Ferme de la Gloriette,
Courson-Monteloup, Ile-de-France F-91680
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UGOLF Courson AcademyThe Course:
18 holes. Open parkland. Undulating terrain - a few slopes to climb.
Surroundings:
Rural countryside and woodland.
Designer:
Robert von Hagge designed all four nines-hole loops.
Above distances are for the Vert-Noir combination. Courson's four nine-hole loops (Vert, Noir, Orange & Lilas), can be arranged in six different combinations.
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40 km SW of centre of Paris.
Leave A10 at Les Ulis. Take N446 direction Marcoussis. After 2.3 km turn right onto D3 direction Fontenay les Brilis. Follow D3 for 8.4 km, then at roundabout turn right direction Chateau de Courson / Vangrigneuse / Golf Stade Francais. After 1.6 km turn left direction Stade Francais.
Le Golf du Stade Français Courson: 36 excellent and challenging holes of golf await the visitor to Courson, a golf facility operated under the umbrella of France's largest sports club, Le Stade Français. The Vert and Noir nines are generally regarded as Courson's best combination, versus the Orange or Lilas nines ... but any differences are not significant.
The Vert-Noir course, inland "links-style" in many regards, is a relatively open and modern design, with plenty of interesting features. Penal rough is allowed to creep down the "dune-like" mounds, getting quite close to the fairways and requiring accuracy from the tee as your first priority. Next up, you'll need to stay out of an abundance of grass hollows and opulently large sand bunkers, while also avoiding several water hazards. In typical Von Hagge style, the layout's many challenges and hazards come thick and fast. On the par-3s, you'll need to respect the yardages rather than the optics, otherwise it's easy to underclub.
The ever present rough, carried along on the fairway-hugging earth mounds, provides good definition to the holes. Any trouble is generally clear to see, although there is a blind drive at the opening hole on the Orange-nine. The ox-bow double-green at the 5th and 9th on the Noir-nine is surely one of the longest greens in world golf!
Many holes provide a view over surroundings wooded hills and farmland. From others you can admire the eclectic collection of buildings that make up the clubhouse ... the wonderfully agèd Ferme (farm) de la Gloriette.
Visitors welcome on weekdays; more restricted on weekends.
Must book in advance. Handicap required.
Contact club for full details, discounts, packages, etc. [Last updated: 2023].
Players generally walk this course. Golf carts available for hire.
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Le Stade Français is one of France's largest sports clubs. With top level rugby very much at its core, it also embraces an array of over 20 other sports ... including golf at Le Golf du Stade Français Courson.
With movie star good looks (he once appeared in television commercials as the "Marlboro Man"), American course architect Robert von Hagge (1927-2010) developed his design skills under the tutelage of Dick Wilson, one of the United States' foremost golf course architects. Von Hagge set-up his own company in 1963, at the same time changing his name to Robert von Hagge (he was originally born Robert Bernhardt Hagge).
Von Hagge's portfolio includes several European projects, with well-known layouts in France, Italy and Spain. His design work in France includes some of the country's most notable modern courses, not least Les Bordes (1987); Seignosse (1989); Kempferhof (1990); Golf National (1990, Albatros course); Courson (1991, both courses) and Royal Mougins (1993).
Vert-Noir nines:
France's 27th best course (Golf World, 2022).
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