There are golf courses with views, and then there is the Evian Resort Golf Club.
Perched above the southern shore of Lake Geneva, the Champions Course looks out over the water to the Swiss Alps beyond. On a clear September morning, you can see Mont Blanc. The course has hosted the Evian Championship — one of the five women’s golf majors — since 1994, and it consistently ranks among the most scenic courses in Europe.
For Fairways & Frontlines, Evian is the reward. After a week of battlefields, cathedrals, and long drives through northern France, the tour arrives at the Hôtel Royal — a 5-star palace resort overlooking the lake — for three nights of lakeside luxury.
The golf course is on-site. There are no transfers, no coach rides, no early alarms. You walk from the hotel to the first tee. You play 18 holes with Alpine panoramas. You have lunch at the clubhouse. You return to the hotel spa, the pool, or the lakeside promenade.
As hotel guests, our group receives preferential green fee rates and priority tee-time booking — advantages the Hôtel Royal extends to in-house guests. Carts are available exclusively on the Champions Course.
The following day, we take the coach into the Swiss Alps for Round 6 at Crans-sur-Sierre — the European Masters venue at 1,500 metres altitude. But the Evian day is deliberately designed as a gentler pace. After the emotional weight of the first week, three nights at a lakeside palace is exactly the right tempo.
September green fees on the Champions Course are €145 per round, with multi-round booklets available at a discount. The course has a maximum handicap of 36.
Evian-les-Bains itself is a charming spa town with thermal baths, waterfront restaurants, and the Evian water source that you can visit for free. Geneva is just 50 km away along the lake.
Round 5 of 6. The views alone are worth the trip.