The Racing Club de France is a 45-hole members' golf club established in 1906 in Versailles (78-Yvelines), with exceptional accessibility from the Pont de Sèvres. Its main course, La Vallée (the course of the French Open), is a par 72 stretching over 5918 meters. The other courses are named La Forêt (18 holes) and Les Coteaux (9 holes).
Open to visitors on weekdays, subject to course availability with reservations made by phone through the club's secretariat. Only guests of members have the opportunity to play on weekends. The Racing Club was founded by students of Lycée Condorcet in April 1882.
Presided over by Ferdinand de Lesseps, it adopted its definitive name, the Racing Club de France, in 1885. It hosted the first French Open in 1906 and a total of 19 editions until 1986. In 1907, Arnaud Massy, the club's golf professional, won both the French Open and the British Open in the same year.
The golf club's clubhouse, a Norman-style building, houses a restaurant, snack bar, bar, bridge room, TV lounge, meeting space, and terrace in an intimate atmosphere.
In 1901, Pierre Deschamps, an enterprising and visionary diplomat and skilled golfer, decided with a few friends to create the Golf de Paris, which acquired the La Boulie farm on the outskirts of Versailles to build the first Parisian golf course. The golf quickly gained momentum and hosted the first French Open in 1906, with 19 editions held until 1986. In 1907, Arnaud Massy, the club's professional, won both the French Open and the British Open (a feat no other French golfer has achieved since).
Rates:
Weekdays: €75 for a guest green fee and €125 without an invitation.
Weekends: €125, exclusively reserved for guests of members.
Note: Special rates from July 15 to August 15, inquire at the golf reception.
