Golf around Bordeaux region -anyone been there?

Beaulieu

Thinking of playing here in June/July. Any helpful hints/pointers would be welcomed

Dtoffee

Although I have not played in Bordeaux, I have played quite a lot all down the west coast of France (Seignosse being my fav.) and never had a problem. Theres loads of courses, all of a good standards and well maintained. All the clubs have english speaking staff and hire clubs etc. Prices should be midseason in june so expect to pay between 30-50 euro depending on course, day and time.

Formule-golf is a good place to start, they are a french company that promote's many of the clubs.

ramius

Myself and a friend played 4 courses around Biaritz very close to Bordeaux back in 09. Had a great time, a few small points, all the course where very busy and had to be booked in advance and as there was only 2 of us we had to play with two other random people but everyone we played with where very friendly, cost €40-€60 to play each course. At the time there was deals available if you play affiliated clubs which worked out alot cheaper but restricts your choices. The courses are nice but i found them quite short. Golf d'Arcangues was one of the better courses, would definetly hire a buggy as it has quite a few hills.
On the way home we bought alot of cheap wine and put it inside the golf bags, Not sure if you would get away with it now i think the weight restriction is 30kg if you pay to bring your bag. Enjoy!

Dtoffee

ramius wrote: »

Myself and a friend played 4 courses around Biaritz very close to Bordeaux back in 09.

Biaritz is two hours from Bordeaux .... its like saying Cork is very close to Dublin ..... I think you probably sampled the wine so much, the journey seemed like two minutes:D