens with narrow access. Strasbourg-Illkirch is no exception to this rule even if some water features add their touch of difficulty such as hole 4 to 7 for White and on holes 2, 7 and 9 for Red.
The latest addition to the Strasbourg trilogy, the Rouge is also a little more complicated with tight shots between the trees from hole 4 to 6 and sustained attention throughout the course.
Chosen in turn to compose the course of the day, the three configurations offer a range of strokes that never generate monotony. Faced with such a variety, one can regret that the club is reserved for its only members during the weekends. Classic in private clubs!
In the heart of a magnificent green setting, the Golf de Preisch is one of the jewels of golf in Lorraine. It deploys its greens and fairways in the heart of the country of the Three Borders.
For many years, its dynamism and the quality of its infrastructure have made it a benchmark golf course in the Grand Est region. Not far from the castle of the same name, the Preisch golf course is the only course in the entire region to offer fans of the little white ball a 27-hole course nestled within 107 hectares. The three courses evolve harmoniously between forests and lakes. Also, they are completely enclosed by a stone wall from the Napoleonic era.
You will be able to benefit from the attraction of an idyllic and varied landscape, and you will be able to compete on a high quality course. The Golf de Preisch is ideal for players looking for a golfing challenge as well as for those looking for peace and quiet.
3 9-hole courses
The Golf de Preisch offers players 3 9-hole courses called Luxembourg, France and Germany as well as a 6-hole compact ideal for beginners.
The 27 holes spread over 107 hectares of the domain surprise by their variety, their layout and their performance. Each combination of 18 holes exceeds 6.000 meters of the white markings. 6456 m for the Luxembourg-France course for a par 72. This real golf test, adapted to the level of each one will satisfy all golfers.
These three courses, imagined by the American architect William Amick, modeled by Robin De Vooght and supervised by the Scottish green magician Tom Dewar, can be combined at will to form an eighteen holes of suitable difficulty and variety. to players of all levels.
Competitions and innovations
Since 2013, the Golf de Preisch has hosted a stage of the Alps Tour, the third European professional division. In 2016, the “Citadelle Trophy International - Golf de Preisch” celebrated its 4th anniversary. In addition to this great event, the Golf de Preisch organizes numerous interclub tournaments throughout the year, in different categories (juniors, adults, ladies…), as well as classification competitions and the traditional sponsored competitions of the Weekend. .
In 2014, the Golf de Preisch acquired an indoor golf center with 2 simulators and a putting green in order to deal with winter frosts and unfavorable weather conditions.
Mourmelon golf course is located about 25 km from Reims and 20 km from Chalons en Champagne. It is approved in 18 holes by the FFG. Despite its relatively flat terrain, with its surprising obstacles and relatively small greens, the Mourmelon course is somewhat technical!
NAPOLEON III course
It is an atypical course with double departures. Quiet and wooded, it could be defined as a rustic golf course where it is good to play. This course has been approved for 18 holes by the French Golf Federation since October 2014. It has 3 par 3, 12 par 4 and 3 par 5 for a total par of 72. It is the main course of the Golf de Mourmelon . Its greens and wide fairways extend over a distance of 5606 meters.
PITCH AND PUTT course
The 18-hole Pitch and Putt course will offer you a good challenge, with short distances. You will need to be precise on your approaches and read your lines of putts to score on this small technical course!
Very appreciated by players who like the little game, and by beginners to learn to play while having fun.
Practice on Grass
The Golf de Mourmelon has a practice area with a putting green… In addition to the 5 mats, there are 9 practice stations on grass which allow you to train on dry ground, all year round including Winter.
Created in 1985, the Epinal golf course or the Images d'Epinal golf course is located in the immediate vicinity of the town center.
Its 18-hole course is narrow and relatively short (5457 meters from the rear tees). Nevertheless, there are many water hazards that will require you to negotiate it with caution. Small, steep and well-defended greens and strategically placed bunkers will make your attacks on the greens a real golfing challenge.
