Rabat
Royal Golf Dar Es Salam
A royal club in a cork oak forest, home of the Trophée Hassan II.
The story
In the late 1960s, King Hassan II, a passionate golfer, asked Robert Trent Jones to build a club worthy of the capital. Royal Golf Dar Es Salam, the “House of Peace”, opened in 1971: 45 holes across 440 hectares of cork oak forest on the edge of Rabat.
The same year the King created the Trophée Hassan II. Billy Casper, Lee Trevino, Payne Stewart, Vijay Singh and Ernie Els are among its champions. Today it is played on the PGA Tour Champions, alongside the Lalla Meryem Cup for women.
In 2017 and 2018 the Red course was restored by James Duncan, who rebuilt the greens from Jones’s original plans, found in the archives of Cornell University. It is ranked No. 1 in Morocco by Top100GolfCourses.
Signature holes
A mid to long iron across a lake to an island green.
A long par 3 played downhill to a green that slopes hard from front to back.
Good to know
- Clubhouse
- Le ClubHouse Robuchon restaurant.
- Practice
- Practice area, golf school and coaching.
- Caddies and buggies
- Available at the club. Optional extras, paid on top.
- Tee times
- Booked in advance for you.
General information, for guidance. Details vary by club and season.
Around the course
Rabat, the capital, is 15 minutes away.
Kasbah of the Udayas
A blue-and-white kasbah above the mouth of the Bou Regreg river, with its Andalusian garden.
Hassan Tower and the Mausoleum
The unfinished 12th-century minaret, and the royal mausoleum of Mohammed V facing it.
The river and the medina
Terraces over the Bou Regreg, between the old medina of Rabat and Salé.
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