245 - Course Diaries: Golf De Fontainebleau
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Sam and Tom recap their magical day spent south of Paris at the enchanting Fontainebleau.The club is situated on a sprawling hunting estate which is home to one of the biggest palaces in all of France, and pre-dates Versailles by over 500 years. Originally founded in 1909 and laid out by Julian Chantepie, Tom Simpson reworked the course in 1920 and is responsible for much of what remains. Only a few modifications to the routing took place in the early '60s by Fred Hawtree, and the club have r...
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