Since opening in 1980, the course has been a firm favourite with golfing visitors to France's South West, and it provides a great test; tricky dog-legs and punishing sand traps are a feature of the layout. Lacanau may be strictly a tree-lined woodland course, but with the Atlantic shoreline just a mile across the dunes, the course's sandy turf give it a links feel to a certain degree.
It may be fairly flat, but with the coastal breezes that are almost guaranteed, Lacanau is a great challenge, and is one that keeps visitors coming back year after year for a golf holiday.
Lacanau is famed for its impeccable condition - beware of the lightning fast greens, and try to keep your approach shots below the hole.
