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Freslonniere

Freslonniere

Golf de la Freslonniere, near Rennes, is known for its smooth, slick putting surfaces. And it’s another cracker, opened in 1989, where the architect Alain du Bouexic made maximum use of the area’s considerable natural assets. Many players come in…

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Freslonniere

Freslonniere

Golf de la Freslonniere, near Rennes, is known for its smooth, slick putting surfaces. And it’s another cracker, opened in 1989, where the architect Alain du Bouexic made maximum use of the area’s considerable natural assets. Many players come in…

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Sables d’Or Les Pins

Sables d’Or Les Pins

Heading north, close to the fantastic cliff-top walks by Cap Frehel and Cap d’Erquy, Golf des Sables d’Or is shorter still, at barely more than 6,000 yards for its par 70. It dates back to 1925, and, like Dinard, a…

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Domaine des Ormes

Domaine des Ormes

A few miles east, on the outskirts of the charming, ancient and historic town of Dol de Bretagne, is Domaine des Ormes, close to the Emerald Coast, midway between St Malo and the regional capital, Rennes.

Based around…

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Saint Malo

Saint Malo

Sure, Portsmouth looks good from the upper deck, but there’s still something special about sailing into Saint Malo, its forbidding ramparts glistening in the early morning sun (like those long-ago holidays, it’s nearly always sunny) … and I swear I…

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Saint-Cast Le Guildo

Saint-Cast Le Guildo

Golf Saint-Cast Le Guildo is even shorter than Sables d’Or – par 68 and 5,400 yards off the tips – and features no fewer than six par threes, with just a couple of par fives.

Once again,…

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Souillac Golf & Country Club

Souillac Golf & Country Club

Historians know the Dordogne-Correze-Lot area of southern central France for the Hundred Years War of the 14th and 15th centuries. On the face of it this was an extra-time battle between the French and English, but the Thomas Levets of…

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Saint-Laurent

Saint-Laurent

Saint-Laurent is not your typical Breton course, situated slightly inland at the pleasant little town of Ploemel. Well-travelled (and almost certainly well-heeled) golfers have compared it with Surrey’s finest heathland courses ... minus the heather. Some of the tees, for…

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Ploemeur-Océan

Ploemeur-Océan

Also on the Gulf of Morbihan (‘Little Sea’ in Breton), Ploemeur Océan lives up to its name with some stunning sea views out towards Isle de Croix. It’s relatively new, just over 20 years old, but seems more mature, with…

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Baden

Baden

Still in southern Brittany, just 30 miles from Rhuys-Kerver, and roughly the same distance from the airport at Lorient, is Golf de Baden. Right from the off you know you’re close to water, as the opening hole takes you down…

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