Monte-Carlo Golf Club: between sea and mountains

The Monte-Carlo Golf Club was born in 1911, drawing on the services of Scottish professional golfer Ben Sayers, who was an instructor to royalty and nobility.

Built on a hillside, the Monte-Carlo Golf Club today offers nine holes overlooking the Mediterranean and a further nine facing the Alpine summits. The undulating course, which for a long time covered 4,206 metres, today stretches for 5,923 metres. A number of improvements have been made in recent years (the creation of a 6,000 square metre pond, automatic watering, etc.), thanks in particular to the efforts of Henry Rey, President of the Sports Association, and his committee.

In 2019, the Monte-Carlo Golf Club hosted the first Princess of Monaco Cup, a charity competition with the primary aim of raising funds for the Princess Charlene Foundation.

The format was based on 18 teams of three players each, including one celebrity, who competed in an event attended by Prince Albert II. Participants in 2019 included racing drivers David Coulthard, Mika Hakkinen and Charles Leclerc, and footballer Richard Dunne. The Powers Properties team, captained by cyclist David Tanner, clinched the top position.