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
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
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 hosted the Ryder Cup in 2018, as well as the World Amateur Team Championships for men and women, the Eisenhower Trophy and the Espirito Santo Trophy in 1994 and 2022.
It is also the venue for the golf competition 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
|
| Espirito Santo Trophy | United States
|
569 | –7 | 4 strokes |  South Korea
| |
| 2018 | Ryder Cup |  Europe
|
171⁄2 to 101⁄2 | United States
| ||
| 2022 | Eisenhower Trophy2 |  Italy
|
541 | –31 | 1 stroke |  Sweden
|
| Espirito Santo Trophy | Sweden
|
559 | –13 | Tiebreaker3 | United States
| |
| 2024 | Summer Olympics |  Scottie Scheffler
|
265 | –19 | 1 stroke | Tommy Fleetwood4
|
| Women's event to be played | ||||||
- 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
Hideki Matsuyama was the bronze medalist at 267 (–17).
References
- ^ Leighfield, Jonny (5 August 2024). "What Is The Course Record At Le Golf National?". Golf Monthly. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ^ 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.
External links
Media related to Golf national at Wikimedia Commons- Official website (in English)
- 2018 Ryder Cup – official site
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