French Golfers

[golfer90]

Hi there,

I was just wondering if anyone had some input as to what type of courses the french golfers prefer?

Also, what influences their choice of course? e.g. price, scenery?

Thanks!

[Clambake]

They feel they have too many Nordic golfers crowding their courses.

[Etzwane]

There are few real "links" golf courses in France so people usualy play in "muni" or "parkland" style of courses and my guess is that they prefer tree-lined courses. Golf is far less developped in France compared to the anglo-saxon world and we lack the kind of cheap municipal courses that you can find in the US (I lived a couple of years in Chicagoland). In the greater Paris area, in the north west and south west green fees are too high for most people. North west and south west are visited a lot by british golfers that are used to pay more, so I guess "too high" is relative.