France offers great golfing opportunities all year long and it is consider to be one of the greatest countries in Europe to play golf due to its extensive variety of courses, prices, landscapes and favourable weather conditions. Golf in France has grown significantly over the last decade in both demand and supply. Golf supply is roughly distributed by 70% of commercial courses and 30% of member owned courses. Over 100 courses in France are owned by multi-course entities (chains) and over 200 courses are affiliated to commercial networks. France has over 400.000 golf players roughly 70% are male and 30% female, among them approximately 11% are junior players.

Although 2013 dipped slightly in number of registered players – France has enjoyed continued growth for over 20 years and quite confident that it will continue. With the Ryder Cup to look forward to in 2018 and all of the global interest and focus around that to come – there is also hope that the French Golf industry will finally be able to benefit from the 60 odd million tourists travelling through each year and become a recognized destination for Golf tourism as France boasts  many golfing jewels not known to the travelling public.