A sporting tradition, an exceptional course

Morfontaine is regularly ranked among the 50 best courses in the world. In 2020 the American magazine Golf Digest, the authority on course rankings, placed it 7th among the world’s top 100 courses outside the US, just after the Saint Andrews Old Course. By America’s Golf Magazine it was ranked 41st among the 100 best courses in the entire world.

The first member of Morfontaine to become champion of France was Pierre Maneuvrier in 1927. By 1930 the club had 350 members of several nationalities. In 1931 the club team of Jacques de Saint Sauveur, Charles de Gramont and Jean Weinbach won the first French interclub championship, the Gounouilhou Cup.
Morfontaine members who excelled as champions of France in the postwar years included Lally de Saint Sauveur (who also won the British Ladies Open in 1950), Philippe Boulart, Marcel Philippon (the club professional), Odile Semelaigne and more recently François Illouz.

On the death of Armand de Gramont in August 1962 his son Henri de Gramont became club chairman, succeded in turn by Philippe Clément, Gérard Boulot, Michel Ecot, Anne-Marie de Chalambert, William Desazars, Edouard de Pourtalès and currently Jean-Baptiste Corre.

In 1987 the members of Morfontaine assumed ownership of the club through the purchase of shares, of which 450 were made available.
After that, from 2005 to 2016, the American golf architect Kyle Phillips oversaw the modernisation of the Grand Parcours while retaining the unique natural character created by Tom Simpson.