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Omaha Golf Club above the D-Day beaches
During his ceremonial visit to the D-Day Beaches in Normandy this weekend, Barack Obama wishes he could take the time to play golf. If a round of golf were on his itinerary, he would head for the Arnold Palmer-designed course at Omaha Beach Golf Club, a favorite of visitors to U.S. WWII cemeteries and the Normandy beaches. In a Scottish-links style layout, all of the 27 holes––the Sea Course, the Orchard Course and the Pond Course––are named for war heroes––Eisenhower, Churchill, etc.
The signature hole is a dogleg right with large bunkers guarding a fairway that leads to a green perched a clifftop above Mulberry Harbour and D-Day beaches. The Golf Club is nearby to famous "artificial port" at Arromanches and the Normandy American Cemetery where almost 10,000 Americans are laid to rest. A few of the scenes of Steven Spielberg's "Saving Private Ryan" were filmed on the golf course, which was liberated by the American 1st Division on June 7, 1944.
Hotel Mercure Omaha Beach
40 km east of Caen and 8 km from the ancient and historic city of Bayeux, the 3-star, 70-room Hotel Mercure Omaha Beach is a perfect headquarters for Normandy coast visitors. Specializing in seafood freshly caught at the adjacent fishing harbour of Port-en-Bessin, L'Albatros restaurant overlooks the golf course. Part of the Mercure hotel chain in 10 European countries, the Hotel Mercure Omaha Beach is making available the “Mercure Summer Offer,” a 40% discount on a 2-night stay, including breakfast (through September 15, 2009).
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