Royal Golf Dar Es Salam
KM 9, avenue Mohammed VI / road of
Zaers
Souissi
Rabat
Morocco
Tel: +212 537 755 864/5
Fax: +212 537 757 671

Location: Outskirts of Rabat, 15 minutes
from the city centre.
Nearest Airport: Rabat (30 minutes) &
Casablanca (1 hour & 30 mins).

Golf Course Website:
www.royalgolfdaressalam.com

Tournament Website:
www.hassan2golftrophy.com

Greens
Type of grass - Penncross Creeping Bentcross
Height of cut - 2.5mm
Speed / stimpmeter reading - 10' (Monday morning)
Any specific comments - small, undulating greens

Fairways
Type of grass - Kikuyu
Height of cut - 12mm
General width and contouring - average width
Any specific comments - due to the nature of the kikuyu grass there isn't much bounce or roll on the fairways

Tees / collars
Type of grass - Kikuyu
Height of cut - tees 10mm, collars 7mm

Rough
Type of grass - Kikuyu
Height of cut - semi 25mm, rough 50mm

Weather
Weather in advance - it has been an unusually wet winter in Morrocco
Forecast for tournament - sunny and dry with a chance of showers on Sunday

Course
Opened - 1971
Course designer - Robert Trent Jones
Special features - 9th hole of the Red course is a par 3 with a green surrounded by water
General playability - the Blue course is much shorter than the Red and therefore lower scoring is envisaged on the Blue course
Undulating / flat - flat
Tree lined / exposed - tree lined
Many / few water hazards - water hazards in play on holes 9, 12 and 17 of the Red course and holes 7, 11 and 12 of the Blue

Other features
Rounds 1 & 2 will be played in pro-am format with one round played at the Red course and another at the Blue course. This 2 day event will be called Alliance du Trophee Hassan II and each team will comprise 1 professional and 1 amateur. Rounds 3 & 4 will be played by Professionals only on the Red course.