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The Germigny golf course is located in the heart of the Berry countryside, in a setting conducive to relaxation in Saint-Hilaire-de-Gondilly, a French commune located in the department of Cher in the Center-Val de Loire region.
This golf course offers amateurs the opportunity to try their hand at a 9-hole course approved by the French Golf Federation. With a length of 2330 meters, dotted with wide fairways and undulating greens, it is quite technical.
Indeed, water obstacles, holes on the edge of the woods, strategically placed bunkers, it is of great interest to golfers of all levels.
Novices, the Germigny valley golf club offers discovery days. For everyone, it can organize seminars and competitions and provide golf lessons and courses. A XNUMXth century farmhouse houses the clubhouse.
Nestled in Eure-et-Loir, near Chartres and Dreux, the Bois d'Ô golf course takes shape between ponds, apple trees and Genets. Let yourself be surprised at the edge of the forest by undulating greens and undulating fairways of various shapes. This 27-hole course is open to the public all year round, 7 days a week. It is distinguished by a subtle dose of technicality for good players but also offers beginners the opportunity to practice on holes within the reach of all.
Three 9-hole golf courses
APPLE TREES
Les Pommiers, a 9-hole course 2822 m long.
It has 2 by 5, 2 by 3 and 5 by 4.
The longest par 3 measures: 163m, the par 4: 344m and the par 5: 529m
THE GENETS
Les Genêts, a 9-hole course, 3179 m long.
It has 2 by 5, 2 by 3 and 5 by 4.
The longest par 3 measures: 155m, the par 4: 407m and the par 5: 492m
THE POND
L'Etang, 9-hole course 3323 m long.
It has 3 by 5, 2 by 3 and 5 by 4.
The longest par 3 measures: 192m, the par 4: 398m and the par 5: 549m
To complete its offer, the Golf du Bois d'Ô also has many training areas. Practice, putting green, approach green, you benefit from all the facilities necessary for the development of your game.
In the heart of nature, the Golf de Sologne extends over an area of 200 hectares. Between Orleans, the Châteaux of the Loire and in the heart of Sologne, the 18-hole course is laid out in the forest. Bordered by the Cosson river and dotted with ponds, the Golf de Sologne has a natural and authentic character typically Sologne.
The birth of an exceptional golf course
The Golf de Sologne, the oldest in the Center region, was created over 65 years ago in a wooded park dating from the 19th century, in the middle of a majestic forest. It was after the Second World War that the Golf de Sologne was born.
A panoramic and authentic route
What strikes you at first sight when you play for the first time on the golf course of Sologne, are the trees. Trees more than a hundred years old, of all species, which draw a landscape of exceptional quality. The second impression is space. The 18-hole course of the Golf de Sologne winds its way between woods and ponds. On the whole route, all the flora and the characteristic landscapes of Sologne come together. The rapid passage of a deer, a doe or the frequent flight of wild ducks are the unexpected attractions ...
A course designed for all golfers, from beginners to experienced golfers
From a sporting point of view, the Golf de Sologne does not have the reputation of an easy course. 5971 meters long, it offers various difficulties over the course of the game that surprise seasoned players. The original course has been redesigned by architect Olivier Dongradi, while retaining its wild character. Indeed, the fairways have been widened, the greens enlarged and put back in shape and new bunkers come to spice up the game. A superb water obstacle completes the course, which crosses the Club House pond right through to join the green of 18.
On the edge of the Sologne forest, in Ardon, a pretty French town in the Loiret department in the Center-Val de Loire region, the Orléans-Limère golf course offers a magnificent 18-hole course.
Par 72 of 6221 meters, it alternates between interesting bodies of water, well-defended greens and a few strategically placed bunkers. With a remarkably technical layout, a charming and peaceful setting, and impeccable maintenance, the Limère golf course deserves its place among the most beautiful courses in France.
Built in 1992, the Orléans Limère golf course was to be, according to its designers, the jewel of a holiday center. Taken over by the GAIA Concept chain, this golf course is now in the "prime of life", offers a very pleasant course.
