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Le Golf National

Coordinates: 48°45′12″N 2°04′32″E / 48.7532°N 2.0755°E / 48.7532; 2.0755
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Le Golf National
Club information
Le Golf National is located in France
Le Golf National
Location in France
Coordinates48°45′12″N 2°04′32″E / 48.7532°N 2.0755°E / 48.7532; 2.0755
LocationGuyancourt, France
Established1990, 34 years ago
TypePrivate
Total holes45
Events hostedOpen de France
1994 Eisenhower Trophy
2018 Ryder Cup
2024 Olympics
Websitegolf-national.com/en/
L'Albatros
Designed byHubert Chesneau
Robert Von Hagge
Par71 (men) / 72 (women)
Length7,331 yards (6,703 m)
Course record62 – 4 players[1]
Eduardo Romero (2005)
Rasmus Højgaard (2022)
Nicolai Højgaard (2024)
Scottie Scheffler (2024)
L'Aigle
Par71
Length6,224 yards (5,691 m)
L'Oislet
Par32
Length2,138 yards (1,955 m)

The Albatros course at Le Golf National [lə ɡɔlf nɑsjɔnal] is an 18-hole golf course in France, southwest of central Paris. Designed by architects Hubert Chesneau and Robert von Hagge, in collaboration with Pierre Thevenin, it is located in Guyancourt.

Facilities

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Le Golf National

Construction began in July 1987, and it debuted over three years later, on 5 October 1990, opened by Roger Bambuck, Minister of Youth and Sports.

Le Golf National has a capacity for 80,000 spectators.[2] The Albatros (Albatross) is the main championship course, par 72 at 7,331 yards (6,703 m). The other courses are the Aigle (Eagle), par 71 and 6,224 yards (5,691 m), and the short nine-hole Oiselet (Birdie) course is par 32.

Tournaments

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Le Golf National hosts the Open de France on the European Tour, the oldest national open in continental Europe. First played at Le Golf National in 1991, it has been held there every year since, except on two occasions (1999, 2001).

Le Golf National became France's first venue for the Ryder Cup in 2018. It also hosted the respective World Amateur Team Championships for men and women, the Eisenhower Trophy and the Espirito Santo Trophy, in both 1994 and 2022.

It is also the venue for the golf events of the 2024 Summer Olympics. The events besides the Open de France that Le Golf National has hosted, all on the Albatros Course, are as follows:

Year Tournament Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1994 Eisenhower Trophy1  United States 838 −23 11 strokes  Great Britain
&  Ireland
1994 Espirito Santo Trophy  United States 569 −7 4 strokes  South Korea
2018 Ryder Cup  Europe 1712 to 1012  United States
2022 Eisenhower Trophy2  Italy 541 −31 1 stroke  Sweden
2022 Espirito Santo Trophy  Sweden 559 −13 Tiebreaker3  United States
2024 Summer Olympic Games United States Scottie Scheffler 265 −19 1 stroke United Kingdom Tommy Fleetwood4
New Zealand Lydia Ko 278 −10 2 strokes Germany Esther Henseleit5
1 Co-hosted with La Boulie near Versailles.
2 Co-hosted with Golf de Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche.
3 Sweden won the initial tiebreaker of final round non-counting score 73 to 74.
4 Japan Hideki Matsuyama was the men's bronze medalist at 267 (−17).
5 China Lin Xiyu was the women's bronze medalist at 275 (−7).

References

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  1. ^ Leighfield, Jonny (5 August 2024). "What Is The Course Record At Le Golf National?". Golf Monthly. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  2. ^ Touaux, Cyril (3 October 2016). "Ryder Cup: y aura-t-il un Bleu sur les greens francais en 2018?". La Voix Du Nord. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
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