Golf de Sablé Solesmes

On the road to Loire's castles in the heart of the Sarthe Valley, A land of generous nature, with the forest, the river and the countryside as witnesses, the 27 holes du Sablé-Solesmes golf course and his 9-hole school. A real gem born from the passion of a man, promoter in love with his region; tailor-made course by Michael Gayon, architect, who signs his masterpiece there.

The promoter wanted a high level golf, thought out down to the smallest detail, where excellence and high standards are combined with pleasure and well-being. The objective of creating a top-of-the-range course, on which diversity and quality reign was achieved in 1992 and has continued to be improved each year. A must see only 1h15 from Paris-Montparnasse, ideally located on the Loire Châteaux route.

Betting on the richness of nature in this superb Sarthois Valley, Michael Gayon played the diversity card to sign on a 150 hectare estate three 18-hole courses and one 9-hole course.

In Sablé-Solesmes, the entire range of golf is available. Discover a thousand and one sensations. the golfer passes from a forest trail, a plant of species from the region (La Forêt), to a Scottish links, with pure lines and formidable bunkers (La Cascade), passing through an American-style target-golf course where the water, omnipresent, increases the stake while emphasizing the beauty of the landscape (La Rivière). And for a few moments of pleasure stolen from a busy schedule La Cognere offers its 9-hole school.

Here, golf can be modulated as you wish, depending on your level or form. For major events are generally associated the Forest and the River which thus offer a championship course of 6 meters Under the leadership of green keeper, a qualified team maintains this area which combines colors throughout the seasons. Key moment, the flowering in spring of azaleas and rhododendrons, wild hyacinths and foxgloves in the undergrowth as a nice nod to the legendary route of Augusta.

La Cascade course

the purity of a Scottish link

Very little wooded, this 3-meter course owes its name to a small river that cascades down to Sarthe. The fairways seem less demanding.
However, be careful with the model of this hilly terrain and the multiple bunkers !
Because often, like the 5, one by 3 without major obstacles but at well defended green with its formidable slopes, the Cascade holds serious challenges.

The Forest course

A challenge for long hitters

Long and technical, this course of 3 197 meters skirts the forest of Pincé and winds through the birch, oak, elm, ash and other species of the region.
On the 3rd, a huge by 5 of 530 meters, offers a real challenge with its fairway particularly far and narrow, before ending with a wide green.

The River Course,

The spectacular character of a water course

A vertiginous dive on the Sarthe give this 2-meter course a very spectacular characters. Water, an essential element of the decor, becomes formidable when approaching a green or along a fairway. The 3, par 3 of 175 meters downhill with its green surrounded by water, gives a good idea of ​​the river course, magnificent and terribly dangerous.

Compact La Cognere,

A high-quality school course

Compact course of 1 meters deploys 231 high quality school holes. Carved on the hillside, on the edge of the sarthe, the Cognère is an ideal course for beginners as well as for the most seasoned players to whom it offers, in less than two hours, an excellent ground of improvement, in particular at the level of the small game