An excellent test for experienced players, the Orléans Limère golf course remains accessible to all players, whatever their level, for its originality and incomparable atmosphere.
Training areas
Practice: 30 stations (area on grass and carpet)
Putting green
Pitch & putt
Training bunkers
6 school holes (par 3; distance 150m)
The Golf Parc Robert Hersant is an exceptional golf course. Between Paris and Evreux, this magnificent 18-hole course, practicable all year round, is located in a sumptuous setting. Indeed, it extends around majestic water features dominated by hills covered with rare tree species with scarlet foliage in Autumn.
Fruit of the passion of its founder Robert Hersant for golf and botany, the Golf Parc has been designed with great attention to detail, both in the design of the course and in the decor that surrounds it. Physical course for which the cart is essential, it offers a high level of play.
Robert hersant
Passionate about traveling and having played on a multitude of golf courses around the world, Robert Hersant drew his inspiration from his golfing escapades. The architecture of the Golf Parc is thus very largely inspired by "American" golf courses where the water features and target greens are legion. This particular design associated with this extraordinary environment gives the course a unique character. An imprint which took a long time to take shape due to the demands of the “artist Hersant” who, not satisfied with one detail, did not hesitate to have a hole reconstructed at the last moment to add a few more meters. .
Ideal for a golf weekend surrounded by nature
Of international quality, designed in the American style, it surrounds the 3-star Gingko Hotel Golf Parc and is embellished with pieces of water and rare trees which form an exceptional setting popular with golfers. Let yourself be seduced by this exceptional course for an unforgettable golf weekend.
A golf course like a veritable arboretum populated with species from all over the world
Remarkably maintained, the Golf Parc has 18 holes located over a hundred hectares around water features dominated by wooded hills with majestic trees, such as Sequoias, Ginkgo Bilobas, Tulip trees, Liquidambars ... .
A technical course
Technical course, a multitude of traps mark out the route. Indeed, between forest, water features and bunkers, a wide range of blows will be required. More than just a round of golf, the Robert Hersant Golf Park offers an unforgettable ride over more than 6000 meters. It even becomes sublime in the fall when the trees take on an ocher, yellow, red and orange color and are reflected in the water.
The Robert Hersant Golf Park in a few figures
12 hectares of water where swans and other species of the aquatic environment evolve
60 carts all equipped with GPS for an accurate reading of the different holes
30 hectares of roughs, 56 bunkers, large fairways and impeccable greens
18 holes located over a hundred hectares
Practice 20 stations including 11 covered
1 pitching green and 1 large putting green
You can also enjoy a 1200 m² club house, in which you will find changing rooms, a bar, a pleasant and modern restaurant, as well as a "Golf Wear" shop.
A few kilometers north of Tours, the Tours Ardrée golf course takes its name from the magnificent Château d'Ardrée. Indeed, the beautiful building of the XIXth century rising on the edge of the greens recalls the rich historical heritage of the castles in the Loire Valley.
The Golf de Tours Ardrée course extends over more than 100 hectares of wooded greenery. The golf follows the gentle curves of the Pays de Loire valleys. This is the charm of the route deployed in the heart of the verdant nature of the Touraine countryside. Its fairways unfold over a length of 5745 meters and offers an 18-hole course for a Par 71. It is part of a 140-hectare park. Majesty of century-old cedars, thick woods, wide undulating greens and water hazards give the golf all its character.
In the heart of the Loire Valley and a few minutes from its sumptuous châteaux, come and discover the Golf Bluegreen Tours Ardrée! Without a doubt, you will be won over!
Urban Golf open since September 22, 2007, the golf de la Gloriette is the golf course of the City of Tours, and therefore a public service delegation with private management. With a classic 9-hole course, an 18-hole pitch and putt, 2 putting greens, a golf academy and an illuminated practice with 14 covered and 14 uncovered stations, the Golf de La Gloriette, on 40 hectares at the gates of the city of Tours, welcomes experienced golfers and beginners.
