Naz-Dessous,
Echenevex, nr Gex, Rhone-Alps F-01170
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Richard Gillot & Jean-Pierre TurinThe Course:
18 holes. Tree-lined & open parkland. Undulating terrain - several slopes to climb
Surroundings:
Rural countryside and woodland.
Designer:
Peter Harradine & Olivier Dongradi
9-hole par-31 Allondon course (1608 m from men's tees)
46.297329
6.034820
18 km NW of Geneve
From Hwy 1, alongside Geneva Intl Airport, take exit 7 and head west, direction Ferney-Voltaire / Gex. After approx 8 km (just after Segny), turn left, direction Echenevex. Just before Echenevex, follow signs to Naz-Dessus and Maison Blanche G&CC.
Maison Blanche Golf & Country Club: Nestling between the western end of Lake Geneva and the Jura Mountains, and straddling the French-Swiss border, you'll find a small but excellent collection of championship golf courses. Together with the highly-rated Domaine Imperial, one of the best is Maison Blanche.
Like neighbouring Divonne and Bonmont, this is a layout that offers wonderful views of the forested Jura range, while your golf game is given an enjoyable but thorough examination.
Occupying partly-open and partly-wooded terrain in a quiet and wonderfully natural location, many holes include some degree of elevation change. The generally good-width fairways will give long hitters confidence from the tee, but trees and long, uncompromising grass awaits anything hit too far offline.
The short, dog-legging par-4 5th and good-length par-5 9th are the most dangerously water-threatened holes on the front-nine, while the back-nine par-3s (at 12 and 15), the snaking par-5 11th and testing par-4 18th all bring water into play on the inward loop.
Maison Blanche's combination of a wonderfully scenic, natural and well laid-out course, seems to combine with its proximity to Geneva to make this one of the area's busiest member-courses. As a weekday visitor, you'll certainly need to check for tee-time availability before rolling-up, and, like many courses around Geneva, be prepared to pay a fairly hefty green fee.
Visitors welcome on weekdays; no outside visitors on weekends.
Must book in advance. Maximum handicap: 30.
Soft spikes only (May-Sept). Players generally walk this course. Golf carts available for hire.
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The Jura Mountains are a small range located north and west of the Alps, in France, Switzerland and Germany. The name is derived from the Celtic word "jor" meaning forest. The range climbs to a maximum elevation of 1,720 metres (5,643 feet), and has given its name to the French department of Jura, the Swiss Canton of Jura, and the Jurassic period of geologic time.
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