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Cinq jours de travail à Terre Blanche
pour quatorze joueurs
08/01/2015 - STAGE DU GROUPE FRANCE
Ce rassemblement lance la saison 2015 pour quelques «Américains» et les pensionnaires du Pôle
France messieurs réunis depuis lundi matin à l’Albatros Golf Performance Center de Terre Blanche.
Ils ont entamé cinq jours de travail technique, physique, biomécanique et joué quelques parties
d’entraînement.
Depuis quatre ans, le staff de l’équipe de France masculine profite de la présence, en ce début
d’année, de quelques-uns des étudiants français des universités américaines pour les rassembler en
compagnie des membres du Pôle France messieurs lors d’un stage à Terre Blanche.
Six semaines après celui de Thanksgiving organisé à Orlando, certains d’entre eux se sont donc
retrouvés à l’Albatros Golf Performance Center lundi matin pour la première des cinq journées de
travail orchestrées par Renaud Gris, Michel Pradet, Bastien Mélani et Jean-Jacques Rivet.
«Avant leur retour aux Etats-Unis, ce rassemblement nous permet de leur proposer un travail
technique dans tous les secteurs du jeu, swing, chipping et putting, mais également un travail
physique à raison d’une séance quotidienne, indique Renaud Gris. C’est aussi l’occasion de clarifier
les objectifs de leur saison et de la planifier. Quelques-uns, comme Julien Brun, Mathieu Fenasse,
Victor Perez et Clément Sordet, deviendront professionnels à l’issue de leur cycle universitaire. Nous
en avons discuté en novembre en Floride. Nous allons étudier comment les aider dans cette
transition.
«Ils effectuent aussi des parties d’entraînement sur les parcours de Terre Blanche. En fin de semaine,
je procéderai à des essais de double dans l’optique des prochains championnats d’Europe. Mardi soir,
Alexander (Levy) est venu leur parler avec la sincérité et l’authenticité le caractérisant. Ce moment de
partage leur fait gagner du temps et son discours vient corroborer le nôtre.»
Antoine Rozner apprécie énormément les structures de Terre Blanche et le travail accompli depuis son arrivée.
Après leur réveil musculaire à 8h30 sur le parking de l’Albatros Golf Performance Center, les quatorze
joueurs se sont répartis en plusieurs groupes. Le premier a investi la salle de gym pour un petit circuit
training. Le deuxième s’est rendu au Biomecaswing Center pour un examen individuel approfondi des
appuis avec Jean-Jacques Rivet et le troisième a poursuivi son échauffement, club en main cette fois,
indispensable par une température de 0°, avant d’aller jouer sur le Riou un peu plus tard pour
permettre au givre blanchissant les fairways et les greens de disparaître.
Convié au stage de Thanksgiving, Antoine Rozner avait été ravi de son déroulement : «C’était super
de jouer sur d’excellents parcours sous le soleil et de retrouver d’autres Français, reconnaît-il. De
plus, ça m’a permis de rencontrer Fred Griffin, un expert du petit jeu, et Mark Sweeney, l’inventeur de
Aimpoint. C’était très intéressant. Moi qui n’avait pas touché un club durant les trois semaines
précédentes, c’était très bien de me remettre au travail dans de telles conditions.»
L’étudiant d’UMKC a découvert lundi l’Albatros Golf Performance Center et le resort de Terre Blanche
: «C’est fantastique, apprécie-t-il. Le practice est magnifique et les parcours au top avec de super
greens. Le contenu du stage est passionnant notamment la séance de biomecaswing avec JeanJacques Rivet. Il a dévoilé des choses dont je n’avais jamais entendu parler. C’est vraiment très
instructif et ça offre de multiples pistes de travail. Il ne reste plus qu’à le mettre en pratique.»
Comme la plupart des «Américains», Antoine Rozner regagnera son université la semaine prochaine.
Il disposera d’un mois pour préparer son premier tournoi à Phoenix.
