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About

Holes 18
Type Private
Par 72
Length 6153 meters
Slope N/A
Rating N/A

Course Details

Year Built 1909
Golf Season Year round. Closed on Tuesdays.
Architect Tom Simpson (1920) Fred Hawtree (1963) Simon Gidman

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Appropriate golf attire.

Food & Beverage

Bar, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Banquet Facilities

Available Activities

Swimming, Billiards

Available Sports

Tennis

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5.0
2 Reviews (2)
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Reviews 7
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
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Arguably The Best in France

Arguably rated somewhere 1-4 in France this plaze oozes tradition and charm. Home to only 3000 members with a subscription of 3500 Euros nothing is done in a hurry here.

The club possesses a first rate driving range practice area along with excellent short game and putting green. It's actually closed on a Tuesday to everyone and open only to members on weekends. Most members apparently reside in Paris and happily travel the 60-90 minutes for play.

This is a tree lined parkland layout set on the edge of the Fontainebleau forest with some dramatic elevation changes providing breathtaking tee shots. There are rocks throughout the course that do come in to play on occasions.

By and large the greens are small to medium, slow in pace but with a perfect roll. There seems to be a bit of professional jealousy in french golf to be able to claim the best conditioned course and this one is number one at this stage.

The course starts with a simple par 4 and follows with a superb 3 and terrific par 5. If you aren't excited about playing this course at this point you know nothing about the game. It's not long at 6203 metres (we played off the white at 6023) but you need to be accurate as the trees and rough are unforgiving.

The front nine is good but it's the back nine I found really entertaining. A simple par 3 is followed by a long 5, a really long 4 and is highlighted bya really good par 3 on 14. The 15th is the worst hole I have encountered on my trip, suffice to say it doesn't possess one good design element in it's 394 metres. But we won't let that spoil our overall impression!

The plat du jour for lunch of slow cooked cheeks was the best meal we have had in France and the Medoc red only made it better.

Fontainebleau is the most expensive green fees (200) we will pay and isn't an amount I'd pay on a regular basis but as a once off I am glad we stumped up.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
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Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0

Magnifique parcours historique, dans cadre exceptionnel

Jeune golfeur (par l’expérience !), ai eu la chance il y a quelques semaines de fouler les fairways de ce magnifique parcours signé Tom Simpson il y a maintenant plus de cent ans, à l’invitation d’un ami plus expérimenté et habitué des lieux. Quel plaisir, et quel honneur m’apportait-il ainsi !
Rendez-vous de bonne heure, et une fois franchi les limites du parking, tout de suite vous sentez que vous êtes dans un lieu exceptionnel.
Après un bon échauffement au practice, nous voilà partis, seuls dans ce matin un peu frais et humide. Mais quelle ambiance. Amoureux de la forêt de Fontainebleau pratiquée depuis l’enfance, quel bonheur de parcourir des fairways entourés de pins majestueux, au milieu des bruyères et de quelques blocs de grès ! Et parsemés de bunker parfois impressionnants, formant des barrières et protections traitresses tant en bordure de fairways, autour des greens, et parfois en plein fairways, alignés les uns à côté des autres, n’attendant que de cueillir vos balles.
Le trou 1 vous met immédiatement dans l’ambiance, et l’approche du green face à une bute couverte de rochers est tout simplement magique. Et le départ du 3, en haut de cette même butte, quelle impression ! Toute la forêt et le parcours sous vos pieds.
Celui-ci semble très franc, sans véritables pièges, hormis ces bunkers toujours positionnés où il faut, of course ! Seule vraie difficulté, en somme, l’obligation d’un bon driving pour franchir les champs de bruyères séparant la plupart du temps les départs du fairway. Mais bon, par chance, ce jour-là, celui-ci a bien fonctionné, alors, grand bonheur, et pur plaisir !
Au bout du compte, 18 trous passés très vite (4 h précises), et une seule envie : revenir, peut-être sous le soleil !
Pour terminer, un rapide repas au club house, dans une ambiance vous donnant l’impression d’être plongé dans un film anglais tout ce qu’il y a de plus classique ! Hors du temps ! Et cerise sur le gâteau, le plaisir d’y croiser l’un de nos plus beaux champions, Thomas Levet, venu pour un rendez-vous !
Merci encore à celui qui m’a offert le bonheur de découvrir et apprécier ce majestueux écrin.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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