Golf du Touquet, Golf resort in Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, France.
Golf du Touquet, known as Touquet Golf Resort, has three courses: La Forêt, designed by Horace Hutchinson in 1904 through pine woods; La Mer, laid out by Harry Colt in 1931 among coastal dunes; and Le Manoir, a nine-hole course by Bill Baker. The clubhouse, designed by architect Léon Hoyez, opened in 2016.
The course was the third built in France, created through the British presence at Paris-Plage and above all by Allen Stoneham, its founder. It opened in 1904 with a single layout, inaugurated by Lord Balfour, then British prime minister; a second course followed in 1910 and a third in 1931. Stoneham died in 1927, and in 1956 his son Vincent sold the estate to British developers named Bell.
The resort's courses have hosted the French Open several times: in 1914, 1935, 1939, 1976 and 1977. Since 2011 the Pro-Am International de la Côte d'Opale has been played here in the week after Easter, with 400 participants on four courses, the largest pro-am in Europe.
The three courses sit in different terrain: La Forêt among pines, La Mer in the dunes, Le Manoir used for qualifying rounds. A new club-house opened in 2016 with a Pro shop, changing rooms, caddy store, buggy hire, bar, lounge, terrace and electric-vehicle chargers. The Manoir Hôtel, in Allen Stoneham's former 1911 family home, stands opposite the golf.
The La Mer course ranks among France's top links-style courses and features a natural layout shaped by coastal dunes. Excellent drainage allows play year-round, even after heavy rain.
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