Opéré il y a trois mois du poignet gauche, Grégoire Schoeb a rendu visite à son chirurgien mardi. Ce
dernier s’est montré très satisfait de l’évolution de la blessure. Le Strasbourgeois pourra reprendre les
clubs dès que les douleurs auront totalement disparu. Il occupe son temps à s’entraîner physiquement
et à poursuivre sa rééducation chez un kiné.
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Chris Bertram spends a weekend in Provence and uncovers
a captivating history behind one of Europe’s leading courses.
H
igh-stakes card games. A French
aristocrat imprisoned by Russians.
The Cote d’Azur. A billionaire
entrepreneur. And Sean Connery.
It sounds very much like the necessary
ingredients for a classic James Bond film
but, as remarkable as it might seem, they
are the glamorous characters, the unlikely
plot and the breathtaking setting for the
development of one of Continental
Europe’s finest golf courses.
The Terre Blanche story begins in the
late 18th Century when the estate was
acquired by Charles Bouge – the
aforementioned aristocrat who was an
imperial colonel in the Napoleonic armies
and who was taken prisoner by Russians.
It remained in his family for two centuries
until 1979 when Camille Bouge, current
mayor of the nearest town of Tourrettes,
sold the property to Connery.
In fact, legend has it that the most
revered 007 won the estate in a game of
cards. Irrespective of how Connery came
to own this magnificent, forested land to
the west of Nice, he immediately fell in
love with it. His second wife Micheline
(they met at Royal Mohammedia Golf
LEFT: The 10th rewards those brave enough off
the tee to skirt the lake with a short approach .
BELOW: The magnificent downhill 11th.
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Club in Morocco) is from the area and the
actor began the process of clearing some
of the trees necessary to create a luxury
residential estate. The local council weren’t
so keen though, and 20 years after
acquiring the land it was bought (via a
developer) by the final character in the
story – the billionaire entrepreneur.
In the 1990s Dietmar Hopp had fallen
in love with the landscape of Terre
Blanche. Like Connery a keen golfer, the
founder of software giant SAP had the
extraordinary wealth needed to develop
the land into a high-end golf resort. He
did so with rare dedication and passion –
and is thrilled with the results.
“Amidst the magnificent scenery of
Provence, I have fulfilled a dream: the
dream of 300 days of sun; the dream of
tranquility, which to me means utter
luxury; and the dream of golf,” says the
German. “Both golf courses are so well
embedded in the landscape they seem to
have always been there. Terre Blanche is
an oasis which is soothing to the soul.”
Finding Terre Blanche for the first time
can turn into anything but a soothing
experience. In the manner of the similarly
reclusive Muirfield (no sign whatsoever)
or Swinley Forest (a sign the size of a
postcard, at ground level), Terre Blanche
doesn’t shout about itself with vast roadside
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courses
billboards for miles around. It’s the sort of
place that doesn’t need to boast.
So, first-time visitors will find it very
easy to become lost in the narrow rural
roads to the south of Tourrettes. You can
at least take comfort from the initial
climb away from the E80 motorway that
runs east-west along the foot of France.
It is a spectacular drive, offering
breathtaking views of the vast SaintCassien lake as you twist and turn your
way up the side of the mountain.
When you do locate Terre Blanche, the
entrance is hardly underwhelming. Passing
through imposing stone viaducts more
commonly seen outside the palatial
residences of royalty and presidents, you
undergo a security check equally as
stringent as at such houses of state.
This rigorous initial filtering is, though,
followed by a relaxed atmosphere at Terre
Blanche, which is not always the case at
such resorts where layers of luxury can
often result in a stilted atmosphere. Here,
though, you feel a bit like you’re a visitor
to Lilliput; a guest in a fairytale village
where everything is elegant, meticulous,
‘ONE OF THE very BEST’
Tour player and respected course
designer DJ Russell gives his verdict.
You play all over Europe on
the Seniors Tour. How would
you rate Terre Blanche,
where you won in 2012?
Terre Blanche is one of the
very best five-star hotels and
spas in the world, including
two excellent golf courses.
Which aspects of the
technical design of the
Chateau impressed you?
It’s a particularly demanding
course, especially off the tee.