For training facilities, the Golf d'Epinal has a practice of 40 stations, two 9-hole putting greens, an approach green, and a 5-hole school course ... Seasoned golfers or amateurs will find what they are looking for. !
The sports association Golf Club des Images, for its part, manages the Club House and very regularly organizes competitions open to all licensed golfers.
On one of the cheapest golf courses in France: Come and spend a pleasant time at the Golf d'Epinal where the courses are scrupulously maintained and the land superbly planted with trees.
The Golf de Vittel Ermitage is located in the Vosges department in the Grand Est region in the famous town of the same name known worldwide for its mineral water.
An Eco-Responsible golf course
The three courses of the Golf de Vittel Ermitage extend over an ecological area of 600 hectares and have just obtained the International Ecolabel "GEO Certified".
GEO Certified (TM), an international golf ecolabel, rewards comprehensive and credible commitment and achievement in sustainability. The eco-label is supported by industry players. It is administered by GEO (Golf Environment Organization), an international non-profit association created to encourage sustainable development in and through golf.
This makes the Vittel Ermitage golf course the second French golf course to be labeled with the National Golf.
Three golf courses to delight golfers
The three courses of the Golf de Vittel Ermitage deploy greens and fairways in the privileged area of the Vittel Ermitage thermal park. It therefore offers two magnificent 18-hole golf courses and a 9-hole Compact golf course.
Le Peulin 18-hole course
The "Le Peulin" course, created in 1986, winds through the forest and will delight lovers of calm and nature. It is accessible to players of all levels. This 18-hole par 72 course, 6100 meters long, shaded and narrow, cut into the Vosges forest, requires prudence and a good playing strategy.
Le Mont Saint Jean 18-hole course
The Parcours Le Mont Saint Jean is a legendary golf course. It is the 2nd golf course created in France in 1905 after the Pau golf course (1856). This physical, hilly and wooded course offers a magnificent viewpoint over the Vittel valley at its highest point. An 18-hole par 72 course of 6236 meters, it begins at the foot of the Hôtel de l'Ermitage.
The compact 9-hole course
In the middle of the racetrack, the so-called Ile Verte course has a huge landscaped practice and a compact 9-hole course. Some holes are long and give an opportunity to use Fairway woods, hybrids, or long irons at the start ... Par 29 is ideal for beginners and learning golf. In addition, a Pitch & Putt project will soon see the light of day also in the Green Island.
The Golf de Nancy Pulnoy is located in the town of Pulnoy (Meurthe-et-Moselle), near Nancy, 15 minutes from Place Stanislas. The layout of the Nancy Pulnoy course will suit golfers of all levels. Slightly hilly and embellished with a few bodies of water, Le Golf de Nancy Pulnoy offers an alternation of holes in the plain and in the forest. Change of scenery guaranteed! It was inaugurated in 1993 and designed by Martin HAWTREE and Thierry FLIPO.
The paths
18 holes: Par 73. Length: 5 meters. Medium-sized greens well protected by cleverly placed bunkers. Moderately fast greens with rather steep slopes. Some relatively short pars 877 (4, 6 and 15). Two pars 17 well protected by water obstacles (3 and 13). Pars 16 accessible in 5 strokes for long hitters (2, 1, 4 and 9,12) with possibilities of birdies or even eagle ...
In addition, to complete its offer, the UGolf du Grand Nancy-Pulnoy offers a school course. Indeed, a 9-hole Compact approved of 560 meters approved by the French Golf Federation will be your ideal partner for discovering the practice of golf.
Training areas:
A practice of 56 stations, including 36 covered, decorated with targets located at 50, 100, 150 and 200 meters to work on your precision in the approaches and the long game. Practice open to all, no need for a golf license or a green card .
An approach green spread over different areas as well as a training bunker.
A putting green
A pitching green
The Nancy-Aingeray golf course is located in a nearby forest 19 kilometers from Nancy. Its location, charm and calm appeal to golfers and non-golfers. It rests in a pleasant and wooded setting on the edge of the forest of Haye, not far from the listed site of Liverdun.
