Golf de Chantilly is a 36-hole golf complex situated 45 km north of

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in the town of Vineuil-Saint-Firmin, department of

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History

The club, opened in 1909, sits just over a kilometer from the

Château de Chantilly The Château de Chantilly () is a historic French château located in the town of Chantilly, Oise, about 50 kilometres (30 miles) north of Paris. The site comprises two attached buildings: the Petit Château, built around 1560 for Anne de Montmore ...

in the middle of a green forest, Forêt De Chantilly. It features two 18-hole courses, the Vineuil course and the Longères course. Tom Simpson extended the original 9-hole Vineuil course to 18 in 1920 when he also built a second course, the Longères. It suffered badly in WWII and was abandoned after the war, until Donald Steel used 5 of the old holes combined with 13 new ones he designed to re-open it in the 1980s.

Tournaments

Chantilly has hosted a wide array of national and international championships since it opened in 1909. It has hosted the

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, the oldest national open in

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, eleven times between 1913 and 1990.

Professional

Amateur

Vagliano Trophy The Vagliano Trophy is a biennial women's amateur golf tournament. It is co-organised by The R&A and the European Golf Association and is contested by teams representing "Great Britain and Ireland" and the "Continent of Europe". It is played in o ...

– 19341953196920052013 *

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– 1963 * EGA Trophy – 1976 *

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European Boys' Team Championship The European Boys' Team Championship (Jean-Louis Dupont Trophy) is a European amateur team golf championship for men up to 18 organized by the European Golf Association. The inaugural event was held in 1980 and it has been played annually since. S ...

– 19872019 *

St Andrews Trophy The St Andrews Trophy is a biennial men's team golf tournament contested between teams of amateur golfers representing Great Britain & Ireland and the Continent of Europe. It takes its name from St Andrews in Scotland. It was first played in 19 ...

– 1994 * European Mid-Amateur Men's Championship – 1996 *

Jacques Léglise Trophy The Jacques Léglise Trophy is an annual amateur boys' team golf competition between Great Britain & Ireland and the Continent of Europe. It was first played in 1977, as a one-day match before the Boys Amateur Championship, but since 1996 it has ...

– 2001 * European Senior Ladies' Championship – 2005 * European Senior Men's Championship – 2005 * European Young Masters – 2008 *

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– 2009 * Junior Vagliano Trophy – 2013

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Golf de Chantilly Golf clubs and courses in France Sports venues in Oise 1909 establishments in France Sports venues completed in 1909