Golf Courses - SW 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...

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...

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 ...

Despite Heathland characteristics, the Hossegor Golf Club is a flat and rather dull inland golf course close to the southern French town of Biarritz. It was designed by John Morrison in 1930, and h...

One of the most disappointing and over-rated courses on the European mainland, the Seignosse Golf Club is an extremely hilly yet overly manufactured test designed by Texan Robert von Hagge and Rick...

From the resort website:

The Par 71, 6220 metres, Vignes (Vines) Course owes its creation in 1991 to Canadian, Rod Whitman, who was Bill COORE's assistant during the construction of the Châ...