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The Barbaroux golf course offers a magnificent 18-hole golf course on the Côte d'Azur. In the heart of Provence in a fabulous 87 hectare wooded landscape, you will discover one of the most prestigious European courses.
Created in the purest tradition of American golf by architects Pete Dye and PB Dye, each space, each body of water, is a true ode to creativity.

The Barbaroux golf course is distinguished by combining the love of nature with technical fantasy. It is a course where strategy has a major role:

Knowing how to choose the right angle of attack at the drive to reach the fairways
Position yourself for your second shot to ensure your approach
Choose the right club and the right trajectory to reach well-defended greens
Have good sensations and a good reading of the slopes to tame technical, eventful and very fast greens.

Whatever your strengths or weaknesses, this championship course is never boring! A guarantee of architectural success, the Barbaroux golf course does not undermine Pete Dye's reputation. It is a true monument to the game, an inherently difficult golf course.

But as is often the case on large, well-designed courses, the possibilities offered for each level allow all players to find teeing areas from which everyone will have fun.

The most mysterious and private route in France
The Vidauban golf course is located in the heart of the Massif des Maures, in Provence. it is rightly considered one of the most beautiful courses in Europe. However, it is reserved for its members and their guests. Its exceptional layout is the work of architects Robert Trent Jones and his son Robert Junior.

History
The genesis of certain clubs is sometimes complicated. Indeed, Vidauban - formerly the Prince of Provence - is one of them. Emerged from the ground in 1999, this atypical club since it is reserved for its members and their guests has been more often talked about by the successive trials and appeals to the Draguignan court than by the beauty of the layout and the nature which had seduced Robert Trent Jones. from the seventies.

Literally fell in love with this Var countryside, the Californian architect then bought this property while promising himself to build the "ideal course" there! Between the death of his wife, illness and a consequent activity, he took his time, helped by his son Robert Junior, before seeing the birth of what some consider to be the most beautiful course in continental Europe.
The Vidauban course
Under these conditions, we can only regret that so few players can benefit from it. Today only twenty-five members share this club where everything seems ready as if a hundred players were going to disembark each morning. Most often played in a cart over the 6486 meters of a classic par 72, taking into account the distances between the holes, the design can only be seen on the hole in play. An additional luxury in the heart of the Plaine des Maures!
The quality of the ground, the mowing of the greens, the decor, the vegetation alternating parasol pines with other Mediterranean species, perfection is constant. This environment is mind-blowing even if nothing ostentatious disturbs the peace of the game.
Maintenance and infrastructure
Constantly evolving, the club redesigned its drainage system, adding 175 km of pipes to a demanding basement. The undergrowth has been cleaned, often covered with wood shavings, and a drop of 30% of the watered surfaces does not affect the aesthetics or the quality of the game. In the absence of any signage, the holes appear. follow naturally, alternating wide fairways with ponds or ancient rocks.

The clubhouse, built like a mini Provencal village, is a little too quiet, while the food served on the terrace goes to the essentials with beautiful salads and basic dishes of Mediterranean cuisine.
If luck smiles on you and you have the opportunity to tread these fairways one day, do not hesitate, cross France or the planet, the opportunity may not occur often ...

Discover the Valcros golf course, an 18-hole course of 50 hectares, lakes of several hectares, with fairways that lead to more than 600 meters of altitude.
Open since 1996, the Golf de Valcros is located between St-Tropez and Toulon. Nestled more precisely in a rugged valley of the Moors, this 18-hole course is not too physical but presents enough difficulties to interest any type of player.

The course requires technique and precision. Seasoned players will find a site that meets their requirements. South-east facing, sheltered from the wind and along a river, the narrow and wooded terrain is very characteristic. Its solid reputation extends well beyond the borders of the Var.

Each year during the month of September, the Grand Prix de Valcros welcomes a large number of golf enthusiasts for three days.
The Domaine de Valcros
Domaine de Valcros combines the authenticity of Provençal life with the serenity of an intact coastal setting. Dominating the green vines of the Provencal village of La Londe, leaning against the foothills of the Massif des Maures, this 1300 hectare estate opens onto the Mediterranean Sea and the Golden Islands

Golf Up is a fun golf course open to all. Located 10km from Saint-Tropez, in Grimaud, GOLF UP includes a 9-hole Pitch and Putt golf course, an academy run by qualified teachers, and a state-of-the-art training area, the most modern in the Var. Driven by innovation and user-friendliness, GOLF UP is the first golf course in Europe to be entirely designed in synthetic turf and offers an ultra-connected customer experience (ball collecting robots, connected ball machine, Trackman, etc.)

The course
Specially designed for beginners and seasoned golfers, the Pitch & Putt course offers a fun and complete approach to golf. In 1h-1h15 of playing time, you will practice your short and long game by crossing obstacles (bunkers, water passages), and by trying to play in 3 strokes each of the 9 holes.
The course is approved by the French Golf Federation (FFG), which allows you to rank or improve your index up to 26.5 during competitions.

