France | Courses & Resorts
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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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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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Rhuys-Kerver
Rhuys-Kerver, for example, lies in the middle of a bird sanctuary – twitchers should keep an eye out for herons and egrets – on a spit of land about 20 miles south of Vannes, a market town and important tourist…
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Pléneuf-Val-André
At the foot of another jutting cliff, about a quarter of a mile away, I can just make out a flag fluttering in the stiff sea breeze. If I’m lucky, I’ll be removing that flag, and the putter from my…
