Chamonix Golf Club — Local services in Bonneville

Saw the course while riding down the gondola after a day hiking the TDM trail. Course looks nice and green with glacial creeks crossing several holes. I booked a time for the next day and reserved a set of clubs and a push cart. First thing to remember is the course is at elevation, around 5,000 feet so the ball will travel further. This is important because there are two creeks crossing the first fairway at about 255 yards out from the men's tee. I found out the hard way as I thought the creeks was out of my range only to watch helplessly as my first drive flew down the middle of the fairway took one bounce on the grass and disappeared from view. I found my ball sitting in the middle of the creek (yellow and orange Srixon Divide). If you see it there in the creek nestled in the rocks at the bottom of the icy water, you'll know who's ball that is. Anyway the course is beautiful, well maintained and fairly forgiving with wide fairways and nice greens. There is enough elevation, water and tree hazards to keep you on your toes. It is a very walkable course and was easy to traverse the 18 holes. Rental clubs were decent enough Taylormade QI10 irons and woods and putter. I bought two sleeves of balls and had a sleeve left after the round. Just pay attention to the creeks, you can't fish the balls out of them as the sides are very steep and gravelly. The nice view of Mt. Blanc and the surrounding peaks was awesome and course itself was in great shape. If you get the chance to play this course, do it. You...

DescriptionThe first three holes of the Chamonix golf club were built in 1934. It was soon extended to a nine hole golf course, and in 1982 Chamonix invited world-renowned golf course architect Robert Trent-Jones to design the last nine holes.

The golf course features numerous bunkers, water holes, woodlands and streams, but is on flat ground. Only two teeing grounds are on a hill, just to remind you that it is a mountain golf course. DescriptionThe first three holes of the Chamonix golf club were built in 1934. It was soon extended to a nine hole golf course, and in 1982 Chamonix invited world-renowned golf course architect Robert Trent-Jones to design the last nine holes.

The golf course features numerous bunkers, water holes, woodlands and streams, but is on flat ground. Only two teeing grounds are on a hill, just to remind you that it is a mountain...

Rude Staff

Staff member playing on hole ahead of me picked up my ball, saying it was a range ball, put it in his pocket and was angry with me.

He may have been correct that it was a range ball, I’d found it on the hole before and it looked substantially like my own ball, but bad golf balls are 8 Euros for a sleeve so I took all the help I can get.

Wildly unprofessional to pick up another players ball and pocket it. A warning…fine, but what he did...