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the Golf de Troyes L'Ermitage is located in the heart of the Forêt d'Orient Natural Park. The Golf de Troyes L'Ermitage is the work of the French architect Wiart who has taken advantage of this immense domain to turn it into a superb golf course. Whether you are a novice or an experienced golfer, he will seduce you.
The Golf de l'Ermitage has been taken over since April 1, 2016 by the volunteers of the Association Sportive du Golf de Troyes l'Ermitage, who welcome you in a friendly and family atmosphere.
The course
This very vast course, of 70 hectares, will offer you throughout its 18 holes of beautiful perspectives, at the same time visual and golfing. The gently undulating fairways respect the natural relief of the area to offer you a wide variety of playing situations. Between the hundred-year-old oaks and the water obstacles that regularly appear, this course offers a real golfing challenge.
Spotlight on the signature hole of the Troyes l'Ermitage course, the par 3 of hole n ° 12 will ask you a little composure if you want to reach this magnificent island green without going through the dropping-zone!
Around the golf course
For your non-golf walks, you can cross the Natural Park of the Great Lakes of the Forêt d'Orient.
The region is also full of historic places that are worth a look. Less than 25 kilometers away, you can visit the Abbey of Clairvaux, the Charles De Gaulle memorial, the village of Essoyes, an artists' village and the Renoir family vacation spot, and walk the famous Champagne roads.
Finally, do not miss a visit to the famous city of Troyes, a medieval city, the former capital of Champagne and more recently recognized for its many factory outlets which will attract shopaholics.
The Golf International de Longwy is located at the crossroads of France, Luxembourg and Belgium in Longwy in Meurthe-et-Moselle. It consists of 27 holes in direct contact with the city. Its main course, "Grand Parcours: is an 18-hole par 72 golf course open since September 2015. In addition, a compact 9-hole course of 7 Par 3 and 2 Par 4 will allow beginners to learn golf and experienced golfers. to perfect their game.
The 18-hole course
The large golf course of the Longwy International Golf has its fairways over a total length of 5868 meters. It is a delicate and very technical course. Wooded and hilly, your stakes will be decisive. Indeed, many narrow dog-legs will require you to master your trajectories perfectly (Fade, Draw) to match the pattern of the holes. However, the course is not too long, you can opt for long irons or fairway woods at the start to ensure your faceoffs. Attacking the green will also be a real challenge because they are perfectly defended by obstacles. water and judiciously placed bunkers. In short, an aesthetic and fairly selective course that requires real mastery in all areas of the game.
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
Unique in its kind, the Golf de Lalargue is located on the borders of France and Switzerland. Present on the front line of the First World War, the LaLargue Golf & Wellness Resort is also a place of memory with many remains.
2 golf courses for the golfer's happiness
Gracefully nestled in the middle of the hilly and wooded landscape of the Sundgau, the 9 and 18-hole courses of the Golf de la Largue combine relaxation and sporting challenges that golfers of all levels take pleasure in meeting.
18-hole Championship course
The 18-hole Championship course at Golf de la Largue is technical and hilly. It is without a doubt the most interesting and diverse in the region where Switzerland, France and Germany meet.
Nestled in the heart of a magnificent wooded landscape on the former Franco-German front line, it is in perfect harmony with the authentic Sundgau landscape.
, Designed by Jeremy Pern and Jean Garaïalde and built in 1989, the golf course of Golf de Lalargue deploys its greens and fairways over more than 6000 meters at an altitude of 430 meters.
A true haven of peace with water features and a stream that blend into the landscape, it offers an exceptional view of the Vosges.
A golfers' paradise, this 18-hole (par 72) championship course guarantees players of all levels a real sporting challenge.
9 Hole School Course
In addition to the 18-hole championship course, lalargue offers a 9-hole course (par 30) approved asg.
This 9-hole course is open to everyone, and especially to beginners without a handicap. It is also a popular training area that teachers use for lessons and Green Card issuance tests.
This 9-hole course is located at the entrance to the site and has its own practice. Its club house has been completely renovated and a training area will soon be opened. The course has a distance of 1700 m with six par 3 holes and three par 4 holes.
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
About thirty kilometers from the city of Metz and Saarbrücken, the Faulquemont golf course is located in a splendid green setting.
The 18-hole course
Attractive for the pleasure, the calm and the magnificent views it provides, this 18-hole course (Par 73) will enchant you. It is a fairly varied course combining Scottish links and plain courses. Indeed some holes with yellowed roughs and small deep bunkers will remind you of the lunar atmosphere of the most beautiful very British courses of the links type. Also a more wooded part harmoniously contrasts this route to offer you some technical dog legs.
Infrastructures
Whether you are a high-level golfer, an experienced player, a beginner or simply a lover of relaxation, the multitude of services at the Golf de Faulquemont Pontpierre will seduce you. Also at your disposal, a new Club House, an 18-hole Compact course, a putting green, a covered and lit practice. Also discover the hostellerie du Chambellan as well as 3 restaurants: the golf restaurant, the Mezzanine and a Michelin-starred restaurant Le Toya.
Created to meet the expectations of players who wish to learn to play in good conditions at an affordable price, the Golf du Fort is a new generation golf course in the family of compact 9-hole courses, a key player in the democratization of Golf in Alsace. .