Beyond the challenge, you evolve in an enchanting typically Mediterranean setting ... a real moment of relaxation to share with friends or family.

In Grimaud, near Sainte Maxime and about 10 kilometers from St Tropez, the Beauvallon Golf club deploys its greens and fairways over 40 hectares. It offers you a varied, natural and remarkably well-maintained 18-hole course.

Between sea and hills, you will appreciate the magnificent panoramic views over the entire Gulf of Saint-Tropez. The course is bordered by magnificent villas.
The 18-hole Beauvallon golf course offers you a real golfing challenge:

Fairways lined with oaks,
Very fast small greens,
2 long par 5 with an out of bounds on the left side.

Everything is there to fully express your golf and high-tech games and golfing pleasure.

The Beauvallon Golf Club is a delight for passing golfers because it is a course that is played on foot, without a cart, while representing a technical challenge in a majestic setting.

 A golfing paradise in the heart of the famous peninsula
A prestigious real estate golf project on the Côte d'Azur, just 5 minutes from the Port of Saint Tropez and the beaches of Pampelonne, the Golf Club Saint-Tropez offers a Club of privileged members a high level of services. An enclosed domain of 110 hectares, in a classified and fiercely preserved natural site, in which a Gary Player signature Golf course is integrated.
The course design will allow you to make a first loop and return to the Club-House after the first 9 holes - or to continue your game on the last 9 and it will be at hole 13 that you can enjoy the view of the Port of Saint-Tropez, with its sailboats, motor boats and its famous bell tower.
Note that the slope is quite high, with a few blind holes. Balls to be expected but also to be found.

Between sea, wild scrubland and cork oak forests, the Sainte-Maxime golf course offers you one of the most beautiful views of the bay of St-Tropez. At the bend of a wonderful walk in the garrigue with Provençal scents, the Golf Bluegreen Sainte-Maxime will seduce you.

The rather technical course deploys its 18 holes over 65 hilly hectares overlooking the Côte d'Azur and the Var hinterland.

Aerial departures, slopes and bodies of water follow one another during the first 9 holes which descend to Ste-Maxime and go up to the club house. The rest of the course (the last 9 holes) extends over a plateau from which players can admire the panorama of the Maures and Esterel massifs.

The Golf de Valgarde is located between Toulon and Hyères, relatively close to the Var coast, less than 45 minutes from the Porquerolles islands, the creeks of Cassis or the golf course of Saint-Tropez.
The course
The Golf de Valgarde offers you on a flat ground a pleasant course to play relatively tactical with some water obstacles.

Ideal golf for beginners on a course, it is nonetheless interesting for experienced players who will have plenty of time to exercise their talents on always well-maintained greens, and to train thanks to the ancillary infrastructures such as a practice in part illuminated, a 4-hole pitch and putt or two putting greens as well as a large pitching green area.

The 18-hole, par 68 course, 5 meters long, covers more than 480 hectares. Tactical course, it accepts beginner players (Green card compulsory) but is resistant to more experienced players.
Training zones
Since its inception, the Golf de Valgarde has endeavored to develop the spirit of golf through high-performance facilities dedicated to training and competitions. Thus, the Golf de Valgarde has a practice of 55 stations, including 20 covered and 8 illuminated, and a driving area on grass, open to both beginners and experienced players.

Enthusiasts will be able to take advantage of the training facilities in all weathers and at any time of the day. To perfect its game, the Pitch & Putt has 4 compact holes of 50 to 80 meters as well as a chipping area of ​​300m2. Experienced players will be able to perfect their technique while amateur golfers will enjoy testing this reduced course for training. Also, two training greens of around 1000m2 have been set up to offer a unique experience around the spirit of golf and optimal conditions to improve technical skills.
Renowned competitions
The Golf de Valgarde receives many competitions such as:

Golf side competitions
The Criterium
The big price
MIDAM Competitions
SENIORS trophies

An exceptional setting in Provence
The Golf de Roquebrune Resort is located in the Var between Cannes and Saint-Tropez. A true haven of peace, it deploys its 18 holes in an exceptional natural setting. With more than 40 bunkers and 6 bodies of water, the golf course of Roquebrune, harmoniously combines technique and aesthetics. Designed by Michel Gayon, it leaves no one indifferent and becomes more and more pleasant over the games.
A course of great diversity
Each hole has its own charm and challenges. You will move between Land & Sea, discovering a breathtaking panorama over the bay of Saint-Raphaël and the Massif des Maures, for the fulfillment of the mind and the senses.
Two nine-hole loops
It is possible depending on your departure time to play only a 9-hole course. Indeed, the Roquebrune sur Argens golf course offers the possibility of playing two different 9-hole courses.
The last 9 holes - The return
In the morning, until 1:30 after the first departures, you will have the opportunity to discover a 9-hole course of 2799 meters. This 9 hole golf course corresponds to holes 10 to 18 of the resort course. Composed of 2 par5, 3 par3 and 4 par4, these 9 holes, as beautiful as they are technical, will overwhelm you with happiness.

