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France's nine-hole courses: 133 clubs, and half the cards are not nines
Of 451 nine-hole cards, 227 are half of an eighteen. That leaves 224 genuine nines, a quarter of them entirely par 3. The ranking nobody publishes.
2026-08-26How to fix a slice at home using AI swing analysis
The three causes a phone camera can actually identify, how to film so the report is usable, and four drills matched to what's really happening — not to what a slice usually means.
2026-08-25How big French greens really are: 390 m² at the median, 53 to 2,445
464 hectares of green in France, a sevenfold gap between the smallest and largest sets, and a size that has not moved in a century. Measured from the polygons.
2026-08-25How to track fairways, greens in regulation and putts per round
The five stats that actually predict your score, three ways to record them from a scrap of paper to full GPS tracking, and published benchmarks by handicap to check yours against.
2026-08-24The most bunkered golf courses in France: 88 at the top, 1 at the bottom
Fontainebleau carries 88 bunkers, the French median is 43, and sand has no relationship at all with rated difficulty. Counted across 217 cleanly surveyed courses.
2026-08-24Can a golf training app actually lower your handicap? What the research shows
One peer-reviewed study on app use and scoring, why it doesn't prove what marketing claims it proves, and why our own usage data isn't big enough yet to add a second one.
2026-08-21The hardest golf courses in France, ranked by slope
Golf National caps the scale at 155, the French median sits at 134, and length explains only half the gap. Ranked across 240 officially rated courses.
2026-08-21How beginners can use AI to improve at golf faster
What AI is genuinely useful for in your first year, a week-by-week 90-day plan, and when to stop trusting an app and book a lesson with a human instead.
2026-08-20The steepest golf courses in France: elevation measured hole by hole
357 m of in-play elevation at the top, 4 m at the bottom, and almost one French hole in two that does not move three metres. Measured, not claimed.
2026-08-20The longest golf courses in France: 469 cards, measured
6,796 m at the top, 4,326 m at the bottom, and 1,620 m between two par 72s. The length ranking of every French 18-hole course, off the back tees.
2026-08-19The anatomy of a French golf course: what 469 scorecards say
Par 72 covers only 56% of courses, one 18-hole card in ten is a nine played twice, and France has exactly one par 6. Counted card by card, not estimated.
2026-08-18How to find golf partners near you (and actually get a game)
Six ways golfers find playing partners, what each one really costs in time and awkwardness, and how to write a profile that gets replies rather than silence.
2026-08-10