The Ryder Cup, a golf trophy created in 1927 will take place at the end of September 2018 for the very first time on French territory. A unique and dreamy opportunity to recall the fact that France, like its British neighbor, has a founding and predominant history in the development of this discipline.

Philippe Fréling author-director of documentaries and Alexis Orloff, official photographer of the French golf federation in France, set off to meet this France of fairways and greens.

They retrace a multifaceted history: a history in the history of France, an architectural history, with its clubhouses; a geographical history and how each course has been modeled on the French reliefs; a sporting history, with the evolution of its courses, its trophies, its champions made in France; a social history, with the democratization that has taken place in recent decades; a heritage history, with savoir-vivre, French etiquette, traditions that are passed down from generation to generation ...

29,90 €
224 pages
Available in bookstores from September 5, 2018