Resting in northern Africa, Morocco is a place of tremendous contrasts, where snow capped mountains rise from the edge of an inhospitable desert, where millennium-old neighborhoods survive in the midst of modern cityscapes and thanks to king Hassan II, it’s also a land of great golf courses.
Morocco now boasts sixteen good golf courses, one of the leading courses is Royal Dar es Salam or House of peace which was designed by Trent Jones, the Course hosts two 18-hole layouts and 9-hole track in the capital city of Rabat, on the Atlantic coast. The red course is the championship venue, a par 73 measuring 6820 metres from the back tees; it’s considered the most challenging course in Morocco. It’s also the host of the Hassan II Trophy, a European Tour Event that attracts some of the top players in the world.
The course has several memorable holes including the ninth holes par three which is played across an island, the Red Course is a long golf course, set in a forest of cork, oak and eucalyptus trees, with gently rolling terrain and some water in play.
