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Tours Golf Club, Indre-et-Loire (37). (1911 - 1973)
Golf Club de Tours, as it was originally known, began in 1911.
It had a 9-hole golf course designed by Louis Decorges near the centre of Tours on the Grand Aucard Island on the Loire.
View of the former clubhouse and course.
Following WW2 the secretary at the nine-hole Golf Club de Tours (telephone 785) was Miss L Price, the professional was W Cunningham. Course records were; amateur, J Bourin, 68; professional, W Cunningham, 72. The station at Tours was 15 minutes away. There was an electric trams service from Tours to the course every seven minutes. Visitors’ fees were; 20 francs per day, 100 francs per week and 200 francs a month.
From the mid 1950s and through the 1960 the address was given as Golf Club de Tours, Saint Symphorien. There was a membership of 250. The professional was A Caudron. The amateur course record was still held by J Bourin, 68. The nine-hole course had a SSS of 74. Visitors’ fees were; 350 francs a day and 1, 500 francs per week. Sunday play was allowed.
In the early 1970s membership had risen to 375. The nine-holes (x2) measured 5,740 meters the SSS was now 71.
With the inevitable surge of urban development and the increasing number of members the club needed to find a more suitable site.
In 1971 with the help of its founder members and the support of the town of Tours it was able to make a move to its current location at the Chateau de la Touche Estate in Ballan-Miré. The club became the Golf de Touraine.
The old course was finally abandoned in 1973.
The clubhouse Tours. Postally used 16th December 1915? Authors Collection.
The clubhouse and course.
Tours Golf Club, the clubhouse terrace.
Golfers on the former Tours course.