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    Best golf courses: France - North West

    France - North West: the table below provides brief details about the top golf courses in this country or region. Each golf club has been visited and/or researched by Where2Golf. Click on the course name below to discover more. The course ratings below range from 5 highest, to 2 lowest. They attempt to provide an indication of the golfing experience you might expect at the course (based on its design, condition and surroundings). Hover your cursor above the Rating Key for the rating definitions.

    Rating key

    5-PLUS: In the world’s elite - has few peers; one of our top-rated 5s! 5-star: Fabulous – courses don’t get much better than this. 4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars. 4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit. 3-PLUS: Good course - several memorable features; worthy of 3½ stars. 3-star: Good course – an enjoyable test for your game. 2-star: Reasonably okay course - if better courses not available. Unrated: Well regarded course not yet visited by the Where2Golf team. Private: A course for members and their invited guests only. Stay & Play Golf Resorts: Golf Clubs and resorts with onsite accommodation

    Course name

    Rating

    Visitors?

    Nearest city

    Designer

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    Baden
    3-PLUS: Good course - several memorable features; worthy of 3½ stars.
    Visitors welcome
    Lorient
    Bureau, Yves

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Lorient

    Designer

    Yves Bureau
    Brest Iroise
    3-PLUS: Good course - several memorable features; worthy of 3½ stars.
    Visitors welcome
    Brest
    Fenn, Michael

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Brest

    Designer

    Michael Fenn
    Chateau d'Augerville
    3-PLUS: Good course - several memorable features; worthy of 3½ stars.
    Visitors welcome
    Orleans
    Dongradi, Olivier

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Orleans

    Designer

    Olivier Dongradi

    Deauville
    4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
    Visitors welcome
    Le Havre
    Simpson & Cotton

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Le Havre

    Designer

    Original layout of the first 18 holes (maybe 27 holes) by Tom Simpson (1929). Improvements made by Sir Henry Cotton (1964).

    Dinard
    4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
    Wkends restrictd
    St Malo
    Dunn, Tom

    Visitors?

    Wkends restrictd

    Nearest city

    St Malo

    Designer

    Tom Dunn

    Domangere
    4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
    Visitors welcome
    Nantes
    Gayon, Michel

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Nantes

    Designer

    Michel Gayon
    Fontenelles
    3-PLUS: Good course - several memorable features; worthy of 3½ stars.
    Visitors welcome
    Nantes
    Bureau, Yves

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Nantes

    Designer

    Yves Bureau
    Ganay (Jaune)
    2-star: Reasonably okay course - if better courses not available.
    (Closed in 2010)
    Orleans
    Shirley, Jim

    Visitors?

    (Closed in 2010)

    Nearest city

    Orleans

    Designer

    Jim Shirley
    Ganay (Rouge/Bleu)
    3-star: Good course – an enjoyable test for your game.
    (Closed in 2010)
    Orleans
    Shirley, Jim

    Visitors?

    (Closed in 2010)

    Nearest city

    Orleans

    Designer

    Jim Shirley
    Granville, France
    4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
    Visitors welcome
    St Malo
    Colt, Harry

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    St Malo

    Designer

    Harry Colt, with revisions in 1992 by Martin Hawtree.

    La Baule (Blue)
    3-star: Good course – an enjoyable test for your game.
    Visitors welcome
    Nantes
    Gayon, Michel

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Nantes

    Designer

    Michel Gayon & Jacques Lebreton

    La Baule (Red)
    4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
    Visitors welcome
    Nantes
    Alliss & Thomas

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Nantes

    Designer

    Peter Alliss and Dave Thomas (with a major revision by Michel Gayon which inserted new holes from the 5th to the 13th).

    La Bretesche
    3-PLUS: Good course - several memorable features; worthy of 3½ stars.
    Visitors welcome
    Nantes
    Baker, Bill

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Nantes

    Designer

    Bill Baker revamped the original course laid out by Henry Cotton in 1967.
    La Moye
    4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
    Visitors welcome
    St Malo
    Braid, James

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    St Malo

    Designer

    James Braid
    Les Aisses
    4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
    Visitors welcome
    Orleans
    Brizon & Hawtree

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Orleans

    Designer

    Original design by Olivier Brizon (1992); revamped by Martin Hawtree (2010).

    Les Bordes (New)
    Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
    Private club
    Orleans
    Hanse, Gil

    Visitors?

    Private club

    Nearest city

    Orleans

    Designer

    Gil Hanse

    Les Bordes (Old)
    Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
    Private club
    Orleans
    von Hagge, Robert

    Visitors?

    Private club

    Nearest city

    Orleans

    Designer

    Robert von Hagge

    Limere
    4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
    Visitors welcome
    Orleans
    Robinson, Cabell

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Orleans

    Designer

    Cabell Robinson

    Omaha Beach (La Mer)
    4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
    Visitors welcome
    Le Havre
    Bureau, Yves

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Le Havre

    Designer

    Yves Bureau
    Omaha Beach (Le Manoir)
    3-PLUS: Good course - several memorable features; worthy of 3½ stars.
    Visitors welcome
    Le Havre
    Bureau, Yves

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Le Havre

    Designer

    Yves Bureau
    Pleneuf Val Andre
    4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
    Visitors welcome
    St Malo
    Prat, Alain

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    St Malo

    Designer

    Alain Prat

    Ploemeur Ocean
    3-star: Good course – an enjoyable test for your game.
    Visitors welcome
    Lorient
    Macauley & Quenouille

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Lorient

    Designer

    Tom Macauley & Quenouille
    Pornic
    3-star: Good course – an enjoyable test for your game.
    Visitors welcome
    Nantes
    Gayon, Michel

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Nantes

    Designer

    Original 9-hole layout dates from 1929. Redesigned and extended to 18-holes by Michel Gayon & Jacques Lebreton (1991).
    Royal Guernsey
    3-PLUS: Good course - several memorable features; worthy of 3½ stars.
    Wkends restrictd
    St Malo
    Ross, Mackenzie

    Visitors?

    Wkends restrictd

    Nearest city

    St Malo

    Designer

    Scottish course architect Philip Mackenzie Ross made several significant design changes to the original layout.
    Royal Jersey
    4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
    Wkends restrictd
    St Malo
    Brewster, F.W.

    Visitors?

    Wkends restrictd

    Nearest city

    St Malo

    Designer

    F.W. Brewster
    Sable-Solesmes
    4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
    Visitors welcome
    Le Mans
    Gayon, Michel

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Le Mans

    Designer

    Michel Gayon
    Saint Jean de Monts
    3-PLUS: Good course - several memorable features; worthy of 3½ stars.
    Visitors welcome
    Nantes
    Bureau, Yves

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Nantes

    Designer

    Yves Bureau
    Saint Laurent
    4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
    Visitors welcome
    Lorient
    Michael Fenn

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Lorient

    Designer

    Michael Fenn (18-hole course) and Yves Bureau (9-hole course)

    Savenay
    3-PLUS: Good course - several memorable features; worthy of 3½ stars.
    Visitors welcome
    Nantes
    Gayon, Michel

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Nantes

    Designer

    Michel Gayon
    Val Queven
    4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
    Visitors welcome
    Lorient
    Bureau, Yves

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Lorient

    Designer

    Yves Bureau

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