Rond-Point du Grand Cerf,
Lamorlaye, nr Chantilly, Picardie F-60260
Office
+33 (0)3 44 21 26 00Pro shop
+33 (0)3 44 21 36 73Fax
+33 (0)3 44 21 35 52Website
Visit websiteThe Course:
18 holes. Tree-lined parkland. Relatively flat terrain - easy to walk.
Surroundings:
Woodland and residential.
Designer:
Tom Simpson
Above distances are for Les Chênes course. Also at Club du Lys is the 18-hole Les Bouleaux course (par-66, 4585 m from the back tees).
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50 km N of centre of Paris.
From the traffic lights at the western end of Chantilly, follow the D909 direction Gouvieux (route d'Aumale). After o.6 km cross avenue and continue onto Route du Gouvieux. After 9.6 km, in Gouvieux, follow sign "Toutes Direction" at sharp bend to the left. Turn left at the T-junction ("Cle des Champs" restaurant opposite) and soon after left again onto the D162 direction Lamorlaye / Paris. After 2.9 km, at first roundabout in Lamorlaye, turn right into Grand Avenue. After o.8 km, at roundabout, follow 3rd Avenue direction Intl. Club du Lys. Golf is straight ahead after 1.3 km, at the end of 3rd Avenue
Club du Lys Chantilly (les Chênes course): Between the historic town of Chantilly and the cistercian Abbeye du Royaumont lies the upmarket residential estate of Domaine du Lys (lys in English means lily). Here you will also find two very pleasant golf courses at Club du Lys Chantilly.
"Les Chênes" (the Oaks) is the bigger and better of the two Club du Lys courses, an excellent example of Tom Simpson's deft mastery of golf course design. Laid out over relatively flat terrain in a quiet and nicely wooded environment, each tree-lined hole exudes its own distinctive character.
Stylish bunkering and a mix of straight and doglegging formats culminate at the glorious 17th hole. This good length par-4 presents elegant lines and excellent bunkering, creating a hole of great character - a standard bearer for the rest of this excellent course.
Les Chênes is a testament to the skill of the golf course architects of yesteryear, not least Tom Simpson and Harry Colt. Both left an enviable legacy of courses in and around Paris (see the Did You Know section below). They had the ability to craft great layouts from the existing terrain and its natural features. There's was certainly not the world of giant earthmovers and artificial lakes and ponds.
Visitors welcome on weekdays and weekends.
Must book in advance. Proof of handicap required
Players generally walk this course.
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The excellent quality of golf courses around Paris owes much to the work of two great English course architects - Harry Colt and Tom Simpson (1876-1964). While Harry Colt is much revered for his continental European designs in The Netherlands, and Simpson for his in Belgium, both men spent time designing courses in and around Paris.
In the period between 1905 and 1930 Colt's Parisien legacy includes: Saint Cloud and Saint Germain. Meanwhile Simpson's designs include: Chantilly (Vineuil course), Club du Lys Chantilly (Chênes course), Fontainebleau and Morfontaine.
Chemin de la Chaussee, 60270 Gouvieux, nr Chantilly
+33 (0)3 44 62 38 38
Visit websiteNo
Club du Lys; Chantilly; Apremont.
L'Isle Adam
Avenue de Verdun, Vineuil St Firmin, Chantilly F-60500.
+33 (0)3 44 58 47 77
Visit websiteThe 4-star Dolce Chantilly Hotel has 200 rooms and suites and 23 meeting rooms, as well as restaurants and bars. It is also home to an 18-hole golf course (Dolce Chantilly, 18-holes, par-72, 6209 m) with fourteen holes skirting the edge of a forest, and four played directly behind the elegant hotel in a garden like setting. The prestigious Golf du Chantilly and its renowned Vineuil course is just over a kilometre away.
Chantilly (1.5 km)
Apremont; Club du Lys.
L'Isle Adam; Raray; Morfontaine (private).
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