Le Golf National
The Albatros course at Le Golf National 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. The Albatros is the main championship course, par 72 at. The other courses are the Aigle, par 71 and, and the short nine-hole Oiselet 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.Le Golf National became France's first venue for the Ryder Cup in 2018. It also hosted the respective World Amateur Team Championships for men and women, the Eisenhower Trophy and the Espirito [Santo Trophy], in both 1994 and 2022.
It is also the venue for the golf events of the Golf at the [2024 Summer Olympics|2024 Summer Olympics]. The events besides the Open de France that Le Golf National has hosted, all on the Albatros Course, are as follows: