Open Golf Club

Open Golf Club is home to top-class courses in France, Belgium and Morocco

There is nothing in Britain with which to compare Open Golf Club – Hotel Golf Resorts. The upmarket golf chain, with 38
courses and resorts in eight destinations, offer the very best the game of golf can offer.

An accurate barometer of the quality of their stable is to glance down Golf World’s European Top 100 Courses list; Open Golf Club can lay claim to no fewer than five entries from France – Le Touquet, Hardelot, Golf National (via their support of the French Golf Federation’s hosting of the 2018 Ryder Cup), Moliets and Seignosse.

It’s a bit like a company in Britain being able to say they had relationships with Rye, Royal Portrush, Carnoustie and Prince’s.
Among the Open Golf Club courses are Le Touquet, Hardelot, Soufflenheim and La Wantzenau (Alsace), Seignosse, Moliets and Biarritz le Phare (Aquitaine), Servanes (Provence) Opio Valbonne (French Riviera), La Palmeraie and Al Maaden in Marrakech, Cleydael or Five Nations in Belgium.

All are located in areas rich in natural, cultural and historical heritage. Open Golf Club have the courses service to give you a memorable golf vacation. They will take care of packages, green fees, golf passes, gift certificate.

For example, the Open Golf Club pass enables you to play three different courses in an Open Golf Club destination of your choice in a two-week period of time from €135 (£115, no lodging requirement).

FIVE STARS IN FRANCE

Golf National

For many years a host on the European Tour, this exacting course on the outskirts of Paris has been selected as the stage for the Ryder Cup in 2018.

Le Touquet (La Mer)

South of Boulogne in France, this has long been a holiday playground for the British gentry. There are three courses with Harry Colt’s La Mer (Sea) the pick. There are, though, few glimpses of the sea so it is a little bit like a Hoylake or a Silloth on Solway.

Hardelot (Les Pins)

The condition of Hardelot (Les Pins) has only improved in recent years as it is not getting quite the same level of traffic from British golfers. Despite being relatively short, it remains one of France’s very finest. This is a classic Tom Simpson design from the 1930s, so oozes a very English feel.

Moliets

Robert Trent Jones Snr created two short holes and two par 5s on both halves with the highlight the stretch through the dunes
just after the turn. The tree-lined front nine at this Bayonne classic is lovely too.

Seignosse

“Seignosse I like, but it is a bit too hard from the back tees – so choose your tees wisely,” says European Tour winner Gregory Havret. This Robert Von Hagge challenge is tight and tough but is also very clever.

Website: www.opengolfclub.com
Email: Nigel Jibson at nigel@opengolfclub
Phone: 07956 863358

Golf packages with accommodation in close proximity of  their golf courses are also available through tour operators.