Best Golf Courses in France
6 ranked courses in France
France has six courses in this guide, and five are private: Morfontaine, Chantilly, Fontainebleau, Les Bordes and Saint-Germain. The sixth, L'Albatros at Le Golf National in Guyancourt, is listed as semi-private and ranks highest; Hubert Chesneau and Robert von Hagge designed it with Pierre Thevenin in 1990, and no visitor rules are recorded for it. Five are parkland and one is heathland. Golf de Morfontaine in Mortefontaine, Tom Simpson's 1927 heathland course, is the most closed of them: access is reserved for members and their guests. Les Bordes in Saint-Laurent-Nouan has two courses, the Old by von Hagge from 1987 and the New by Gil Hanse, and is also for members and invited guests only. The three that take visitors all do so on weekdays. Chantilly at Vineuil-Saint-Firmin, Simpson's 1909 course with later holes by Donald Steel, asks for a handicap certificate. Fontainebleau, also from 1909 and redesigned by Simpson in 1920, accepts visitors on weekdays except Tuesday. Saint-Germain in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Harry Colt's 1922 course, takes visitors Tuesday to Friday with advance booking.
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Top 6 Best Golf Courses in France
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About Golf Courses in France
Three of the six sit in Île-de-France: Le Golf National in Guyancourt, Fontainebleau and Saint-Germain-en-Laye. Mortefontaine and Vineuil-Saint-Firmin are the Hauts-de-France pair, while Les Bordes in Saint-Laurent-Nouan, in the Centre region, is a separate trip.
- Ranked courses
- 6
- Course styles
- parkland 5 · heathland 1
- Access
- private 5 · semi-private 1
- Opened
- 1909–1990
- Playable without membership
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