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LEISURE Golf
Arizona Golf Resort Tel: +966 1 2484444 Ext: 454 9-hole, Par 34 Ð 2,100 yards
Arizona Golf Resort is the only residential western expatriate golf resort in Riyadh. As its name suggests, it is more of a holiday brochure resort than a "compound", with entertainment and activities for all ages, golf- ers and non-golfers alike.
The 9-hole golf course is floodlit for after- work rounds. There is also a driving range, riding stables, a petting zoo, amphitheatre, covered roller hockey rink, roller blade/ mountain bike course, grass baseball field, bowling alley, gymnasium and function hall. Arizona Golf Resort is a step up in size from the InterContinental, and equally as challenging. The setting is wonderful with the course being home to a family of gazelles and lots of ducks. The 9-hole all grass executive golf course runs at 2,100 yards, and consists of three par 3, five par 4 and one par 5 holes. The club uses common tiftway Bermuda grass on its fairways. The club runs at least one competition every month, plus club match plays and club championships during the year.
Riyadh Golf Courses Tel: +966 1 8102444
18-hole, Par 72 Ð 7,500 yards
Located 20-25 minutes from the city centre, Riyadh Golf Courses has an 18-hole cham- pionship grass course and separate desert course for players to test their skills on dif- ferent terrain. There is also a nearby driving range, and 5,000 square metre club house and locker rooms with a sauna and jacuzzi, and lounge areas. A health and fitness cen- tre is being developed.
The grass course has lush green fairways, rolling hills and four lakes to create a scenic spot for golfers that will find the par-6, 739- yard 11th hole particularly challenging. It was designed by an associated company in collaboration with Riyadh Development and Contracting Company.
Other facilites away from the course
include a cafeteria, pro shop with golfing equipment, merchandise and accessories, restaurant overlooking the eighth hole and lake, and a private dining room.
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Dhahran
Rolling Hills Golf Club Saudi Aramco Compound 18-hole, Par 72 Ð 6,650 yards
The Rolling Hills Golf Club, which is situated inside the Saudi Aramco compound, has 18 grass holes (nine holes are floodlit) and a 9-hole sand course.
Founded in 1948, this was the first grass course in the Eastern Province. The present course design was selected from several proposals submitted by golf course design- ers from around the world, with the winning proposal coming from Calum A. Todd, a Scottish golf course architect. This presti- gious course hosted the Saudi National Golf Team in a Stableford Challenge match on September 22, 2006.
Ras Tanura Surfside Golf Club
Saudi Aramco Compound
This club was formed in 1944 and is now 65 years old. It is one of five clubs in Saudi Aramco that make up the Saudi Aramco Golf Association (SAGA). The other clubs are: Dhahran, Udhailiyah, Abqaiq and Yanbu. Along with the fairways this course has a practice/driving range where all regular players and beginners have an opportunity to check out their swing. Volunteer club members will also provide tuition for youths interested in taking up the game. The course is complemented by a pro shop, which has many golf accessories on offer, from golf balls and gloves to shirts, hats and tees.
Jubail
Whispering Sands Golf Club Tel: +966 5 3962132 18-hole sand course, Par 72 Ð 6,049-yards
This all-sand course is situated only 10 minutes from Jubail Industrial City, in the Eastern Province. Due to the lack of natural grass, artificial turf mats are allowed at any position on the course, except at an official sand trap, which is designated by an emer- ald green rope. The usual fairway greens are instead browns and made up of a built-up area of mixed sand and oil elevated above the adjoining fairway.
The complex is complemented by a driv- ing range and pro shop and the course hosts regular tournaments and has golfing les- sons available. Being a desert sand course, golfers are also likely to see camels stroll across the fairway. l
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