Reason for a Le Golf National review
Why wouldn’t you want to play at the 2018 Ryder Cup venue? I was a guest of Galvin Green, who were the official outerwear brand for the European team at the 2018 Ryder Cup. That gave me the chance to see the long-time French Open venue for myself and get to know a course that I have watched for years on TV.
Where is Le Golf National?
Le Golf National is near Paris. It’s only 15 miles from the Eiffel Tower as the crow flies. The complex is located to the southwest of the French capital, close to Versailles.
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Le Golf National Albatros course review
What to expect
A tournament course that challenges from start to finish. The most dramatic – and watery – holes come at either end of the round. These holes worked brilliantly for a Ryder Cup.
The course was created 25 years ago out of completely flat corn fields and the landfill that was used to shape the terrain paid for it.
In some places, there is an attempt to create links-like topography with lumps and bumps on the fairways.
Elsewhere, on the holes where lakes are the dominant feature, you could be in Florida.
