By Denis Lebouvier (text) and Éric Martin for
Le Figaro Magazine
(photos).
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“This country is wonderful. For its landscapes… and its golf courses”
, confided to us Sean Connery during an unforgettable friendly game, a few days before an edition of the Cannes Film Festival and before staying in his residence in Tourrettes.
Leaving the health crisis behind us for a time - marked by a record evolution in 2021 in the practice of French golf, with more than 8% increase in licensees, including a good third of new followers -, the Var and its massifs des Maures and de l'Estérel lends itself wonderfully to an alliance between play and the healthy rediscovery of wide open spaces.
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With 16 courses - and a second rank in the country after the Yvelines -, the Var golf course criss-crosses among the most beautiful designs, on the most spectacular natural sites.
Also, the American architects Pete Dye (who designed the famous TPC Sawgrass in Florida) and his son Paul Burke benefited from the fertile…
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