Located 30 minutes from the center of Nancy, the UGOLF Nancy Aingeray has a course that perfectly matches the existing nature on 50 hectares of land. It is surrounded by trees of various species of oak, birch, purple maple, fir, blue cedar and Bohemian olive trees. The Nancy-Aingeray golf course is accessible to all, whatever the level of play. The filtering ground allows you to play all year round.
History
The Nancy-Aingeray Golf Club is Nancy's historic club. It was inaugurated in 1962 and designed by Mickaël FENN.
Career
18 holes - Distance 5569m - PAR 69.
The course offers:
Medium-sized greens well protected by cleverly placed bunkers.
Some relatively short pars 4 (6, 10 and 13).
The signature hole (18) is a par 3 well protected by a water hazard.
Pars 5 accessible in 2 strokes for long hitters (4,17).
Training areas
The practice: 28 stations, including 8 covered, decorated with targets located at 50, 100, 150 and 200 meters to work on your precision in approaches and long play.
Pitch & Putt 6 holes starts and synthetic greens (no level required) (playable all year round)
Putting Green and Synthetic Putting Green
The Golf Club Toul Avrainville is an association responsible for animating and developing an 11-hole golf course located in the Lorraine countryside.
Rustic architecture characterizes the Avrainville Golf course. Surrounded by a small valley in Lorraine, the site is highlighted by the crossing of a stream, the Terrouin, which acts as a natural obstacle. The course is bordered by forests where different species of trees mingle: beeches, oaks, birches, pines, cedars.
The golf course is equipped with a practice of 16 mats and a 4-hole "L'Oiselet" training course.
About twenty competitions take place each year. A pro ensures the passage of the green card and the development of the players.
The pleasure of playing, good humor and volunteering are the particularities of this golf course.
The main course
Difficult course if there is one despite its deceptive slope (126-129-136); Crossed by the Terrouin, a capricious stream, bounded by welcoming woods and undergrowth, the Golf d'Avrainville course does not leave you time to stroll. However, you may be surprised by a deer, a European rabbit and even sometimes wild boars. In the Terrouin, cranes, herons, nutria and recently beavers have found their playgrounds, it is true that this small stream full of fish attracts many fishermen, but also golf balls ... all the pitfalls known and feared by golfers: very thick bunkers and roughs. There you are. You can get closer to the 1st start but also to the mischievous Terrouin. You can place your ball, on the fairway only!
L'Oiselet 4 holes Compact to pass your green card
L'Oiselet is a 4-hole school course redesigned in 2006 to prepare for the green card with a pro.
Created for new licensed players who are not classified or have an index greater than 35,4, the Green Card is an assessment of the player's behavior on the field. The Green Card attests to the ability to play 9 holes in a 3-ball game quickly, calmly, courteously and in complete safety. It opens access to most courses other than the one on which the beginner received his first initiation.
A few kilometers from Troyes and Paris, the Golf de la Forêt d'Orient is located in an exceptional setting surrounded by nature. The 18-hole course designed by Jean-Manuel Rossi awaits you, whatever your level. In an environment combining forest, plains and water points, the course is quite selective. It unfolds its fairways in a haven of greenery in the heart of the Forêt d'Orient Natural Park.
In addition, this magnificent 18-hole Par 71 course of 6232 meters is accompanied by numerous training areas. Indeed, if you want to improve your skills or just want to start golf, the Golf de la Forêt d'Orient offers a floodlit driving range open every day, a wedging area and a large putting green. Finally, a 5-hole "school" course at your disposal will allow you to initiate yourself to the practice of golf.
Strasbourg, capital of Europe, it is quite a symbol. Plundered, bombarded, martyred, this magnificent city, bathed by Ill and the Rhine, served for seventy-five years as justification for three terribly murderous wars: 1870, 1914, 1940. Three dark dates in the history of France. What fate for this city, declared a free city of the Germanic Empire in 1201, then annexed by Louis XIV in 168 l before becoming the object of the desires of the German soldiers in the 1914th century and inspiring the patriotic enthusiasm of the poilus of the French army of August XNUMX.
