A hole-by-hole guide to Le Golf National
Who better to take us through a hole-by-hole guide to Le Golf National than European Tour player Matthieu Pavon, who grew up playing the course, and the Paris club’s academy coach Jean-Pierre Marzelle?
Hole 7
Le Dromadaire (The Camel), Par 4, 440 yards
Pavon: A tough one. You have an uphill fairway so you can’t really see it and it is narrow over there. It’s out of bounds all the right side of the hole so you have to keep the ball left. It’s a funny green because it is narrow but then gets bigger so a short flag is really interesting.
Hole 8
Le Green Keeper (The Green Keeper), Par 3, 190 yards
Pavon: A tough par 3 because the ball is just rolling off the green and you have to be very precise with the shot. The problem is you have a long iron like a 5 or a 4 so it is a difficult hole.
Hole 9
Vent Debout (Standing Wind), Par 5, 541 yards
Pavon: I was talking about No. 3 which is reachable, but 9 is definitely longer so stay safe with the lay up and don’t be too aggressive. The third shot is very important to leave it to the left because anything on the right of the green it is very hard to get up and down from there.
Marzelle: You can reach the green in two if you are a good driver. You don’t need to hit it long because there are run outs, you have hazards in play and all that.
