La Forêt at Golf du Touquet occupies a distinctive wooded setting in Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, a coastal resort town in northern France that became a fashionable destination in the early twentieth century. Designed by Horace Hutchinson and opened in 1904, the course represents one of the earliest golf layouts on the Continent by a British architect. Hutchinson, an accomplished amateur golfer and writer, created a routing that winds through dense pine forest, a sharp contrast to the more exposed linksland character found on the club's other course, La Mer. The layout moves through corridors of maritime pine and birch, with the forest canopy creating a sheltered, parkland atmosphere unusual for this coastal region. The sandy soil drains well and provides firm playing conditions, while the tree-lined fairways demand accuracy from the tee. Strategic bunkering and the natural hazards posed by the forest itself shape the challenge, rewarding thoughtful course management over pure length. Golf du Touquet has long served as a retreat for Parisian society, and the club maintains a traditional atmosphere reflective of its Belle Époque origins. The combination of Hutchinson's routing and the mature forest setting gives La Forêt a character distinct from typical French parkland courses, preserving an early example of continental European golf design that predates the sport's widespread expansion across Europe.