Perfect Provence
France’s famed southeastern corner offers great golf—and beaucoup more There are many places where emerging from baggage claim with an overstuffed golf travel bag won’t earn you a second glance. L’Aéroport de Marseille Provence is not one of them. This corner of la France is known for many things, but not for attracting legions of […]
LINKS Golf Podcast Episode 63: A Golf Trip to Provence
On this episode of the LINKS Golf Podcast, LINKS contributor David DeSmith talks to Digital Editor Al Lunsford about the golf, gastronomy, and much more from his trip to France’s famed southeastern corner of Provence—the subject of David’s feature piece in the Fall issue of LINKS Magazine. You can subscribe to the LINKS Golf Podcast […]
Golf River Cruise Through Provence
I had just played one of the worst rounds of my life, and frankly, I did not care. That’s because what followed was a wine tasting at Domaine de Beaurenard in the Chateauneuf-du-Pape region in southern France. Standing among racks of oak barrels in a “cave” surrounded by fields of luscious Syrah, Grenache and Mourvedre […]
The Good Life: Golf in Provence
When dining in the clubhouse at Pont Royal, one is obliged to meet the head chef, Thierry Candaele, a barrel-chested Frenchman with curly gray hair and abundant bonhomie. In the Gallic fashion he glides from table to table, doling out multilingual pleasantries, accepting well-erned compliments and making sure that all is just so. But […]