You need to drive it well to
position your ball in the right
places on the fairways to
have control of the ball
hitting into the greens
because of the undulating
‘It has one of the strongest collections
of par 3s you are likely to come across’
‘You feel like a visitor to
Lilliput; a guest in a fairytale
village where everything is
elegant and meticulous’
and works to clockwork. Even the fleet of
spotless buggies that whizz you around
the low-rise village seem faster than usual.
With cars not permitted further than
the hotel car park, you need to hail one of
them to get down to the golf clubhouse
(it is actually a lovely walk downhill, but
definitely accept a lift on the way back!).
There is a neatness and efficiency to the
golf operation here, perhaps owing to the
Germanic influence. Certainly there is
none of the ‘faffing’ you get at other highend resorts. Things just work, which is no
mean feat given there are 36 holes here,
with Le Riou – laid out around the
clubhouse and hotel so that some fairways
run alongside villas – being a pretty
younger sister to the Chateau.
Terre Blanche’s smooth simplicity will
have played a part in it being voted 2013
European Golf Resort of the Year by the
golf travel association IAGTO. However,
the most significant role will surely have
been played by the Chateau.
Hopp handed the task of routing both
courses through the forest to his favoured
architect Dave Thomas, who also laid out
his course in Germany, St Leon-Rot, that
will host this year’s Solheim Cup matches.
While the often steeply undulating terrain
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The 6th is a very interesting
par 5 with so many different
options of playing your way
up the hole. The 7th is a
tricky uphill par 3 where
controlling the spin on your
ball is paramount as the
green slopes severely from
right to left – and you cannot
miss the green left. The 14th
is a strong three-shot par 5
with Out of Bounds all the
way down the left, requiring
two good shots to leave a
challenging pitch into the
green. The 16th is a par 3
where you have to hit the
green – there’s plenty of
trouble around it if you fail
to do that.
nature of the course. What’s
more, it has one of the
strongest collections of par
3s you are ever likely to
come across – each one of
them gets your attention.
ABOVE: Water features are not especially frequent on the
Chateau, but when they are in play they are cleverly positioned.
LEFT: Elevated drives (as well as plateau greens) offer
breathtaking views of the hilltop villages of Tourrettes, Fayence
and Callian. BELOW: A close-up view of the dangerous 10th.
Is it a cut above resort golf,
not least in terms of
difficulty? Or is it playable
to high handicappers too?
It’s a strong tournament golf
course with plenty of room
for lesser players. Keeping
the ball on the fairway is
imperative to give you
control for the difficult
approaches while the
bunkering for the tee shots
is very penal.
Which holes on the Chateau
did you especially enjoy?
I would go for 6, 7, 14 and 16.
How much easier is it to
work in mature woodland
compared to open terrain?
The trees mean that the
course has a mature look
and feeling well beyond its
tender years.
You play tournament golf at
Terre Blanche, but do you
ever put your designer’s hat
on and think about what
you’d have done differently? Only when things are going
badly!
n DJ is one of golf’s most
astute course designers and
is currently revamping
historic Top 100 links The
Machrie. Golf World will
feature the new-look Machrie
in a summer 2015 issue.
Visit rawgolfdesign.com
The rooftop range at Terre
Blanche’s peerless
Performance Academy.
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must have created challenges, this site will
otherwise have been an embarrassment of
riches. With a wealth of mature trees and
inspiring views (plus a hefty budget),
Thomas was not without assistance as he
created the premier course here.
Being set down so seamlessly in a
natural landscape means it’s scarcely
believable the Chateau only opened a
decade ago. At very few points over its
7,235 yards does the work of the
construction team come to mind. Credit
must go to Thomas for assimilating the
vast bunkers of white sand, the ravines,
the huge greens, the thousands of mature
trees and the water features (the only manmade creations) so skillfully.
