matts1984
Assistant Pro
Guys looking to plan a little trip probably May next year. Looking for 2 courses to play.
Anyone have any recommendations?
Anyone have any recommendations?
Have a look on Mark Crossfields vlogs as he did a trip to Northern France 3 or so months ago and some of the courses he played looked really nice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jAWNellEE8&list=PL-yMxw6TSwy5dhqpNHI3KzJIGAFYvWnir And let me know how you get on as I am very tempted to try some of these out.
Belle Dune is my fav, have played it for the last two years now. Actually met Mark Crossfield there when he was filming his review this summer, he trundled up behind us whilst we were waiting on an extremely slow Belgian fourball in front. Heard him talking to his driver, recognized his voice and had a chat with him for a few minutes whilst the Belgians continued to hack 25 yds a shot....
Have also played both courses at Le Touquet. Les pins at Hardelot, Arras, Golf de St Saens and Wimereaux. Top 3 for me would be Belle Dune, La Mer (Le Touquet) and Les Pins (Hardelot), although I quite enjoyed Arras this year. Wimereaux is a good challenge, especially in the wind, but not as much fun, nor as pretty as the dune based courses.
Had a not good experience at Omaha beach - detailed in another thread here, so I can't recommend them.
Enjoyed Le Touquet courses but in my opinion Le Touquets duo are trumped by Hardelots due in an overall package.
Drewster, have you played Hardelot Dunes since they butchered it? Until they made the changes to the course I would have agreed with your statement wholeheartedly but not any more. I hadn't played Le Foret course at Le Touquet for many years until last September and I was pleasantly surprised. It was far better than I remembered and proved a highly enjoyable challenge.
I don't think so . Played it last about 5 years ago. My lasting impression is that it was a tough walk but very good and not far off the pines. From your butchery comment i suspect that it has probably been altered somewhat since then !!!!
Just a bit! They've sold off a load of the land to build more houses. There are now 6 par 3's. You may recall that the 18th was a great par 5, downhill with a pond protecting the green if you were going for it in two? It's now a shortish par 4 as you tee off at the top of the hill. It's a real shame to see what some "architect" has been allowed to do to a one great golf course.