New Golf De Deauville - France

The famous seaside resort of Deauville first came into vogue when it was popularized by the Duc de Morny, the half-brother of Napoleon III and grandson of Talleyrand. By the beginning of the 20th century, grand hotels were flourishing, and the old course at Deauville was founded in 1899. The old course is no longer with us, but the New Golf de Deauville was laid out by the English course architect Tom Simpson in the 1920s. The Hotel du Golf, built by Frantcois Andre, overlooks the course and the putting green with a flower-covered old stone well at its center. With Deauville Bay in the distance, the course runs through oak, elm, ash, and the apple trees that have made the Auge countryside renowned for calvados, while the ruined wall of the Marquis de Lassay's castle looms above the 13th fairway. Over the years, Bobby Jones, Jimmy Demaret, and Roberto de Vicenzo all visited the New Golf de Deauville.

Golf D'Omaha Beach - France

Golf d'Omaha Beach is laid out above the fishing village of Port en Bessin, overlooking the D-Day beaches where the Allied forces landed at dawn on June 6, 1944, and near the Normandy American Cemetery where almost 10,000 U.S. servicemen are buried. Founded in 1985 by Guy Dupont, the course was designed by French architect Yves Bureau. There are three nines, La Mer (the Sea), Le Bocage (the Hedgerow), and L'Etang (the Pond), with each hole on La Mer and Le Bocage bearing a memorial plaque to a D-Day hero. From the sixth green of La Mer, there are views across the high sea cliffs to the constructed harbor of Port Winston at Arromanches, where the Allied fleet berthed. Several scenes in Saving Private Ryan were filmed on the golf course and at Port en Bessin, which was liberated by the American army on June 7, 1944.