[COURSE PERMANENTLY CLOSED]
Ave Royale, Compiègne, Picardie F-60200
Office
+33 (0)3 44 38 48 00The Course:
18 holes. Open parkland. Relatively flat terrain - easy to walk.
Surroundings:
Woodland and horse racing track.
Designer:
English golf professional William Freemantle.
49.414323
2.835561
85 km N of centre of Paris..
Golf de Compiègne: GOLF COURSE WAS PERMANENTLY CLOSED in 2017, with the land again becoming integrated with the race course.
[Original Where2Golf description]: Located inside a horse-racing track (Hippodrome de Compiègne) this historic French golf course opened in 1896. Just a few years later it hosted golf in the 1900 Olympic Games, the first time golf was included as a modern Olympic event.
The open parkland layout, set within the race track, contains a variety of attractive holes and pleasant features, which should provide an enjoyable test of golf at a generally affordable rate. One of France's oldest golf courses.
Course is permanently closed.
Players generally walk this course. Golf carts available for hire.
Limited
Established in 1896 Golf de Compiègne carried the distinction of being the sixth oldest golf course in France, the first course in the Paris area, and one of only a few courses to have hosted golf as an Olympic Games event (1900 - Paris Olympics). For the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, the golf events (men and women) were played at Golf National in Guyancourt, south-west of Paris.
The five oldest golf clubs still in existence in France are: Pau (1856); Dinard (1887); Biarritz-Le Phare (1888); Cannes-Mandelieu (Old course, 1891), and Valescure (Old course, 1895). The sixth oldest, Golf de Compiegne (1896), has now closed.
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