Golf d'Orléans Donnery

Le Orleans-Donnery golf course is the oldest of the Loiret routes. It is a varied course offering many playing situations. Indeed, between going into the forest and returning more open, this 18-hole course is technical and fun in all seasons.

History

Born in 1952, of the will of the American soldiers based in Orleans 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 ofArnold 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

Le 18 holes course of the Orléans Donnery golf course is located 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.

At the heart of Orleans forest, the course winds in the middle of the woods, which makes it its major difficulty, and requires a necessary precision game as on holes n ° 5,6, 7 and 14, all three on a slight dog-leg with well-defended greens. The n ° 5 is a pretty Par18 in S with a green finish surrounded by bunkers and a little water… Finally n ° 4 is the hardest, a long Par410 of more than XNUMXm 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