There is a tranquility that is entirely
expected but appreciated nonetheless. You
see other golfers on adjoining holes but
their game never affects yours. You rarely
even hear other shots being struck, with
greens and tees often significantly apart
(some may cite that as a negative, but a
buggy is necessary anyway, due to the site’s
hilly nature). One of the few sounds
breaking the silence are small aeroplanes
passing overhead as the playboys of the
Cote d’Azur land their private planes at
the small Tourrettes airstrip nearby.
This is ‘Millionaire’s golf’; the feeling
you have a course to yourself and that it is
conditioned to within an inch of being
artificial. The shrubs and the borders are
ABOVE: The 11th is
one of the finest
holes in Continental
Europe (see further
detail in the box
below). LEFT: The
4th hole is an elegant
par 4 that takes you
into a more open
section – although
the mature trees still
lurk for anything
seriously wayward.
RIGHT: The greens
on the Chateau are
slick with subtle
contours.
french resistance
The strategically
placed stream and
bunker mean your
second shot can be
devilishly tricky.
© ILLUSTRATION GARY LEES
Challenge and beauty
in perfect quantities.
The 11th hole – a 534-yard par
5 – encapsulates much of what
is outstandingly good on the
Chateau. It begins when you
step onto an elevated tee high
above the fairway that allows
wide and long views of the
surrounding hills and the neat
little houses that have been
built into them.
As is often the case, for
some reason the lofty tee gives
you the feeling it is safe to
open the shoulders with your
drive – despite the fact the
fairway is lined by trees on
both sides. Still, it is a welcome
injection of confidence,
because a powerful drive on
this big par 5 – which touches
550 yards off the tips – is
eventually of real assistance.
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A big drive is
not useful because it
brings you in sight of the
green in two; unless you are a
long hitter or the sun has got
the fairways running really fast,
thinking of holding the shallow,
angled green in two is
unrealistic. But the further you
get down the hole off the tee,
the more conservative you can
become with your lay-up. It’s
not a phrase you often hear,
because lay-ups are hardly the
most risky shot in golf.
But on the 11th on the
Chateau, the lay-up is devilishly
tricky, with a well-positioned
stream –
which will be a
dry ‘barranca’ in
summer – cutting across the
fairway where you’d rather
your second came to rest. Plus,
even if you think you can clear
it, a large bunker dominates
the right portion of the fairway
on the other side. From there, it
is a scenic pitch into a beautiful
green site surrounded by trees
but with enough gaps to offer
lovely views as you chip from
the banks, splash out of the
bunkers or go straight for the
putter. Part of a superb start to
the back nine, this is – along
with the strong 3rd – the very
best of the Chateau.
immaculate – with jasmine and lavender
scent filling the air – while the greens are
slick, flawless affairs and the tees as
smooth and flat as a marble worktop.
Yet the Chateau also consistently asks
questions, whether in avoiding drive
bunkers and trees off the tee – notably at
holes such as the par-4 15th – or in
holding tiny greens such as on the holes
that precede and follow it. This is a course
that will impress strong amateur golfers,
just as it has the pros from the European
Seniors Tour and resort ambassador
Raphael Jacquelin: “Whenever I’ve got a
break, I love to go there,” he says of Terre
Blanche. “Le Château is a good test; you
feel if you can play well there, your game
is in pretty good shape.”
This marriage of challenge and beauty
gives birth to variety. The Chateau starts
among dense woodland with a gentle
uphill par 5 of under 500 yards off the
yellow tees. But after three more holes in
the trees – including one of the real
highlights, the gorgeous 3rd that winds
between the pines like a snake – there is
less of a claustrophobic feel from the
moment you arrive on the 4th green
‘An exacting climax, but
one imagines James
Bond would have found a
way to a happy ending’
(another elegant two-shotter). This
includes the par-5 6th that begins with a
drive towards the Chateau (the centuriesold Bouge family home) as it peeps out of
the ancient oak and pines and concludes
with a decision over which of two possible
routes you take to cross the lake.
By the 8th the more enclosed setting
has returned. With the accompanying
picture-postcard views – enhanced by the
numerous elevated tee shots – of hilltop
villages beyond the trees, it feels like you
are playing in Canada.