The views over the Golf de St-Raphael and Fréjus will only make this experience more beautiful.
The first 9 holes - The go
The rest of the day, a 9-hole golf course, in the heart of the Massif des Maures, along its 3096 meters will be offered to you. This 9-hole course corresponds to holes 1 to 9 of the resort course. Composed of 2 Par5, 2 Par3 and 4 Par4, these 9 holes of the Moors will give you thrills and will seduce all lovers of golf and nature.

The Golf de Saint Endréol is a hilly course that will appeal to golfers of all levels. Dominated by the imposing Rocher de Roquebrune, which blazes with the setting sun, the river and the ponds follow one another in the middle of the scrubland, oaks and hundred-year-old umbrella pines. This course can be physical and constitute a challenge for golfers but in swing, it does not present any real great difficulties.

The Saint Endréol golf course offers players of all levels a spectacular course in the heart of nature where each fairway has its own personality. From this superb achievement, it is indeed necessary to retain several holes of which the number 2 with its water obstacle and a dogleg on the right or the famous hole n ° 13, impressive plunge towards a green posed on the water! This signature hole is a real challenge with a high start but nothing impossible because it is a short Par 3 where you can arrive in 1 on the green and sign a nice birdie. Finally the hole n ° 18, superb final less than 50 meters from the panoramic terrace of the club house.

All players with a maximum handicap of 36 are welcome and invited to put their swing to the test. Many training facilities are also at your disposal:

Practice with 20 stations including 9 covered
Putting green
Chipping green with training bunker

Located in Nans les Pins, in the heart of green Provence, between Aix en Provence, Marseille, Brignoles and Toulon, the Golf de la Sainte Baume offers a unique and incomparable setting. This internationally renowned golf course deploys its greens and fairways at the foot of the majestic Sainte-Baume massif.
The Massif de la Sainte-Baume.
The Sainte-Baume massif is the highest and most extensive of the mountains in Provence. Indeed, its summit rises to 1 meters. The name of this massif comes from the word "Bauma" which means cave in Provençal, then the term "holy" was added in homage to Saint Mary Magdalene who decided to retire there to live the last years of her life.
The 18-hole course
In this setting of unspoiled nature, the design of the course, on hilly terrain, matches and emphasizes the landscape characteristics of the site including terraces, streams, wild scrubland, pines, aromatic plants and holm oaks. Overhanging departures, elevated greens and even water obstacles offer an attractive game, varied and open to all levels. The Golf de la Sainte Baume allows you to benefit from all the advantages of the Open Golf Club chain.
Training facilities:

Practice 40 stations including 20 covered
Training bunker
Putting green

Sculpted in the middle of umbrella pines and admirably located at the foot of the Estérel massif, this course designed by Trent Jones Sr offers throughout the year a quality of course and a playing comfort that will not leave any golfer indifferent.

The 18-hole Estérel golf course, near the seaside resort of Saint-Raphaël, has won over golfers from all over the world. Its pronounced relief, the umbrella pine forests typical of the Mediterranean make it a unique golf course to be discovered. Throughout your course you will alternate between holes with elongated fairways and narrow greens, but also have to avoid many obstacles (bunkers, ponds ...) judiciously disseminated by Trent Jones Sr when he created his course .

This golf requires concentration and variety in its long game and accuracy on technical shots. Accessible to all, the variety of situations makes it a pleasant golf course. It may be technical, but it is still accessible to golfers. (License and green card required)

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 ...

The Golf de Cap Estérel is a magnificent 9-hole course which overlooks the bay of Agay. Indeed, throughout the course you will enjoy an exceptional view of the Mediterranean. Open since 1991 in Saint-Raphael (83 - Var). It is a fairly technical and hilly course offering magnificent panoramas of the big blue. In addition, this pretty 9-hole course is located in a preserved 210-hectare area by the sea, bordered by the national forest. Located at the foot of the red Esterel massif, the green and peaceful setting of this course guarantees you a pleasant round of golf.

The golf course of Cap Estérel is located inside the Village Club Pierre et Vacances, which has many other leisure facilities and has a 9-hole course with a length of 1580 m, Slope 97 and a practice of 35 covered positions

Operation:

From 07/01 to 20/12 /

Saturday and Sunday from January to the end of March and November and December: 9:30 a.m. to 16 p.m.
Saturday from April to the end of June and September to October 31: 9 a.m. to 17 p.m.
From July 1 to August 31: open daily 9 am-18pm.