Golf in Alsace was born in this beautiful context with the creation, in 1934, of Strasbourg-Illkirch. The very year in which the sound of the boots of Hitler power resounded in the ears of Europe. At the start of the 60s, the reconciliation pronounced by General de Gaulle and Chancellor Adenauer drew a definitive mark on nearly a hundred years of war rivalries. At Rhine-Chalampé golf course built on an island in the Rhine between Colmar et Mulhouse, Franco-German friendship has been a reality for thirty years. 33% of the members are French, 33% German and 33% Swiss. Perfect equality. This parity is not registered in the statutes of the club. This is a rule that has been followed since the creation of this golf course in 1968 by the presidents and directors, the latter still being of French nationality.
This cohabitation is found in all border golf courses. Of Souffleheim golf course, the latest creation by Bernhard Langer, in Lons-le-Saulnier in the Jura. Because the construction of new courses in Germany and Switzerland is hampered by more restrictive environmental laws than in France. Hence this contribution of capital from German and Swiss financiers who have greatly contributed to the development of the practice of golf in eastern France.
In Rhin-Chalampé, three national holidays are celebrated. July 14 for our compatriots, October 3 for our first cousins and August XNUMX for the Helvetians. The clubhouse dining room is decorated with national flags and everyone has fun. To complete this tour of Europe, England is represented by the architect of the course, David Harradine. The old man has traced a very classic route on this island ravaged from time to time by herds of wild boar. At Rhine-Chalampé golf course, oaks, poplars and birches are the main obstacles of this narrow and very long course from the rear tees. With its 6.400 meters, it is even one of the longest in France and breaks the par of performance.
When you arrive by road from Plobsheim to the Kempferhof golf course, we immediately guess what sauce our golf balls are going to be eaten in. In the brackish water of the ponds that protect the common green of the 9th and 18th. As usual, the architect Robert Van Hagge did not skimp on the traps set for golfers. A game of cat and mouse well known to lovers of Seignosse, Edges or Courson, other creations of this American. Van Hagge loves undulating fairways, large bunkers and island greens. His signatures. With this architect, you never get bored. His works require technique, lucidity, strategy. And a lot of luck to get a good scorecard. In contrast to the more classic architecture of Strasbourg-Illkirch golf course.
Le Kempferhof was born on a boat in the middle of the Mediterranean. During a cruise in Corsica which brought together three Alsatian promoters who wanted to offer Strasbourg a top-of-the-range course. Their reference was the Bordes, theextraordinary journey of Baron Marcel Bich in the middle of the Sologne forest. Contacted, its architect Robert Van Hagge was offered a wooded area surrounding a hunting lodge and received carte blanche to satisfy his creative genius.
From a small chapel, the hunting lodge, built in the XNUMXth century, has been transformed into a dedicated boutique hotel or seventh art. Thirteen admirably decorated rooms on the theme of gruesome cinematographic works: La Chinoise by Jean-Luc Godard, Lawrence of Arabia by David Lean, Lola Montès by Max Ophüls… Let's forget the most beautiful, the Eric Von Stronheim suite, homage or director and to the American actor whose performance as a German officer in Jean Renoir's Gronde Illusion has left its mark on generations of cinephiles.
Foodies will rather choose the Wantzenau. This small village or edge of L'Ill, twelve kilometers or north-east of Strasbourg, is renowned for its specialty restaurants. Sauerkraut, forced carp, trout, rooster or Riesling… The most popular, A Lo Barrière, offers hot goose liver and candied pear or gewürztrominer. Gourmets would die for it. For the delights of the dear, it is advisable to discover before the twelve strokes of noon the Wantzenau golf course and its "Alsatian" clubhouse with balconies decorated with geraniums. Designed by the great Basque champion Jean Garaialde, the course gives pride of place to water obstacles. Built on the Ried, the old bed of the Rhine, the Wantzenau golf course has seven hectares of water. That is to say 10% of the total surface of the field of which a part is subdivided by very modern residences. It is Alsatian Florida. With in the role of alligators, the majestic white storks, symbols of Alsace, which find refuge in summer on the top of the chimneys.
