golf courses around Sophia Antipolis - Golf courses & hotels

Located in Val Martin, not far from the villages of Valbonne, Opio or Mougins, the 9 holes of the Victoria Golf Club know how to defend themselves. Indeed, the course, designed by the French architect Michel Gayon, turns out to be technical, hilly, requiring a certain mastery of the strokes on slopes. Par 34, 2 meters long, the course is defended by water features, bunkers and requires precise horseshoes.

At each level, we will appreciate the preserved environment, close to the Sophia Antipolis business park, and the beauty of the dense forests which surround the often sloping fairways. The walk is thus very relaxing.

The Provençal Golf, also called the Saint Philippe golf course, offers a 9-hole course in the heart of the Sophia-Antipolis business park, in the town of Biot near Antibes in the Alpes Maritimes. The rather hilly course, drawn through pines and brooms, offers magnificent panoramas of the Alps and the Nice hinterland.
Accessible to golfers of all levels
Golf accessible to players of all levels, Le Provençal Golf nevertheless conceals some technical difficulties which make it particularly attractive. Course all in climbs, descents with large greens, it allows to practice more particularly the shots of precision, small game and putting.

The 9-hole course is completed by:

A large practice,
Several putting greens
2 approach greens,

The Provençal Golf thus offers an ideal training site, integrated into the Sophia Antipolis activity center. It will be perfect for beginners, but also for experienced players who want to improve their technique.

If the stones could express themselves, they would tell the story of a magnificent land, overlooked by an old oil mill and surrounded by oaks, pines and fields of jasmine, which at the beginning of the XNUMXth century inspired a few personalities.

A unique golfing experience in Provence:
A few minutes from Nice, its international airport and the Croisette, the Côte d'Azur has a unique golf course: Le Golf de Cannes Mougins.

This Private Club, founded in 1923, is one of the most famous golf courses in France. In the middle of a forest, and as close as possible to the Mediterranean, it is a jewel of the Riviera.

The 18 holes of the course are known for the quality of the fairways and the speed of the greens worthy of the greatest European courses. Cannes Mougins is one of the most prestigious private golf courses in France and sportsmanship has always held an important place there.
The 18-hole course, 6211 meters, slope 145.

Superb course in the heart of a forest, slightly hilly.

Originally designed by Harry Colt, the prodigious creator of iconic courses such as Royal Lytham & St Anne's, Royal Portrush, Sunningdale and Wentworth, the 72-meter Par 6200 course was remodeled in the 70s by Peter Allis and Dave Thomas .

More recently, the greens, bunkers, and forest park have been revisited by Mackenzie and Ebert, renowned architects specializing in the renovation of Colt tracks. Certainly, there are golf courses that have a soul.

Well known for the quality of its maintenance and ranked among the 10 best golf courses in France, the course nestles in the heart of the Valmasque forest in a wooded and protected environment, which gives it its unique character on the Côte d'Azur. .

The course is superbly hilly and crossed by a river and numerous water obstacles. The greens, which are particularly well protected, are renowned for their complexity and speed.
Winners
For 14 years, the club hosted the Cannes Open. This flagship competition of the European circuit counted among its winners prestigious players such as Jean Garaïalde, Greg Norman, Sévériano Ballesteros, Ian Woosnam among others.

The Golf Opio Valbonne is positioned as one of the jewels of the Riviera. Its spectacular 18 holes deploy greens and fairways in the heart of a splendid natural domain, between Cannes, Nice and Grasse. It is without a doubt one of the most beautiful golf courses in Provence.
In a splendid natural park of 220 hectares undulating, the design combined with different species of trees and very rich vegetation has seduced the most demanding European golfers in search of authenticity and relaxation.

Imagine an 18-hole golf course between sea and mountain, in the heart of a splendid, pleasantly hilly protected area in the shade of hundred-year-old trees where even a Gallo-Roman aqueduct nestles!
A few minutes from the most beautiful shores of the Côte d'Azur, the site benefits from an exceptional climatic and geographical location sheltered from the wind and very sunny.

The Golf d'Opio Valbonne offers landscapes reserved for golf courses located between sea and mountains, where the chain of the Alps crosses the shores of the Mediterranean.

On the golf course, the Château de la Bégude, a completely renovated 17th century bastide, gives you the opportunity to return to the origins of the values ​​which have made the region so successful.

The history of the golf course of Biot
It was in 1930 that this 18-hole course, then called Golf de la Bastide du Roy, was created in the heart of the French Riviera, at the foot of the village of Biot, the city of glassmakers, making it one of the oldest Golf course in the region.

