Golf de Trousse-Chemise

Les Portes-en-Ré sits at the northern tip of the Île de Ré, the slender Atlantic island west of La Rochelle that draws cyclists, oyster lovers, and summer escapees from across France. Golf de Trousse-Chemise occupies a corner of this particular landscape where maritime pine, salt marsh, and open dune give the course its unmistakable character — low-lying, wind-scoured, and entirely at the mercy of the Atlantic weather that sweeps in off the Pertuis Breton.

The course plays through terrain that is genuinely links-adjacent: the ground is sandy and firm underfoot, the rough shifts with the seasons, and the wind is rarely a neutral factor. On a calm summer morning it can feel almost gentle; arrive in October with a westerly blowing and the scoring picture changes completely. Club selection becomes a puzzle that changes with every round.

Les Portes itself is one of the most charming villages on an island that already has no shortage of charm — whitewashed walls, hollyhocks, and a fierce local pride. Playing here feels less like a golf trip and more like a full immersion in the quieter, slower rhythms of Atlantic France.