18 HOLES PITCH & PUTT COURSE
By 3 holes between 50 and 100 meters
No need for a green card or license
Departures without reservations.
FFgolf approved for competition and index
CLASSIC COURSE 9 HOLES
Par 36 distance 2664 meters max
FFgolf license and green card required
Handicap or level of play required
Departure by reservation
Ffgolf approved for competition and index
TRAINING AREAS
Practice 30 stations, 15 of which are covered.
2 putting greens
A zone of rolled approaches
A raised approach area with a bunker.
A golf academy with a covered building of more than 70 m2 with 2 stations,
Videos and tailor-made fitting clubs workshop.
The Orléans-Donnery golf course is the oldest golf course in Loiret. It is a varied course offering many situations of play. Indeed, between a go in the forest and a return more open, this 18 holes is technical and fun in all seasons.
History
Born in 1952, at the will of the American soldiers based in Orléans after the Second World War, the Orléans-Donnery golf course still bears some traces of it, like its clubhouse, created by the army and still present. .
The legend of Arnold Palmer ... Young American soldier, the still amateur champion stationed in France would have given his opinion on the plans of the future course intended for the American soldiers. In view of the length of pars 5 of the outward journey, one might think so. More seriously, the layout of the initial nine holes is the work of a colonel of the NATO forces stationed in Orléans. He had been able to convince the owner of the castle, herself a golfer, of the interest of building a course on her land. Another story has it that the fairway of hole # 1, former hole # 6, an endless hole, could have served as an emergency landing strip in case of trouble at the nearby US air base. Inaugurated twenty years ago, the return was built by Olivier Van der Vinck, also author of the Cheverny golf course.
Career
The 18-hole Orléans Donnery golf course is set in the heart of a 27 hectare estate. The first 9 holes are scattered in the middle of the forest and will require a precise iron game. The last 9 holes with wider fairways will allow you to attack more and get some birdies without taking too many risks.
In the heart of the forest of Orleans, the course winds through the woods, which makes it its major difficulty, and requires a necessary game of precision as on holes n ° 5,6 and 7, all three in slight dog- leg with well defended greens. The n ° 14 is a pretty Par5 in S with a green finish surrounded by bunkers and a little water… Finally n ° 18 is the hardest, a long Par4 of more than 410m and a green with multiple slopes .
The technicality of the course comes from the few bunkers and water features arranged in sometimes formidable obstacles, requiring the player to be patient, thoughtful and perseverance. A real golfing challenge!
Training areas
Practice: 26 positions including 11 covered
Putting green
Pitching greens
The Picardière golf course is a true green setting at the gates of Sologne. The eighteen-hole course is spread over a sixty-hectare area dotted with old oaks and small lakes. This Par 72 of 5 meters designed by Jean-Louis PEGA offers harmony, tranquility and happiness for the golfer. A treat for the initiated, a universe to discover for the beginners. In a warm and friendly atmosphere, the Picardière golf course offers novice players a range of facilities that everyone appreciates in their own way:
Large practice with covered positions
Putting green
Pitching greens
Compact 6-hole course.
The golf du Perche was born in 1987 when Philippe de Yturbe decided to transform the family estate of La Vallée des Aulnes into a golf club. It is located in the heart of the Perche Regional Natural Park. Open to all, it aims to bring together golf and nature lovers in a natural and wooded setting. A friendly atmosphere reigns at the Perche golf course, in the sporting spirit and fair play that animates this sport.
The course covers approximately 55 hectares and offers some of the best views in the region. It evolves harmoniously between valleys, wheat fields and hundred-year-old trees dear to the writer Chateaubriand. Thus, the 18-hole golf course of the Perche golf course offers a unique sporting experience in a natural and unspoiled setting. Naturally hilly, located on the edge of the forest, the course was designed by architect Laurent Heckly. It offers a beautiful 18-hole (PAR 72) which deploys its greens and fairways over more than 6 meters. Also, the practice, part of which is covered, allows you to train all year round.