La Wantzenau is an aquatic interlude before taking the wine route to Thann. Gewürzstraminer, riesling, sylvaner, tokay… fruity wines appreciated on both sides of the border. The road winds between vineyards clinging to the hillsides and crosses villages tightly packed around churches with slender spiers. It also climbs to the impregnable fortress of Haut Kœnigsbourg. It is in this former castle of Frederick Barbarossa rebuilt by the German Emperor William II that Eric Von Stronheim interpreted his masterful role in the Great Illusion which earned him the honor, sixty years later, of receiving the name of the most beautiful Kempferhof hotel suite.
In this bucolic landscape where vineyards compete for space with deep forests populated with wild boars, Ammerschwihr golf course followed the movement of these steep terrain at the foot of the Vosges mountains. It is a real mountain golf course which culminates at an altitude of 400 meters with grueling climbs towards perched greens which offer as a reward the plunging view over the red-tiled village of Ammerschwihr.
Franche-Comté also has a border line with Switzerland. But unlike a golf course like La Largue, the golf courses Doubs, and Jura were created with 100% French capital. And for the most part by large companies established locally. As the golf course of PrunevelleNear Sochaux, created in 1928 by Jean-Pierre Peugeot, president of the automobiles of the same name. Deià creator of the football club of Sochaux which, in its old Bonal stadium, had its heyday in the 30s by winning the French first division championship in 1935 and 1938 as well as the French Cup in 1937, Jean-Pierre Peugeot brought the golf course back to the factory. Revolutionary for the time!
Thus, the first corporate corporate golf course was born in the Doubs. In a golfing landscape that has changed considerably since then, Prunevelle is still the only company course. However, other bosses of large, small and medium-sized businesses have since purchased golf courses. But not for the same original social purpose as that developed by the Peugeot family in the pre-war period.
In the Jura, after a reorganization and a few years, a magnificent golf course was born, the official name of which is " the Val de Sorne". Botanist at heart, its owner plants new trees, maples, oaks, and takes care to preserve some beautiful specimens even if these are real worries for the game. Thus, in the middle of the fairway of 13 stands a splendid ash tree - known as the president's tree - which hides from view a raised green that golfers call the Volcano.
The next hole, which culminates at an altitude of three hundred meters, allows you to embrace at a glance the remote, this typical valley of the Jura in a cul-de-sac, and the pretty villages of Vernantois, Moiron and Courbazon. The fourth which jiustifies at the fourteenth hole, "the hole of the four bell towers" is an extension of its green that of Montaigu, which saw the birth in 1760 of Claude Rouget de Lisle, composer of the Marseillaise, initially known as a song of war for the army of Rhine.
Often the wars that we imagine in a burst of pride won are only shameful defeats, pitiful debacles. At Besançon golf course, drawn in a very pretty forest of fir trees, the players defy flowers to the clubs this 18 holes which seem - the mirage dear to golfers - easy. And after fifteen successful holes year after year, fatigue, weariness and pressure begin to take their toll.
The 16 is a fairly banal par 5, straight, 482 meters long, the drive of which must make its way in a narrow green corridor. Unmistakably, the wagons park near the forest while their owners part the branches of the trees in search of their balls. And the triumphant scorecard, which we were about to display proudly in front of our friends installed on the terrace of the clubhouse, turns into a scrap of paper that we sign at the exit of the green of 8 in a shameful manner. . This cursed hole inspired the members of the golf course to form a “16 to 16” association. Understand sixteen strokes - yes, you read correctly - on the par 5 of 16. "All golfers in Besançon are members", we say with a burst of laughter. After so many hardships in their long history, the people of eastern France have learned to laugh at adversity.