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Golf: heading south to swing in the sun

2021-02-17T17:22:19.123Z


While it is not recommended to go and play abroad, Le Figaro has concocted two escape programs in the south of France to golf in the best conditions.


In the heart of winter, Portugal, Spain, Morocco, Tunisia are usually very popular destinations for lovers of the little white ball.

The health crisis has reshuffled the cards.

PCR tests, quarantine on arrival, closed borders, today it is complicated, sometimes impossible, to fly to milder latitudes, even in a country of the European Union.

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The alternative?

The south of France, under a line from Bordeaux in the west to Avignon in the east.

In both Cannes and Biarritz, in February, average temperatures hover around 15 ° C, and these two destinations are true golfing paradises offering varied and quality courses.

Here are two circuits to remember to escape club in hand and play in shirt sleeves.

• The Basque Country, a land of golf

In this region, which is home to several hundred-year-old clubs, golfing culture is strong.

It is no coincidence that since 1991 Biarritz has been twinned with the city of Augusta, in Georgia (United States), the theater of the Masters.

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Source: lefigaro

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