The Château d'Augerville golf course offers a magnificent hilly 18-hole course just 1 hour from Paris, near Fontainebleau.
A neat architecture
Created in 1995 in the vast park of the castle, the course was designed by Olivier Dongradi, architect who notably created the Les Gets golf course facing Mont Blanc and many other references in the field. Over time, the Château d'Augerville golf course has established itself as one of the most beautiful golf courses in France.
An 18-hole golf course in the heart of an exceptional domain
In the heart of the green domain of the castle, the Augerville golf course will appeal to experienced players looking for challenges, thanks to holes requiring rigor, requirement and strategic sense. Beginners will appreciate its wide fairways while taking advantage of the restful and relaxing environment. Indeed, between charming ponds, points of view on the castle, long lush expanses and sunsets on the course, the golf course is of any beauty ... The golf course of the Castle of Augerville is to the measure of the site , lush, seductive, endearing and rigorous. Like a green setting in the heart of old stones, it declines over the 18 holes the subtle difficulties of a demanding golf course.
Numerous distinctions
In 2017, the Château d'Augerville golf course is one of the 100 most beautiful European golf resorts (Golf World Mag) and ranks among the top 20 family resorts (Great Golf Mag). Distinctions which only reflect the quality of the offer on site.
A prestigious hotel
The golf course of the Château d'Augerville is also an exceptional welcome, a 5-star hotel, a spa and the possibility of organizing tailor-made golf stays combining sport, relaxation and gastronomy. Whether as a couple, as a family or for a seminar, the Augerville golf course will open its doors to you all year round and will offer you different formulas adapted to your desires.
The Fleuray-Amboise golf course is located in the heart of the Loire Valley, a stone's throw from the châteaux and vineyards. Haven of peace in lush greenery, undulating with its natural obstacles, this course will seduce you.
Designed in 2001 by architect Mark S. Foster, this rustic 9-hole course unfolds its fairways over a length of 2240 meters. Par 34 approved by the French Golf Federation, the Fleuray-Amboise golf course is suitable for golfers of all levels.
The Golf de Vaugouard is a course practicable all year round which evolves in a very wooded environment, between oaks, willows and birches. It has managed to preserve all the charm of nature, with its exceptional, hilly environment adorned with pretty ponds where Canada geese have now established their migratory stopover.
After your round, the brasserie will open its doors to you with catering adapted to golfers and a pleasant terrace in summer overlooking the golf course.
If you are looking to play Golf in the Center-Val de Loire Region, Le Domaine et Golf de Vaugouard is a serious option!
The Golf du Val de l'Indre is located in the Indre, a few kilometers from Châteauroux. It extends over the 60 hectares of the Parc du Château de Villedieu. The golf course of Val de l'Indre (18 holes) deploys its greens and fairways on the edge of the Trégonce, among the cedars and hundred-year-old oaks of the old park of the castle of Villedieu.
It is a pleasant course to play with a varied design. In the heart of Berry and Brenne, all players can indulge their passion for golf in a peaceful and friendly setting.
Created in 1989, you will enjoy playing on this 18-hole par 72 golf course with a length of 6227 meters. Wooded and slightly hilly, the Golf du Val de l'Indre is suitable for beginners as well as seasoned players. Perfectly maintained fairways, undulating greens, water hazards and 43 bunkers offer a pleasant challenge for all golf lovers.
In addition, a Pitch and Putt school course, a putting green and approach areas allow golfers to improve their skills.
The Dryades golf course is located about forty kilometers from Châteauroux. It stretches in a wooded park, surrounded by the green countryside of Berry in the heart of the Indre.
Full of charm, the Château de Pouligny Notre Dame rises 300m from the golf course. Its elegant architecture dating from the XNUMXth and XNUMXth centuries will seduce you.
