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Bowling du Bergeracois
Route de Bordeaux
24100 Saint Laurent Des Vignes
France
05.53.57.82.58
Cost: Evening Other
times
Adult 3.50 3.20
Under 15
2.80 2.50
Par: 45
Difficulty: 8
Creativity: 6
Atmosphere: 3
We stumbled across this
course when we found the go karting was closed :(
Mum and elder son played bowls whilst Ace Boy and Ace Man hit the
course.
How many more French courses will disappoint me on my sojourn here? This
is a classic example, in its day I'm sure it was great. Now it's very
poorly maintained, the prices are too high and the equipment is dire. The playing surface was shocking, the borders
heavily pitted and irregular, and the teeing off points sub-standard.
Some of the obstacles had clearly been bolted on as an after thought. Whoever,
should have kept his thoughts to himself! And who but the French would
arm youngsters with metal-headed clubs. Health & Safety is yet to
catch on here.
The giveaway was we were the only two playing.
Typically French courses are very imaginative and this is their only saving
grace. Unfortunately, this invariably means one or two of the holes are
unplayable. But, you have to admire the
idea even if it was badly put into practice. Oh and one more thing, the holes
are tiny.
That said, we enjoyed ourselves as we always do on a
crazy golf course :) And because no one seemed to care we helped ourselves to a
second round for free.
I reckon with a bit of TLC, redesign and someone who cared this could be a good
little course. Mind you, I think that of most courses. Who doesn't like a
loop the loop, a volcano, a ski jump, a labyrinthine test and beautiful trees.
A full set of pictures from the course can be found here: http://www.miniaturegolfer.com/bergerac.html
Reviewed
by Tim “Ace Man” Davies
Reviewed
in 2011
Selected Course Pictures (click to enlarge – see above link for more)
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