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1919 Mrs Edmond Gillet, back from a travel to the United States, decides to create the first course of golf of the district of Lyon. She acquires two attached properties, one in Oullins, the other in Saint Genis Laval of 19 hectares. She hires her first green-keepers, a British family who will be replaced shortly afterward by the Baud’s household from the Touquet. 1929 The Journal Officiel of the 29th of January publishes the constitution of the Golf Club de Lyon Sportive Association, under the presidency of Edmond Gillet. 1962 While the Sportive Association has some 230 members, the properties are afflicted with expropriation, for the layout of the west bypass of Lyon. After many research, the president Georges Roque makes acquire the 220 hectares of Villette-d’Anthon, lands classified unconstructible (floodplain), then at more than an hour from Lyon. The 18 holes (currently les Brocards) is realised by the English architect, Fred Hawtree, assisted by M. Fenn and Emile Antoine. The greens are equipped by an automatic watering. M. Cottard, an architect from Annecy is responsible for the construction of the Club House. Finally, in order to preserve the lands from floods, a dyke of protection of more than 2600 meters is built. In the same way, the Golf club de Lyon raises the height of the access road, the car park and the location of the Club House. 1979 The Golf Club de Lyon receives the Open de France with players known to all: Gary Player, Severiano Ballesteros, Vicente Fernandez, Nick Price, Tony Jaklin, Bernard Gallacher, Sam Torrance, Eamon Darcy
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1991 The GCL becomes a company. Under the impulse of Jacques Gontard sustained by his committee, particularly Jean Louis Diot, a new grounds of 18 holes, les Sangliers is decided to be built. Hugues Lambert is in charge of the drawing. 2001 The Open de France is back on the grounds of the Sangliers. José Maria Olazabal wins this competition. 2005 The Golf Club de Lyon receives the 1st league French Championship – Trophy Gunouilhou – on the grounds of the Sangliers. The team of Saint-Nom la Bretèche becomes French Champion defeating in final the team of RCF la Boulie.
2006 to today Today, the Golf Club de Lyon has some 800 members who can play without reservation of departures on 2 grounds as different the one from the other as they are attractive. The challenge of satisfying the members with very different expectations is in this way taking up easier. Golf leisure, but also sportive golf with, on this period, new competitions creates from the Sportive Association initiative and new titles 2006 Creation of the Grand Prix Senior of the Golf Club de Lyon (became Senior Trophy) 2007 Creation of the Junior Trophy which lumps together all the young people at the end of the season 2009 Grand Prix of the Golf Club de Lyon on 54 holes 2010 Gaveau Cup, Women French Championship, Pierre Deschamps Cup, Grand Prix of the Golf Club de Lyon, Senior Trophy, Madame Figaro Trophy, Junior Trophy As for the titles, the Golf Club de Lyon is the 1st series senior Interclubs French Champion in 2006, and, as a strong symbol for the future of the Club, the exceptional victory of Gary STAL at the Match Play Internationals of France in 2008. The men's team is in second division and our women's team splendidly remained in the elite of the French Clubs in 2009. |