The terrific 10th, played round the
corner of a lake and where only the brave
will not hit a long club for their approach,
sets up the magnificent 11th (see left) and
sporty downhill, dog-leg 12th.
The best of the par 3s is the last of
them. The 16th is played downhill
between towering pines over a ditch to a
small green framed by a stone wall – so it
is all carry. It’s another spot that screams
‘Canada’, and is 161 yards of exquisite
golf. That said, uphill short holes at 2 and
7 as well as the smart 13th – which entails
one of the few big changes in direction on
the Chateau – are hardly disappointments.
The expected strong finish arrives with
a muscular par 4 of 450 yards off the tips.
It’s also uphill and slopes right to left so it
is easy to find yourself stymied by trunks
on the low side as you try to thread your
approach through a narrow gap between
the tall trees round the green.
An exacting climax certainly, but one
imagines James Bond would have found a
way to produce a happy ending and soon
after be quaffing champagne and oysters
on the terrace of the chic clubhouse.
contact INFORMATION
Address: Terre Blanche, 3100 Route de
Bagnols-en-Foret, 83440 Tourrettes. Tel:
00 33 4 94 39 90 90. Web: terre-blanche.
com. Rates: €170 (€136 hotel resident)
April-Oct, €110 (€88 resident) Nov-March.
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ASSOCIATION SYNDICALE LIBRE
Cass. civ. 3e du 5.11.14, n° 13-21014
Une mise en conformité
des statuts hors délai
L'absence
de mise en
conformité des
statuts d'une
ASL la prive
de sa capacité
d'agir en justice
mais ne remet
pas en cause
son existence
légale.
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Les associations syndicales libres, constituées avant l'entrée en application de l'ordonnance n° 2004-632 du lerjuillet 2014, et dont
les statuts ont été publiés sous le régime de la
loi du 2l juin 1865, avaient jusqu'au 5 mai
2008 pour mettre leurs statuts en conformité.
Toutefois, une régularisation hors délai ne
remet pas en cause l'existence légale de l'ASL
mais la prive de sa capacité d'agir en justice.
Tel est l'enseignement de cette décision.
LES FAITS. Après la construction d'un
ensemble immobilier par Golf Resort Terre
Blanche, l'ASL du Domaine de Terre Blanche
a été constituée en 2001.
Se plaignant de desordres
affectant les travaux et
notamment le système de
clôture, le maître d'ouvrage et l'ASL avaient assigné les intervenants aux
opérations de construction et leurs assureurs en
indemnisation de leurs
préjudices. Pour annuler
tous les actes de procédure réalisés par l'ASL, la
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cour d'appel avait retenu qu'elle disposait
d'un délai expirant le 5 mai 2008 pour procéder à la régularisation de ses statuts. Or, elle
avait publié la modification de ses statuts au
Journal officiel, le 9 juin 2012, c'est-à-dire
hors délai légal et après la délivrance de son
acte d'assignation en 2009. Les juges du fond
ont donc jugé que, faute d'avoir fait éditer au
SO cette modification dans le délai légal de
régularisation, l'ASL avait perdu son droit
d'agir en justice.
LA SOLUTION. La haute juridiction casse l'arrêt. Elle précise que l'absence de mise en
conformité des statuts de l'ASL la privait de sa
capacité d'agir en justice mais ne remettait pas
en cause son existence légale. Elle explique
que la cour d'appel ne pouvait donc pas annuler tous les actes de procédure de l'ASL, dès
lors que « cette irrégularité était couverte au
moment où elle statuait ». En effet, le 4 avril
2013, l'ASL avait modifié ses statuts.
En droit, l'absence de capacité à agir en
justice constitue un « vice de fond » entraînant la nullité de l'acte (art. 117 du Code de
procédure civile). Cependant, cette nullité
peut être couverte si sa cause a disparu au
moment où le juge statue, ce qui était le cas
dans cette affaire. LASL du Domaine de Terre
blanche avait ainsi recouvré son droit d'agir
en justice en accomplissant, même après l'expiration du délai imparti, sa mise en conformité des statuts. • LADRE LE SCORNET