Golfers take advantage of the many facilities offered by the Les Dryades Golf & SPA hotel resort:
Bar and restaurant at the Club House,
SPA treatments much appreciated after the effort on the greens
Quality hotel accommodation
Various leisure activities at the resort and in the Berry region ...
The Les Dryades Golf Course
Designed by architect Michel Gayon in the heart of the Black Valley, the 6124-meter course is clearly one of the most beautiful in the Center Val de Loire region. Quite technical, it includes 16 water hazards, wide fairways and well-maintained greens.
Par 72, the 18-hole Dryades golf course follows the gentle valleys of the estate, crossed by rivers and bordered by tall foliage. If the progression holds some nice technical surprises, the course is however aimed at all levels of players, beginners and confirmed.
You will undoubtedly be won over by the wild and peaceful beauty of the Berry countryside.
From Orleans to Saumur, the valley formed by the Loire is called the Valley of the Kings. From the Capetian dynasty to François 1st, the Kings of France chose it as their home. In this region of forests and ponds where game abounds, Italian architects competed in creativity to build castles and hunting lodges. Even when the King and the court chose Paris as their capital, the construction of these princely residences which dominate the Loire never ceased. In the XNUMXth century, it was the turn of the bourgeoisie to compete in neo-Gothic and neoclassical architecture for their homes nestled in the heart of Sologne.
This Valley of the Kings, cradle of the Renaissance, which attracted the greatest foreign artists of the XNUMXth and XNUMXth centuries, was able to seduce in the XNUMXth century the great names of English and American golf architecture. Like Cabell Robinson in Orléans-Limère, Michael Fenn in golf course of Touraine et master Robert Van Hagge at Les Bordes.
The Lecoingolf Golf Guide talks about Bordes golf course and ranks it among the most beautiful courses in Europe. This exceptional course in the heart of Sologne shares points with sixteen other long-established masterpieces such as Valderrama in Spain, Royal County Down and Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland, Muirfield and Carnoustie in Scotland, Royal Birkdale and Royal Lytham St Annes in England… -
Sixteen clubs which have all received prestigious tournaments: British Open, Ryder Cup, Walker Cup… The Bordes golf course is an exception. In accordance with the wishes of Baron Marcel Bich, a man who built his fortune on the invention of the ballpoint pen that he marketed under his name, and his partner the Japanese Mr. Sakuraï, this championship course with a terrible reputation n 'welcomes however that players of "Sunday" come to confront the monster. Too bad, because, with its 6412 meters from the rear tees, it would be a great test for great professional players.
Since its inauguration in 1987, the Bordes have inspired respect. Those who have walked its fairways admire it, those who dream of taking up the challenge dread it. However, the hardness of the course is now softened thanks to a cleaning of the undergrowth and a modulation of the departures which make it .., more affordable. Of Edges, even the par is earned. So what about the birdie! Golfers who make it their second home say it is wise to bogey every hole. A defensive strategy which prohibits attempting at each stroke the greens in regulation, in search of an impossible feat.
Because in this region of hunting with hounds, the birdie or the eagle flee from the first drive, like the deer tracked by hounds. In the evening, golfers usually come home empty-handed, the game bag empty of triumphant scores, the swing destroyed and the heart heavy. At Les Bordes international golf course, we lose our vanity in water obstacles and we learn humility.
When the Bordes golf course opened its doors, golfers discovered the work of an architect unknown in France, Robert Van Hagge. Since then, he has spread his creations in France: Seignosse, Kempferhof, Courson Monteloup, Golf National ... All unanimously recognized as great courses even if the critics criticize him for designs a little too complicated and an expensive cost to maintain its fairways sometimes tortuous.
Lucid on the golfing quality of French players, Baron Marcel Bich decided, a few years later, to build another course near Les Bordes. Easy to play and affordable golf for all budgets. Six years after its opening, the Prieuré de Ganay golf course is still holding its own. Annual fees and inexpensive green fees on weekdays and weekends have won over the golfers of the Loir-et-Cher and the Parisians who came to adjust their swing in Ganay before attacking the neighboring monster. To achieve this 27-hole course, increased to 36 in 2000, Baron Bich found his man, Jim Shirley, Robert Van Hagge's assistant.
