Have you ever heard “Keep you head down and swing through the ball”? It might be impossible to do this playing golf at El Jadida Royal Golf Course since the course lies right next to a bay and the scenery is spectacular.
Known as Mazagan under Portuguese rule from 1502 to 1769, the coastal city of El Jadida was established by colonial rulers as a West African staging post for explorers heading to South America and beyond. The city’s fort is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
El Jadida golf course is part of a 117-room hotel and spa complex. This 6,848-yard golf course has been carved through a small forest of pine and eucalyptus trees. American golf course architect Cabell Robertson designed this course, completed in 1993.
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Nearby El Jadida Royal Golf Course about 53 miles south of Casablanca, Mazagan is another spectacular golf course designed by Gary Player. A par 72 golf course, it plays at 7,210 yards. The course has fantastic fairways and perfect greens. Rainfall at Mazagan is minimal but there are plenty of sea breezes from the Atlantic Ocean. The club has a fully equipped pro shop and restaurant and caters to beginner and professionals. The course’s undulating dunes and valleys were created entirely with sand from the region for a unique challenge. The course uses recycled water. The grass used on the course is the paspalum –dark green and resistant to salt water.
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The original Palmeraie golf course was established in 1992 by renowned golf course architect Robert Trent Jones. This course is about five miles northwest of Marrakech, and set within an ancient forest of palm trees that has been traced back to the 11th century. Trent designed two nine-hole courses — Jbilettes for the front nine and Atlas for the back nine. Recently another nine holes were added. Named Tensift, they have many more bunkers and are a little bit more challenging.
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Still at the Palmeraie Golf Course is the Atlas tract — holes 10 to 18. These two nine-hole courses are relatively flat and there are some large ponds within these two tracts which often lead to low scores. Even so, you might be fishing or looking for a ball that landed in one of these ponds. You still might be humored by slicing or hooking one into the pond and taking the stroke penalty.
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The Soleil Golf course is about three hours from all major European Capitals. Not only is it relatively convenient, it offers a great year round temperature. Soleil (sun in French) is considered one of the best golf destinations in Morocco.
There are two 18-hole golf courses in Agadar. The Tikida course was designed in the middle of a eucalyptus forest by Fernando Mueller and Gerard Courbin. The Championship course has more of a “Florida” spirit, forcing you to make decisions about large bunkers, elevated tee boxes, and greens and water hazards.
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Whether you are an expert golfer or a beginner, you can take lessons anywhere. And they say that practice makes perfect; but truly perfect practice makes perfect. At Sadia golf course there is a driving range where you take those practice shots where the scores don’t count. But making the effort of practicing with a golf pro or by yourself by putting in the hours will get your rhythm and timing just right. At Braemar Golf the club house is undergoing redevelopment. The course and practice range are open. Saidia is served by both Oujda and Nador Airports, about 50 minutes away. The resort has a marina which could become the third largest in the Mediterranean with 1,350 slips and five hotels.
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In November, the Morocco Golf Festival was played at some of the great golf courses surrounding the city of Marrakech.
This year, the Marrakech Golf Festival, an international amateur golf tournament, is scheduled October 21-31 on some of the fabulous golf courses in Marrakech.
The Morocco Golf Festival was open to amateur male and female golfers from all over the world. The purpose was not only to have a competitive golf tournament, but also to get visitors interested in local culture. There were cocktail parties, a city tour of Marrakech and a gala dinner.
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The Assoufid Golf Club is an 18-hole par-72 golf course about 10 kilometers from Marrakech’s Medina — a UNESCO World Heritage site. It has the most remarkable background of the Atlas Mountains that sometimes have snow-capped peaks.
The clubhouse has been recently completed and this golf course has been recognized as one of the most beautiful in Morocco. It has a full-service golf pro shop that provides lessons and equipment rentals.
The golf course was built to maintain the integrity of the natural landscape of rolling hills and most of the natural trees were kept intact while building the golf course. As you can envision from the picture, your mind is totally into the golf experience with a sensational setting to play golf.
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Al Maaden in a par-72, 18-hole championship course designed by Kyle Philips who has created his vision of a Moroccan oasis. The course is suitable for all levels of play which include water hazards, fairways and roughs with distinctive vegetation such as cypress, almond trees and palm trees surrounding manicured greens. This golf course has a full service pro shop which can arrange golf lessons and equipment rentals.
There are 12 art sculptures on the golf course creating an interesting juxtaposition of art and golf which is quite memorable and unusual.
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One of the great things about golf is the variety of courses you can choose to play. Whether you’re in Palm Springs, California, or at the Amelkis course in Morocco, the scenery is often spectacular and golf becomes so much more than just a walk in the park. Just bring your best strokes down to Amelkis and let it rip.
