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DIRAB GOLF CLUB & RECREATION CENTRE Dirab Golf Club & Recreation Centre is home to Saudi Arabia’s fi rst 18-hole championship grass course and another nine-hole, par-27 academy course. The course is the most prestigious golfi ng venue in the kingdom and hosts the annual American Express Dirab Golf Championship each autumn, the MENA Tour’s sole stop in Saudi Arabia. The course is a half-hour drive
from Riyadh, set amid the stunning valley beneath the Tuwaiq escarp- ment. It has tree-lined fairways and extremely well-maintained greens. The course offers a driving
range, putting greens and the Golf Academy. Nine of the course’s holes are fl oodlit, which enables play after sundown – essential as the temperatures climb – and the complex also boasts a clubhouse, a pro shop, a driving range, chipping area and practice greens, along with tennis courts, swimming pools and stables.
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With a growing schedule of fi rst-
class tournaments and its superb, peaceful location, this is the one course that should top the ‘must- play’ list of every golfer in Saudi.
+966 11 4980018 ext: 103 18-hole (grass), par-72
ARIZONA GOLF RESORT Arizona Golf Resort is part of a multifaceted leisure resort on the outskirts of Riyadh which includes swimming pools, restaurants, stables, a mountain biking course, gymnasium, bowling alley and a petting zoo. The course is another well- maintained, all-grass nine-hole challenge that benefi ts from fl oodlights for evening play. It comprises three par-three holes, fi ve par-four and a single par-fi ve hole for a 34-stroke round. Perhaps the highlight of play
here is the natural location, which is enhanced by roaming gazelles. Situated to the south of Al Amir Saud bin Mohamed ibn Meqren Road approximately 14 kilometres south of King Khaled International Airport, the complex has become a magnet for families. For meetings professionals, there is also a ballroom and banquet hall.
+966 11 2484444 ext: 454 Nine-hole, par-34
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