Sperone: 2026 Access and Booking Update
Robert Trent Jones Senior's clifftop course at the southern tip of Corsica is one of the most photographed rounds in the Mediterranean. Here is where Sperone stands in 2026, the latest fee bands, and how to plan a tee time.
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The news: a cliff course you can still book
Golf de Sperone sits on the Domaine de Sperone at the very southern tip of Corsica, a few minutes from Bonifacio, and it remains one of the great set piece rounds of the Mediterranean. Robert Trent Jones Senior laid it out across roughly 73 hectares of maquis and granite, opened it in 1990, and many who knew his work rate it among his finest in Europe. It plays to a par of 72 at around 6,389 yards, with the back nine running out toward the sea.
The headline for 2026 is reassuringly simple. Unlike many of the marquee names in our journal, Sperone is not a private members enclave: it is a resort course that takes visitor bookings, so the round most golfers dream about when they see the cliff photographs is one you can actually arrange. The catch is timing and price in peak season, which is what the rest of this update covers.
Indicative 2026 green fees
Sperone prices by season, and the gap between a quiet spring round and a peak August tee time is wide. The bands below come from the most recent published card and are indicative only. Rates, season dates and any resident or twilight discounts change, so confirm the exact fee with the club at the time of booking.
| Season | Approx window | Indicative 18 holes |
|---|---|---|
| Low season | November to April | from about 75 euros |
| Shoulder | May, and mid September to October | around 95 euros |
| High season | mid June to mid September | around 110 euros |
Indicative high season rates for 2025 to 2026, single round of 18 holes. Always confirm directly before booking.
The pattern is the one you would expect of a summer island resort. Corsica is busiest from mid June to mid September, so that is when the fee tops out and the tee sheet fills, particularly around the holiday weeks of July and August. If your dates are flexible, late May, early June and the second half of September give you the same course and the same views for a noticeably lower fee, with calmer booking.
The golf, and the closing cliffs
Sperone's reputation rests on its setting and on a run of holes that few courses anywhere can match. The fairways thread through scented maquis with the sea never far away, and the closing stretch along the cliffs is the part golfers replay in their heads for years. The short 16th, played across an inlet of the Mediterranean toward the Maddalena archipelago and the Cavallo islands, is the signature, a hole that has launched a thousand postcards.
It is not only scenery. The turf runs fast and firm in summer, the greens are quick, and the coastal wind can turn a gentle looking par into a real examination. Played in a breeze it is a proper test; played calm it is a joy. The full hole by hole detail, with the facts box and how to get on, sits on our Sperone course page.
How to play it in 2026
Plan the logistics early, because Corsica is the variable, not the tee sheet. Most travelling golfers fly into Figari, the airport closest to the south of the island, and base themselves around Bonifacio or Porto Vecchio. Getting to Corsica in peak summer means competing with the wider holiday crowd for flights, ferries and hotels, so the course is often the easiest part of the trip to secure once you have the dates fixed.
Book the round itself ahead for any July or August visit, aim for a morning tee time to beat the afternoon heat and wind, and keep your dates a touch flexible if you can. Sperone works beautifully as the centrepiece of a wider French golf trip rather than a single round in isolation, which is how we tend to build it.
Our take
Our take is that Sperone earns its fame. There are longer and more strategically demanding courses in France, but very few that combine a Jones Senior routing with a cliff edge finish over water this dramatic, and fewer still that you can simply book. For a golfer building a Mediterranean trip with a serious scenic payoff, it belongs on the shortlist.
The smart play for 2026 is to treat it as a special occasion round, go in the shoulder months if the calendar allows, and pair it with the wider riches of French golf. Our best golf courses in France ranking and the France golf hub set out the options, while big resort names such as Terre Blanche and Royal Mougins on the Cote d'Azur pair naturally with a Corsican leg.
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Questions
Who designed Sperone and when did it open?
Golf de Sperone was designed by Robert Trent Jones Senior and opened in 1990 on the Domaine de Sperone at the southern tip of Corsica near Bonifacio. It is a par 72 of around 6,389 yards laid out across roughly 73 hectares of maquis and granite cliff above the Mediterranean, and is widely regarded as one of Jones Senior's finest European designs.
Can visitors play Sperone in 2026, and what are the green fees?
Yes. Sperone is a resort course that welcomes visiting golfers and takes tee time bookings. Indicative green fees from the most recent published card run from about 75 euros in low season, around 95 euros in the shoulder months, to roughly 110 euros at the height of summer. Treat these as indicative, confirm the exact season and rate with the club before booking, and book the prime June to September windows well ahead.
What is the signature stretch at Sperone?
The closing holes along the cliffs are what golfers remember, with the short 16th playing across an inlet of the sea toward the Maddalena archipelago and the Cavallo islands. The whole course trades on sea views, fast firm turf and a coastal wind, so the test rises and falls with the breeze.
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Researched and written by the GolfForKings editorial desk. Course facts, history and indicative fees verified June 2026 from club, golf travel and ratings sources; rates, seasons and access change, so always confirm directly before booking. Last reviewed June 2026.