Last week I attended the Tropheé Hassan II for the Champions Tour and caddied for Angel Cabrera. ProAm plus 3 Rounds of a lifetime experience from watching a Two Time Major Champion hit it as good as always. And watching his Course Management was a lesson on how to approach each hole and each shot, try to be less impulsive and give it a few seconds to plan properly each shot.

The Course is a beast, at least from the back tees. It demands curving the ball both ways, the carries are always 250+ yds and if you miss lateral the chances of getting an open shot are really slim.

Course has huge bunkers, not only greenside but cross bunkers as well, missing there will sometimes demand a layup shot even from short range.

Greens were redone some years ago and they are very dramatic, huge slopes and tiers, level changes, some small platforms where if the pin is located there getting it close is only for extremely good golfers.

Sand in the bunkers I wouldn't say was bad, because they were consistent but this red material with some rain became hard and quite tough to stop the ball.

Holes to highlight?

• 590yds par 5 with a very difficult green makes it a beast for the common golfer. I saw El Pato hit the green with a 3 wood from 285yds ... unreal!
• 185yds island green par 3 9th ... the breaks on the green are not that clear from the tee ... a narrow miss can lead you to a very tough 40ft putt.
• Par 5 12th has a crazy green, a narrow miss can bring back the ball 20yds to the water.
• Reachable Par 4 17th ... I loved it. Saw eagles (By el Pato, jeje), birdies and doubles ... even laying up will not guarantee a par.

I was not aware of how good golf in Morocco is, both courses at El Salam are unreal and well worth a trip. and set up for Tournament made the Red Course Great.