Whispering Sands Golf Club is an 18-hole golf course in Al Jubail, in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province. The course is part of the area’s longstanding golf culture, where sand-based layouts developed alongside the industrial communities of the Gulf coast. Its traditional playing surface gives the club a distinctive place among the Kingdom’s golf venues and a different character from modern grass championship courses.
Awali Golf Club is one of Bahrain’s historic golf venues, set within the former oil-town community of Awali. The club’s roots reach back to the 1930s, when golf became part of the social and sporting life of the British and local communities around the oil industry. Its traditional sand-course format is part of the Gulf’s golfing heritage and offers a very different playing experience from the country’s modern grass championship course at Riffa.
Gezira Golf occupies a rare green space in central Cairo, within the long-established Gezira Sporting Club on Zamalek Island. The course is closely tied to the city’s sporting history and offers a compact round in a setting shaped by mature trees, established club grounds and the nearby Nile.
Stella Di Mare Sharm El Sheikh offers a compact golf experience within its resort on the Red Sea. The hotel’s short course is designed for guests who want to enjoy golf alongside the resort’s beach, diving and leisure facilities, with sea views providing the setting for a relaxed session or a focused short-game outing.
Alexandria Sporting Club brings more than a century of sporting history to one of Egypt’s Mediterranean cities. Its golf course sits within the club’s established grounds and offers a traditional parkland round in an urban setting, combining tree-lined corridors with bunkers that reward accuracy from the tee.
Ras Al Hamra Golf Club is a semi-private golf venue set between the Gulf of Oman, rocky coastal hills and the natural wadis of Muscat. Active since 1969, it is recognised as Oman’s first fully floodlit golf course and one of the country’s distinctive desert-style layouts. Its nine-hole routing can be played as a full 18-hole round through a combination of teeing positions and double greens.
Bisharat Golf Club is a long-established golf venue in Amman, located on Airport Road behind Amman National Park. Founded in 1989, the club has maintained a compact parkland course that offers a green setting for golf in a city where the surrounding landscape is largely dry and hilly. Its semi-private character gives the venue a close-knit club atmosphere while remaining open to visiting golfers.
Ancient Sands Golf Club is a championship course in El Gouna, set among lagoons, desert terrain and views towards the Red Sea mountains. Designed by Karl Litten, the course brings a different character to golf in the resort town: its natural contours and waterways are central to the layout, while the surrounding desert environment remains visible throughout the round.
Jolie Ville Golf Course is a championship golf venue in Sharm El Sheikh, set in the Um Marikha Bay area of Egypt’s Red Sea coast. Its location gives the course a strong resort identity, with the sea and surrounding desert landscape forming the backdrop to a full 18-hole round. The facility is associated with the Jolie Ville resort operation and welcomes golfers seeking a dedicated golf day in Sharm El Sheikh.
Madinat Makadi Golf is a dedicated golf resort in Makadi Bay, south of Hurghada. Its championship course stretches across a desert landscape beside the Red Sea, offering a full-length round with views across the resort and surrounding mountains. The venue combines an 18-hole championship course with a separate nine-hole par-three executive layout, making it suitable for both full rounds and shorter practice sessions.
