Location: Guyancourt, Île-de-France, France | Ranking: #98
Designer: Hubert Chesneau & Robert von Hagge (1990) | Type: Parkland | Green Fees: From €90
Editor’s Note: Golf National hosted the 2018 Ryder Cup — one of the most dramatic team golf events in the modern era. The Albatros Course’s island greens, massive water features and tiered amphitheatre finishing complex produced one of sport’s great occasions. For the visiting golfer, it is a chance to stand where Tommy Fleetwood and Francesco Molinari completed their extraordinary partnership, where Tiger made his emotional return to team golf, and where Europe’s celebration echoed across the Île-de-France. The course is open to the public and remarkably accessible from Paris.
Travel & Logistics
- Airport: Paris CDG — 45 mins | Paris Orly — 20 mins | RER C train from Paris to Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines — 35 mins then 10-min taxi
- Booking: golf-national.com | Rating / Slope: 76.1 / 144 | Open to public visitors
Championship Scorecard
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | OUT |
| Par | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 36 |
| Yards | 415 | 405 | 185 | 428 | 548 | 192 | 425 | 552 | 418 | 3,568 |
| Hole | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | IN | TOTAL |
| Par | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 71 |
| Yards | 420 | 432 | 188 | 548 | 422 | 435 | 192 | 428 | 548 | 3,613 | 6,966 |
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Key Notes & 19th Hole
- Hole 18 — Par 5, 548 Yards: The Ryder Cup’s greatest finishing hole in the modern era — water down the entire right side, an island green approach and the tiered amphitheatre that held 50,000 spectators for Europe’s 17½–10½ victory. Standing on this tee brings the 2018 week flooding back.
- The Birdie Course: The companion layout at Golf National — shorter, more forgiving and ideal for a relaxed second round at a fraction of the Albatros green fee.
- Trianon Palace Versailles (5★ Waldorf Astoria): Adjacent to the Palace of Versailles, 15 minutes from Golf National — the ideal Paris golf base. Book via Expedia →