Easy to access and located in a peaceful, green area, the Golf du Fort welcomes you in a warm atmosphere. Whether you are a beginner or experienced, adept at playing solo, with family or friends, the Golf du Fort offers a choice of packages adapted to your level as well as your budget.
With its 1 French Golf Federation licensees, the Golf du Fort brings together a large audience of sports and leisure players.
The course
Concept and Compact 9-hole course supported by the French Golf Federation as part of its development plan for 100 small structures, to support the democratization of golf in France. It meets new expectations:
Open to all to learn, train but also to perform
Affordable rates
Quick to play
Take into account the environment
Training areas
Open to all, the training area includes a driving range with 45 stations, 15 of which are covered, a putting green and two chipping greens. For beginners or passing players, the Golf du Fort offers men's and women's clubs, right-handed and left-handed, as well as children's clubs.
The Golf du Fort, is the first golf course in France to offer a technology allowing to interact with the targets of the practice, in other words to know its distance from a target, to know its strong points and its weak points, to know your club and trajectory data, calibrate your clubs.
The Soufflenheim Baden-Baden golf course is located in the heart of Alsace, just 20 minutes from Strasbourg and Baden-Baden. World-renowned golfer Bernhard Langer has created a golf course that still seeks its equal. Indeed, the diversity, the beauty of the landscape and the experience of pure nature; this is the brand image of Soufflenheim. Whether you are an ambitious competitor or a young beginner; everyone falls under the spell of Soufflenheim.
The three golf courses of Soufflenheim Baden-Baden
The 18-hole course
18 holes | 6357m | By 72 | Architect: Bernard Langer (1996)
18 greens, 14 natural ponds, a beautiful course ... A real golfing challenge! Regarding this Alsatian estate, Bernhard Langer said that a designer only has once in his life the opportunity to build a golf course in such a space.
The topography and the existing structures were ideal and required only the small touch of a professional hand to become a magnificent estate which seeks its equal. Just recently, a trade magazine ranked Soufflenheim-Baden-Baden 3th among more than 000 golf courses across Europe.
The 9-hole course
9 holes | 2277m | By 32 | Architect: Bernhard Langer (1996)
A perfect playing area for novices who hold the green card. Indeed, this charming 9-hole course, par 32, is ideal for preparing for the challenges of the "big field". At the same time, it is a playground for beginners. It is open to people who have obtained the Green Card and allows beginners and less experienced players to achieve their first achievements. This is particularly pleasant for golfers who do not yet have a lot of experience: among the various departures, only one presents a fun water hazard. But experienced players like to use this ground to perfect their approaches and their little game.
The 6-hole pitch and putt
6 holes | 369m | By 18 | Architect: Bernhard Langer (1996)
Ideal for discovering golf and developing a taste for it ... This Pitch and Putt school course, par 18, is ideal for all beginners wishing to obtain the Green Card. On this court, the emphasis is on training the short game. Of course, many good players regularly come to play here to improve their skills. The "6-hole course" is also very popular with young recruits who can deepen their practical knowledge here in peace and without undergoing any pressure.
Alsace Golf Links or Golf d'Alsace is a superb links-type course with a view of the Vosges. Set in a picturesque landscape, the course offers a real challenge for players of all levels. The panorama over the Vosges and over the vineyard villages reflects the gentle contours of the route. The Club-House in an old historic mill will seduce you with its friendly and warm atmosphere where the Club spirit is cultivated.
The 18-hole Links-type course
This Irish-style course is located in a slightly hilly landscape, at the foot of the Vosges hills and on the wine route. You will find a traditional and straightforward course where nature still expresses itself freely. Each season and the diversity it brings to the course offers golfers a new challenge. This golf course with five tees per hole is playable all year round. Also with its 6086 meters, Alsace Golf Links is one of the longest golf courses in France. Multiple water hazards and deep bunkers guarantee a wide variety of playing situations.
The Golf de Saint-Dié-des-Vosges or Golf de La Ligne Bleue des Vosges offers a compact 9-hole urban course within the sports park in the Vosges forest.
It has flexible departures (18 departures). They are useful for working on different golf strokes and thus understanding each hole in a different way.
This compact 9-hole course on the edge of Meurthe is ideal for beginners. It will allow you in a green setting to quietly initiate yourself to golf. It is also useful and pleasant for the more experienced golfer. Indeed, this one will be able to perfect his little game and work on his set of irons with holes ranging from 80 m for the shortest to 180 m for the longest. In addition, the Golf de La Ligne Bleue des Vosges organizes ffgolf approved competitions twice a month.
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
The Golf du Pays de Sarrebourg dominates the city and offers a magnificent view of the blue line of the Vosges. An hour from Metz, Nancy and Strasbourg, it is established on the heights on the edge of the forest. Created on October 07, 1997 under the impetus of passionate golfers, the Golf de Sarrebourg is a non-profit sports association. The course was designed by Olivier Dongradi, professional golf architect.
Whatever your level, the Golf du Pays de Sarrebourg will bring you satisfaction. Indeed, with its driving range, its compact 9-hole course and its magnificent 18-hole course, it is a complete golf course. Its greens and fairways unfold on the edge of the forest on the grounds of the former Winkelhof farm, representing around 60 hectares lightly wooded and hilly, guaranteeing you a calm and pleasant setting.
An old renovated farmhouse housing the Club-House offers you a superb terrace offering a breathtaking view of the course and the town of Sarrebourg.
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!
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.
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.
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.