Samanah Country Club

Niklaus reigns supreme

This course has evidently hosted the Morrocan Open - and so it should.

It is not classed as the best in Marrakech, but of the 5 we played over the week, it was great to have this one as the final days golf. Jack Niklaus' company have built a stunning track that does not disappoint - but you do need a buggy (standard American course design I suppose). If you go as a mixed group, the first person to complain about the shorter Ladies course, should be made to buy the beers and the second to buy the rest of the beers for the holiday!! Yes, the Ladies get some advantages, but it is not an easy course - slope runs from 134 for the girls to 145 for the 'tips' players. As a group we would have been happy to play this one more than once, and even with the copious amounts of water and waste areas, we'd be up for it. Greens run true, fairways are good, bunkers are good and the whole course is a definite 5*.