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 10
Le Mare aux Foulques (The Bird Pond), Par 4, 343 yards
Pavon: A little tricky one because you have a 2-iron from the tee, or a 3- or 4-iron. If you find the rough on the right it is very difficult to put the ball on the green.
Hole 11
Les Grenouilles (The Frogs), Par 3, 163 yards
Pavon: Everything goes towards the water. If you are hesitating between two shots then pick the one which is the longest one.
Hole 12
Le Goulet (The Gut) Par 4, 396 yards
Marzelle: Once again, whenever the rough is heavy you can’t get out of the fairway. You are one or two metres in the rough so a difficult situation.
Pavon: It’s a long one so if you’re not hitting the driver you have a pretty long iron. You have to choose aggressive or just carefully depending on the iron shot you want to have.
