There are 60 Golf courses in the South West, the greens and fairways
are permanently green. Many of the courses are adjacent to the large rivers which flow
through the departments and the soil base of varying mixtures of rock, blue clay and sand
retains and traps the moisture throughout the year. The rest is just good grounds
management. Most courses have electric buggies and all are playable 52 weeks of the year
because of the excellent temperatures and weather conditions.
South West France has a long tradition of playing golf, the course at PAU -
BILLERE being the oldest club in contental Europe, created for and by the
British Army in 1856.
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