The course of the course reflects the atypical character of these creators. Indeed, the two architects at the origin of its layout were perceived as aristocratic adventurers of their time.

James Peter Gannon, amateur player, designed several courses in Italy, South Africa and Germany before working on this project. His sidekick, Percy Boomer was a golf professional before devoting himself to teaching with a renowned method, demonstrating an extraordinary analytical capacity and an innovative teaching approach ...
Today the Biot golf course has many modern infrastructures

Practice of 15 positions, heated and lighted
 Putting green
'' Carts fleet
A large terrace on the banks of La Brague, sunny from morning to evening in summer, which can accommodate over a hundred people
An Academy supervised by Pro PGAs
Restaurant, La Bastide du Roy, with its seasonal menu and themed formulas
ProShop store with a selection of products dedicated to the practice of Golf

An atypical but very accessible 18-hole course
Is it the imagination and originality of the designers that we find in the atypical character of this course?
After all, weren't James Peter Gannon and Percy Boomer considered "Adventurer Aristocrats" architects?

Easily played on foot, this 18-hole course could almost be called rustic by its initial design. On the model of the golf courses of Northern Europe, it is simple without being simplistic and very accessible to beginners, but its slope is not easy and good players must often show humility.

The Brague and the Valmasque are the two rivers which constitute natural obstacles. All along the course, the greens open up a clear view of the village of Biot, the city of glassmakers, a picturesque village hanging on a spur above the valley of the La Brague river.

La Vanade golf course is nestled in an exceptional, calm and protected green setting, in the heart of the Alpes-Maritimes department in Villeneuve-Loubet. Easy to access, close to the motorway, it allows all golfers an accessible and regular workout. In the south-east of France and close to the Mediterranean Sea, its 9-hole Practigolf course is a par 30 of 3218 meters open since 1988.

Dominique GAULT the President explains to us his objectives to further improve the course and the infrastructures of the La Vanade golf course

“The course is improving as it goes. An approach area and several bunkers are available to teachers and golfers. I offer a different, friendly and innovative place, without forgetting novices regardless of their age. ” 

Claire LAMY, Director of Golf de La Vanade adds:

"We plan to introduce children from 5 years old, with the creation of a" Baby Golf "relayed from 8 years old, by a real Golf Academy"
Training areas
The Golf de La Vanade has many training areas:

Target practice of more than 230 meters with 53 posts including 14 covered
2 putting greens
Wedging area
Swing analyzer
2 bale machines
Training bunkers

In the heart of the Cannes hinterland, between vineyards and olive trees, the Tour d'Opio golf course is resolutely Provençal. Located within the Opio Club-Med, this 9-hole, 1301-meter course is an excellent learning ground with relatively short holes, but with very progressive obstacles. The Club Med golf course of the Tour d'Opio allows a step-by-step approach to all playing situations. On a slightly hilly terrain and defended by many well-felt bunkers, the Par is not won in advance.

The golf course of the Grande Bastide is a benchmark course on the Côte d'Azur. It is located in the heart of the perfume region, at the foot of the hills of the Nice hinterland. Perfectly integrated into its environment, it offers superb panoramas on Grasse, Opio and Châteauneuf de Grasse which dominate it.
The architecture of the golf course of the Grande Bastide is resolutely contemporary. Indeed, designed by Cabell Robinson, former collaborator of Robert Trent Jones Sr, it offers golfers wide fairways and greens well defended by numerous bunkers and ponds.
The La Grande Bastide golf course is an 18-hole course of 5929 meters PAR 72. It fits perfectly into a magnificent gently undulating natural site. Its 7 water obstacles spice up the course and the green attacks.
The length of the starting areas (Space between white balls and red balls) makes it possible to offer a challenge to good players and a pleasant course for beginners.

The Royal Mougins Golf Club is a benchmark on the Côte d'Azur, the Alpes-Maritimes and in Europe. You will immediately be seduced by the quality of its 18-hole championship course. It deploys its greens and fairways over 6004 m and offers a technical Par 71. In addition, its unspoiled natural environment and all of its high-end services make it a unique place on the Côte d'Azur. Created in 1993, the Royal Mougins Golf Club offers a course of exceptional quality. Built in a wooded valley, it was designed by the late American architect of world renown, Robert von Hagge.
Equipped with a synthetic grass area of ​​20 stations, a grass area, a putting area, chipping and training bunkers. It had the honor of being elected and receiving three years in a row the Award of "Best Golf Resort in France" in 2016, 2017 and 2018 by the "World Golf Award" and to enter, for the first time in the ranking of the reference magazine "Golf World" among the "Top 100 Golf Resorts in Continental Europe".
How to enjoy the Royal Mougins Golf Course?
Access to the private golf course of the Royal Mougins Golf Club is reserved for its members, their guests at a maximum of five courses per year, day members and hotel guests. The course is also accessible for some private events, whether personal or professional. Privatize the course or the half-course of the Royal Mougins Golf Resort to become a "member for a day"
In order to validate your reservations, "members' guests", "hotel customers" or "member for a day". You must present a license or a certificate of disability and complete a registration form upon arrival at the Proshop.

What are the conditions for playing on the Royal Mougins Golf Course?
To play on the course, you must have a maximum handicap of 32 for women and 28 for men.
The admissions office, managed by the club management in collaboration with the Sports Association, studies and then approves the membership of Members. Membership of the golf course gives you priority and unlimited access to the course and the driving range.

Born from the talented and famous pen of the architect Robert Trent Jones Junior, this superb 18 Holes Par 71 over 6000 meters will enchant you with the diversity of its layout and its wooded landscapes.

The Saint Donat golf course is located in the heart of the riviera, near Cannes and Grasse: "The city of perfumes". He gave birth to one of the best current French golfers, Romain Langasque, from the Saint Donat Golf Academy. It is rightly considered today as a benchmark for training and learning golf in France.
The charm of Provence
Swing in the middle of hillsides covered with olive trees, orange trees and pines... Everything here reminds us of Grasse's belonging to Provence. The golf course of Saint Donat has a practice of twenty-four positions, a Compact course of nine holes, but also three Putting-Greens of training. Come and discover the authenticity of an estate steeped in history. Forge the memory of an unforgettable and ideal golf trip between sea and mountains... Finally, simply treat yourself to the pleasure of a deliciously hilly course with impeccable maintenance by coming to play on the golf course of Saint Donat.

Exceptional golf course on the French Riviera, the Golf Old Course Cannes-Mandelieu is located opposite the Lérins Islands, in the heart of a century-old pine forest between the seaside and the first foothills of the hinterland.
The 18-hole course: The Old Course.
Experience the joy of practicing your favorite sport in a legendary place.
Founded in 1891 by the Grand Duke Michel of Russia and frequented by all the crowned heads of Europe, the Golf de Cannes-Mandelieu is one of the most legendary places on the Côte d'Azur.

By the sea, its 18-hole course nestles in a precious setting between sea and mountains. Between fairways and emerald-colored greens, you will be seduced by the calm and the quality of the environment, in the shade of the hundred-year-old umbrella pines.

Each year the Old Course hosts the most prestigious competitions on the Côte d'Azur.
Ferry crossing
You will discover with astonishment, a particularity of the “Old Course” of Cannes-Mandelieu: the crossing of the river “Siagne” on a ferry which allows to move between holes 2 and 3 and holes 12 and 13.
The 9-hole course: Le Grand Duc
This course, also nicknamed "the Little Prince", is the first golf creation of the Grand Duke Michel of Russia. This course offers golfers of all levels the opportunity to play in the best conditions all year round without a reservation. Its Total distance is 2118 meters for a Par 33.

This golf course, unique in France, also has a pitch and putt approach area of ​​4 m000 of green area with quality facilities suitable for beginners as well as experienced players.

The Golf du Claux Amic is located on the heights of Grasse on the Côte d'Azur, in the hills north of the city of Cannes. This charming site is a former private hunting estate from the XNUMXth century, completely surrounded by a wall. The fairways which cross a forest of oaks, pines and genets, offer superb views over the bay of Cannes, the Lérins Islands and the Massif de l'Estérel.

The 18-hole course
The magnificent Claux-Amic Golf course is an 18-hole, Par 72. It deploys its greens and fairways over a distance of 5874 meters. It thus offers a compromise between length and precision. All along the route, the views are breathtaking, on the Big Blue side and on the Mountain side.

Stop for a few moments at hole n ° 3: the Lerins Islands are at your feet! Hilly and fairly technical, players will need to demonstrate tactics and precision.

Imagined by Robert Trent Jones Senior on the heights of the Bay of Cannes, the Riviera Golf de Barbossi is an 18-hole course offering superb views of the Estérel massif and the Domaine's vineyards.

