Golf Courses - South France

An example of the patience needed to create good golf, Grand Saint Emilionnais Golf Club was the vision of the prominent Mourgue d’Algue family and took more than a dozen years from conception to r...

‘The Prince is one of the premier golf course designs of my life’ Robert Trent Jones. 

Possibly the world’s most exclusive golf club, Le Prince de Provence was actually conceived as part of m...

Located a little north of Bordeaux, and surrounded by some of the region’s famous vineyards, is the 36-hole Golf du Médoc facility and its outstanding Châteaux Course designed by Bill Coore and bui...

Golf de Chiberta is a terrific old school layout in the south of France, designed for a fortunate membership by traditionalist Tom Simpson in 1927. With hints of both links and heathland, the cours...

Famous as the birthplace of Napoléon Bonaparte, the French island of Corsica is a playground for wealthy holidaymakers but strangely home to just one golf course, Sperone, which is built on rocky h...

The Le Phare course at Biarritz in the south-west of France is a charming old parkland layout that is one of the most historic tracks in this part of the world. Originally holes here touched the se...

Moliets is an interesting course that plays mostly through an extremely dense forest area, although three holes are set out amongst large coastal dunes. Generally speaking the design and terrain he...

The Château des Vigiers golf course opened in 1992 and was designed by Donald Steel, who is considered one of the very best “natural” golf course architects. Arranged in three 9-hole loops, giving ...

Set on a hilltop about 900 metres above Monaco, the Monte Carlo Golf Club is an interesting classic that dates back to a 1911 design by golden ager Willie Park junior. Squeezed between the sea and ...