Morocco
The sports of “pig sticking” and polo were played in Tangier before organized golf got under way at Boubana with the formation of the Diplomatic Country Club in 1914. A 9-hole course featuring sand putting surfaces was brought into play and this layout was subsequently redesigned by C.H. Alison in the late 1930s.
The sports of “pig sticking” and polo were played in Tangier before organized golf got under way at Boubana with the formation of the Diplomatic Country Club in 1914. A 9-hole course featuring sand putting surfaces was brought into play and this layout was subsequently redesigned by C.H. Alison in the late 1930s.
The games that included "pig stick" and Polo was played at Tangier before the introduction of golf in the air at Boubana when the club was established as the Diplomatic Country Club in 1914. A 9-hole course that was putt-sand surfaces was introduced and the layout was redesign by C.H. Alison in the 1930s.
In 1968 the club was changed to Royal Country Club de Tanger and the club was able to make a decision to expand the course to an 18-hole layout. being the Cotton & Pennink design firm employed to execute the project. The course was officially opened in 1974, with the Pro-Am held in conjunction with the Royal Moroccan Golf Federation, the Solazur Company and Royal Air Maroc.
In the beginning of the millennium, Peter Harradine was brought in to redesign the layout. He enhanced the layout with the radical move of changing the direction of a quarter of the holes! The sequence of play for some hole on the second nine have been altered to enhance the enjoyment of golfers.
The course is currently 6,600 meters beginning from the back of the tees. with a par of 72. The holes are arranged as two nines that return. Water hazards are introduced on the par five 7th, and at holes 11 as well as 14 (both par threes) and the last hole.
Other attractions include the slightly right bent fiveth par four, which is a long one (rated stroke index 1,) and the last series of par fours, which concludes with a threatening lake to the left of the 18th par four, which is a short one.
Overall rating
4.0
Overall rating
4.0
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