PO Box 39117,
Riffa Views, Riffa
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+973 (0)17 750 777Pro shop
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+973 (0)17 750 756Website
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Mariano Ochoa (Head Teaching Professional).Academy
The Royal Golf Club AcademyThe Course:
18 holes. Desert-style. Gently undulating terrain - easy to walk (depending on how hot the day is). Buggies usually taken.
Surroundings:
Residential and desert.
Designer:
Original Riffa GC layout designed by Karl Litten (1999); completely redesigned by Colin Montgomerie (2008).
Above distances are for the Championship course. Also at Royal GC is the nine-hole Wee Monty Academy Course (par-27; 898 yds).
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S of Al Manamah (Bahrain's capital) between Riffa and Awali.
Located 20 minutes drive from Manama. From Manama, take the Sh.Khalifa bin Salman Highway heading south towards Hamad Town. At the end of the motorway turn left past the BDF hostpital direction Riffa. Turn right at the Riffa ‘Clock Tower’ roundabout and carry on through Riffa, down the escarpment to the Awali Roundabout. Turn left at roundabout. After 600 metres exit on a slip road to the right. Continue across one more roundabout. Golf Club entrance is on your left.
Royal GC, Bahrain
Royal Golf Club (formerly Riffa GC) is located in the upmarket Riffa Views housing development, and is home to Bahrain's only grass golf course. With its floodlit back-nine, the Montgomerie course absorbed several holes from the original Riffa course, as well as adding in several entirely new holes.
The course is landscaped to follow the natural rolling desert terrain and harnesses the underlying waters of the Al-Hunayniyah Wadi to create many water hazards, especially on the back-nine, and most especially on the closing four-hole stretch.
Acclaimed as challenging but fair, the course enjoys a natural harmony between desert rough, water and the green fairways. Extensively planted palms and native shrubs flourish over the 160 acre site, attracting all manner of migratory birds and waterfowl.
Visitors welcome on weekdays and weekends. Back-nine holes are floodlit for night golf.
Must book in advance. Handicap required.
Non-metal spike facility. Golf carts available for hire.
Excellent
Both in its current guise, and previously as the Riffa Golf Club, the course has staged a number of top-level tournaments, including European Tour and European Senior Tour events (see our Tournaments section >by Venue >Riffa).
Royal Golf Club is managed by Troon Golf, a world-leader in the management and development of upscale golf courses.
Night golf is possible at the Royal GC, with state-of-the-art floodlights installed on the back-nine of the Montgomerie course and across the whole of the Wee Monty Par 3 course.
Middle East & North Africa's 27th best course (Golf World, 2024).
PO Box 28567, Riffa, Bahrain
+973 (0)17 701 201
Visit websiteA resort hotel located on the shores of the Arabian Gulf, with a marina, plenty of swimming pools and everything else you'd expect of a resort hotel location.
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Riffa; Awali
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King Faisal Highway, Manama, Bahrain
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