Alternating technicality and strategic choices, fairways dotted with a collection of contemporary sculptures, and remarkably defended greens, the Riviera Golf Barbossi is a unique golfing and cultural experience watched over by Alexander Levy, French number 1 and new house ambassador.

Nestled in lush greenery, the Riviera Golf de Barbossi is an oasis of tranquility and a veritable open-air museum. It is the only golf course on the Riviera to present a permanent collection of contemporary sculptures, twenty-two original and scattered creations have been installed throughout the course to the delight of golfers.

Deployed over 5461 meters (Par 71), the Riviera Golf course alternates technical difficulties, strategic challenges and tactical choices, while preserving intact, from start to finish, the pleasure of the game and the ride. The challenge is to place your face-off well. Easier to negotiate, the following shots will have to count with the bunkers dotting the fairways, the river Riou, the lakes and the hilly greens remarkably defended.

On its 9 holes, the compact course of the golf country club of Nice offers a range of varied situations with its relief, its bunkers and its water obstacle. It is aimed at both beginners and low handicaps wishing to improve. The course is approved for classification competitions up to index 26.5. (638 m - par 27 or par 54 of 1256 meters) and an extended practice with 32 individual covered posts.

The Terre Blanche golf course is located in the heart of the Pays de Fayence, in the town of Tourrettes, in the Var. Only around thirty minutes from the famous Côte d'Azur and its coastline, the Terre Blanche golf resort is the ideal destination for a golfing holiday in the Provence Côte d'Azur region.
Two championship courses
The Golf de Terre Blanche is one of the most prestigious courses in France and in the world for many golf enthusiasts. The architect Dave Thomas knew how to preserve the existing reliefs and the vegetation of this magnificent site. Thus, its signature is expressed through the jagged bunkers of the two 18-hole courses "Le Château" and "Le Riou". This true paradise for golfers combines performance and pleasure of the game in an exceptional environment.
The 18-hole "Le Château" course
This 18-hole golf course of Terre Blanche of 6 meters immerses golfers in the playing conditions of a championship course. It owes its name to the Château Bouge that can be seen from the course. The Château course rewards the best players for their precision and length. The water obstacles are numerous and spectacular. Also, the course hosts each year an Open of the European Senior Tour: the "French Riviera Masters".

In 2013, Le Château was ranked 14th among the Best Courses in Continental Europe by Golf World Magazine UK. Its beautiful hilly areas are accessible to golfers with a handicap / index less than 35.
Le Riou 18-hole course
Located on a hillside, facing the perched villages of the Pays de Fayence, Le Riou is a technical 18-hole golf course. Its greens and fairways extend over more than 6005 meters and require game strategy and precision. This course is reserved for members of the Terre Blanche Golf Club, their guests and customers of the Terre Blanche Spa Golf Resort. Every year, it hosts the 1st stage of the Ladies European Tour Access Series (LETAS): the “Terre Blanche Ladies Open”.
Training areas

Practice: Open 7 days a week, 7 stations on 64 levels, half in a covered space, lit on the ground floor and half outdoors on the 2st level.
A grass strike zone
2 outdoor putting greens
1 indoor putting green
2 approach greens with bunkers

The Valescure 'Old Course' golf course
Created in 1895 by British aristocrats, the Golf de Valescure, surrounded by Pines Parasols, is the oldest course in the Var and the 5th in France.

With a length of 5019 meters for a Par 68, its design by the famous architect Harry Shapland Colt (1869 - 1951) has the particularity of offering several relatively short holes, which, at first glance, may make it seem easy to understand. to negotiate.

The impression is misleading because in fact, the narrowness of the fairways, difficult roughs, numerous water hazards and rather small greens are all elements which require constant reflection and wisdom in the choice of clubs.

Rich in memories and beautiful stories, nestled in a sumptuous natural setting at the foot of the Estérel massif, the Valescure golf course is a place full of chic and charm that invites the pleasures of the game.
A hundred-year-old golf course
Member of the "Club 1895" (Club of all golf courses founded on that date), the legendary Valescure club belongs to the list of historical stages dreamed of by all golf enthusiasts ... At the end of the course, a break at the club house is obviously a must but the must will be to play extra time at the Golf Hôtel de Valescure.

With its 62 rooms facing the golf course and in the heart of the gardens, its restaurant "Les Pins Parasols", its bar the "Pavillon", its wellness area, this establishment of the Najeti group has all the assets to make fans of the area. beyond the players ...