The Blue-Green golf course in Gujano-Mestras is thirty years old.

In 1986, Paul Lopez (who died on hole 2 in 2018), owner of 110 hectares in a wild pine forest between the Arcachon-Bordeaux expressway and the route de Cazaux, decided to set aside 50 hectares for a real estate development and offer 80 hectares to the Gujan town council to create a golf course. This was to be built and operated by Golf Espace, a subsidiary of Blue Green, under a 60-year emphyteutic lease signed with the municipality. In 1990, the 18-hole "Les Lacs" and 9-hole "Les Pins" courses were handed over, designed by Alain Prat, the same architect who had designed Pléneuf Val André in Brittany. " At the time, American-style courses were in vogue, with spectacular, challenging holes. In fact, we've hosted qualifying events for the European circuit on several occasions, and I'm not despairing of one day hosting an event on the women's professional circuit," points out Karine Rongier, director of the Gujan golf course since 2008. And she points out a paradox: " Gujan is labelled as a tourist golf course, but out of 70,000 tee times a year, most of them come from our 960 season ticket holders" , she adds. A figure that has climbed steadily over the years, supported by Blue Green formulas that enable new golfers to be trained.

Renovation of the course watering system
Watering a golf course is as important as the foundations of a house, and given the quality of the soil and the temperatures, a good watering system was essential. The course is very wide, exposed to the wind, summers are hot and the sandy soil typical of the Landes Girondines does not retain water.

Renovation of the watering system on the 18-hole course is currently underway and will be completed by March 31st. This involved sub-soiling the ground to allow the cables to be laid without leaving too many scars, before replacing the sprinklers. It will be completed next year with the renovation of the 9-hole course and driving range.
Total cost: 1.4 million euros.

While hitting a ball at Gujan is a pure pleasure for the eyes and the game, given the superb surroundings, it's no easy feat either, given the technical nature of the course, with water obstacles in play on half the holes, and bunkers that are sometimes small, sometimes huge and often very deep. The final hole, whose green is located in front of the clubhouse, is the finest illustration of this: a 340-metre par 4 with a 60-metre-long bunker on the left of the fairway and a well-defended green on the peninsula... Before playing this final hole of the Gujan Amen Corner, holes 16 and 17 were a no-holds-barred affair....