Golf de Chantilly, Golf course in Vineuil-Saint-Firmin, France.
Golf de Chantilly is an 18-hole course with a par of 71 set across 76 hectares in Vineuil-Saint-Firmin. The layout features wooded holes and water elements including ornamental lakes and canals that create varied playing conditions throughout the round.
The course opened on 27 September 1909, laid out by the professional M. Taylor on land belonging to the Chantilly estate, owned by the Institut de France. Tom Simpson redesigned it in 1920, when the Longères course was also built. Prince Murat was the first president, succeeded in 1927 by Baron Édouard de Rothschild. The Longères was abandoned after the Second World War and reopened in the 1980s after Donald Steel combined five of the old holes with thirteen new ones.
The club has hosted the Open de France eleven times between 1913 and 1990, and the annual Coupe Murat amateur internationals are held here. A former railway halt on the Chantilly-Gouvieux to Crépy-en-Valois line served the course until the line closed in 1939.
Access is limited to members and their guests on weekends and public holidays, so arrange an invitation before travelling. The club lies in the Forêt de Chantilly at Vineuil-Saint-Firmin, just over a kilometre from the Château de Chantilly, 45 km north of Paris. Two 18-hole courses, Vineuil and Longères, cover 119 hectares.
Fourteen holes border the adjacent forest, creating a natural setting that defines the course's character. This mix of woodland and open fairways distinguishes it from many newer courses designed with different priorities.
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