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Newest Review: ... championship tees, which the club wouldn't allow you to use!) These tees also have the effect of speeding up play somewhat, as many golfers would simply find the course too difficult from the black or white tees. ~ ~ I wont give you a hole by hole commentary of the golf course, as Moliets has an excellent website (http://www.golfmoliets.com) that does just that, but I will describe a few of the feature holes which particularly captured my attention. FRONT NINE ~~~~~~~~ After a (relatively) straightforward par-4 to start you off, the second hole is a total beast of a par-4 measuring 370 meters (about 425 yards) from the white medal tees. T... more

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Outside the UK & Ireland: Thank You, President Mitterrand (2872 words)
by - written on 05/07/05 (Very useful, 217 readings)
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~ ~ In September each year hundreds of hopeful golfers descend on the small, peaceful French village of Moliets on the south-west Atlantic coastline of France to participate in a gruelling week of golf (six rounds) to attempt to qualify for the right to play in the following seasons European Challenge Tour, the feeder tour for the main European golf Tour. ~ ~ The mad cabbie isn't ever likely to one of these aspiring hopefuls, but in the summer of 2004 I visited Moliets while on holiday in Biarritz in order to check out the golf course and discover why it is consistently rated in the list of the top 25 European courses. I was so impressed with the course layout ... Read the complete review

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