The philosophy of this American pro who has taken up residence in France for fourteen years has won over the Baron: "Golf should be fun, fast and easy to play". Van Hagge's antithesis. The mission entrusted to him by Baron Bich seemed insurmountable: a course playable by all, without excessive loss of balls, and whose cost of construction and maintenance is reduced to its simplest expression. Jim Shirley has a budget of three million francs for each 9-hole course. It is little but sufficient for the Texan. With all the wisdom of a sixty-year-old, he made the first slice, the red, which looked like links, then the blue, a 9-hole course drawn in birch trees and yellow, a compromise between the first two courses.
The last one, which opened in the fall of 2000, winds through an oak forest. At the Priory of Ganay, you can leave the sandwedge in the trunk of your car, the twenty-seven holes have only sixteen bunkers! A record. On the red course, you have to wait for the fifth hole to find traces of sand. "The edges of the green are treated in a slight grassy depression which could eventually receive sand", explains its creator. To compensate for this lack of obstacle, the greens are small, tortured and raised ("the best in the region", insist the regulars). Thus, the Priory of Ganay can bravely defend its par 36 on each 9 holes.
Going down the Loire from Chambord to Tours, the Renaissance châteaux raise their turrets around the meanders of the longest river in France. Amboise, Chaumont-sur-Loire, Chenonceau, Azay-le-Rideau… Few of these buildings with Italian-inspired architecture are still inhabited by private individuals as the maintenance costs are now extremely high. Also, families who have been keen to preserve their family heritage open their doors a few hours a day to visitors. At Cheverny castle, the Marquis Charles-Antoine de Sigalas Hurault de Vibray is working hard to bring life to this estate, which the family has owned for five centuries. Sound and light, hunting with hounds, opening to the public (Cheverny was, in 1922, the first private castle visited) allow the Marquis to maintain the estate.
The many tintinophiles also make the pilgrimage to Cheverny, the designer Hergé having used as a model this vast residence completed in 1634 to sketch Moulinsart, the castle of Captain Haddock. The rental of the land in front of the castle where today the Cheverny golf course is a further source of income for the Marquis. This 18 hole that revolves around the Rousseliere, a forty-two hectare pond, does not however have any perspective on the castle. Conscious of the advantage that fairways going up towards this “princely residence” could constitute, the owners are considering an extension of the golf course. A project that should inspire Tintin fans dressed in golf pants, like their hero. And the height of happiness for these comics fans, Snowy of all kinds are allowed on the course.
On the other hand, the golf courses of Tours have integrated the castles into their site. Pretty uninhabited mansion on the Ardrée golf course, one of the flagships of the Blue Green chain, castle-hotel with seven neo-Gothic style towers on the golf course of the same name, around which extends a very flat course of questionable golfing interest and a beautiful XNUMXth century bourgeois residence or golf course of Touraine overlooking a splendid beautifully wooded course.
It was in 1973 that golfers from Touraine, driven out by the construction of the motorway, emigrated to Ballon-Miré, on the Domaine de la Touche and create the golf course of Touraine. On a small surface, the English architect Michael Fenn built an eighteen snail-shaped holes while respecting the magnificent trees of the property: pedunculate oaks, white poplars, sequoias, Judea trees, junipers, Algerian firs … A true paradise for budding botanists who never fail to admire before driving the par 3 of 16, the majestic oak with five hundred springs which extends its imposing bronchi to the left of the starting tee. In Che private golf course with a warm welcome, children are kings. On Sundays, they crowd the 800 m2 putting green sown on an old vegetable patch for approach and putting competitions. These fun training sessions are bearing fruit, the golf course of Touraine won the French club championship, dethroning the Racing Club de France and its team of stars. Far from the spirit of Parisian clubs, the Juniors of the Golf de Touraine represent the future of French golf, if not its renaissance.