Royal Golf Dar Es Salam, Royal Golf Dar Essalam golf course
Ranked · 10 courses · updated 2026

The Best Golf Courses in Morocco

Morocco is North Africa's golf capital, a long season winter sun country where Robert Trent Jones laid out a royal classic in a cork oak forest, Gary Player built a links by the Atlantic and a wave of modern desert courses now frame the snow capped High Atlas. Here are the ten we rate most highly, ranked, with our verdict on each.

See the ranking Plan a golf trip

By the GolfForKings editorial desk · How we rank · Last reviewed June 2026

Photograph: Royal Golf Dar Essalam, World Amateur Tour, via Google

How we chose them

Moroccan golf spreads across four centres, and a complete top ten honours all of them. Rabat, the capital, holds the country's most famous course, the Red at Royal Golf Dar Es Salam, host of the Trophee Hassan II since 1971. Marrakech is the busy modern heart of the trip, more than half a dozen courses set against the High Atlas, from the desert minimalism of Assoufid to the water and art of Al Maaden. The Atlantic coast adds Gary Player's links at El Jadida and Essaouira and Kyle Phillips's clifftop course above Agadir at Taghazout.

Every fact here, from designers and opening years to host events, was checked at the time of writing. The verdicts are ours, and the order reflects our editors' view rather than any single published list, so reasonable people will reorder the top five, particularly between Dar Es Salam, Mazagan and the best of Marrakech. Green fees quoted elsewhere on the site are indicative and seasonal. If you want any of these built into a costed trip, that is exactly what our concierge does.

The ranking

01

Royal Golf Dar Es Salam, Red Course

Robert Trent Jones Sr, 1971 · Rabat

The grand old course of Moroccan golf and still, for most, the national number one. Robert Trent Jones Sr carved the Red Course through a 440 hectare cork oak forest outside Rabat, a long, tree framed par 73 that has hosted the Trophee Hassan II since the year it opened. Towering cork oaks, water and the famous island green par 3 give it a stature no newer course quite matches. One of three layouts on the estate and a piece of golf history every travelling golfer in Morocco should make time for.

Plan a Rabat and Casablanca trip

02

Mazagan

Gary Player, 2009 · El Jadida

Gary Player's links beside the Atlantic at El Jadida, an hour and a half south of Casablanca, and the longest course in the country. Routed through natural dunes along the beach near a UNESCO listed Portuguese citadel, it plays firm and windswept in a way no inland course can, a genuine seaside test attached to a large resort. The standout coastal round on the way between Casablanca and Marrakech and a fine pairing with the capital.

Plan an Atlantic coast trip

03

Assoufid

Niall Cameron, 2014 · Marrakech

The most admired of the modern Marrakech courses and voted the best new course in Africa when it opened. Niall Cameron set it in raw desert south of the city, a minimalist, sand framed layout that leaves the natural terrain alone and uses the snow capped High Atlas as its backdrop. Quiet, stylish and a world away from the lush resort golf nearby, it is the connoisseur's choice in Marrakech and the one architects talk about.

Plan a Marrakech trip

04

Tazegzout

Kyle Phillips, 2014 · Taghazout, Agadir

A dramatic clifftop course fifteen minutes north of Agadir, perched eighty metres above the bay at Taghazout, with the Atlantic in view from every hole. Kyle Phillips, the architect of Kingsbarns, used argan trees and the rolling coastal land to fine effect, and the result is the most scenic round on the Moroccan coast. The golf anchor of a growing surf and resort destination and the reason to base a few days around Agadir.

Plan an Agadir trip

05

Amelkis Golf Club

Cabell Robinson, 1995 · Marrakech

One of the establishment courses of Marrakech and long a host of professional and pro am events. Cabell Robinson, the long time European associate of Robert Trent Jones, built a mature, strategic par 72 of palms, water and well defended greens that rewards thinking play. Set among villas with the Atlas on the horizon, it is more demanding than it first looks and a reliable highlight of any Marrakech rotation.

Plan a Marrakech trip

06

Al Maaden Golf Resort

Kyle Phillips, 2010 · par 72 · Marrakech

A second Kyle Phillips design in Morocco and the most visually striking course in Marrakech, a par 72 of roughly 7,184 yards laid out around large lakes and dotted with contemporary land art. Water comes into play on many holes and the closing stretch is a genuine examination, all framed by the High Atlas. Attached to a design hotel, it is the most modern and photogenic of the city's courses.

Plan a Marrakech trip

07

PalmGolf Marrakech Palmeraie

Robert Trent Jones Sr, 1992 · Marrakech

The course that opened Marrakech to golf tourism, set among thousands of palms in the Palmeraie north of the medina. Robert Trent Jones Sr threaded lakes, fairways and bunkers through the palm grove with the snow capped Atlas as a backdrop, and the mature trees give it a character the newer desert courses lack. A relaxed, attractive resort round and a piece of the city's golf history.

Plan a Marrakech trip

08

Mogador Golf Club

Gary Player · Essaouira

Gary Player's other Moroccan course, two nine hole loops totalling eighteen holes set among dunes, eucalyptus and parasol pines near the windswept arts town of Essaouira. Cooler and breezier than the interior, it pairs a links influenced feel with the laid back charm of one of Morocco's most likeable coastal towns. The natural addition to a trip that mixes golf with the souks and the sea on the Atlantic coast.

Plan an Essaouira trip

09

Royal Golf Marrakech

Marrakech · golf since the 1930s

The oldest course in the city and one of the oldest in the country, in play since the 1930s and long a favourite of the Moroccan royal family. A gentle, beautifully wooded parkland of olive, palm, eucalyptus and orange trees close to the centre, it offers easy walking and abundant shade rather than length. More heritage than championship test, it is a charming, historic round and an easy add to a Marrakech stay.

Plan a Marrakech trip

10

Samanah Country Club

Nicklaus Design, 2011 · par 72 · Marrakech

A Nicklaus Design course on the road out toward the Atlas, a long par 72 set within a luxury residential estate of olive groves and lakes. Generous off the tee and well conditioned, it is a comfortable, modern resort round with mountain views and a quieter feel than the courses closer to town. It rounds out a Marrakech itinerary that can easily fill four or five days of golf.

Plan a Marrakech trip

Designers, opening years and host events verified June 2026. Several courses are attached to resorts where the right stay smooths access and tee times. Course profiles are added across the site as the directory grows. Always confirm visitor access and fees directly before booking. Check tee time availability.

Play the best of Morocco

Tell us which of these are on your list, Marrakech and the Atlas, the Atlantic coast or the royal courses of Rabat, and roughly when. One concierge arranges the access, tee times and base and costs the trip to the head, with no obligation.

Morocco golf questions

What is the best golf course in Morocco?

The Red Course at Royal Golf Dar Es Salam in Rabat, Robert Trent Jones Sr's cork oak forest classic from 1971 and host of the Trophee Hassan II, is our pick and the long standing national number one. Gary Player's links at Mazagan and the modern desert course at Assoufid in Marrakech are its closest rivals. Reasonable people reorder the top five.

When is the best time to play golf in Morocco?

Morocco is a winter sun destination and plays best from October to April, when Marrakech and the coast are warm and dry and Europe is cold. Spring and autumn are ideal. High summer is very hot inland around Marrakech, though the Atlantic coast at Agadir and Essaouira stays cooler and breezier and can be played year round.

Where is the best golf in Morocco?

Three areas stand out: Marrakech, with Assoufid, Amelkis, Al Maaden and more against the High Atlas, the capital Rabat, home of Royal Golf Dar Es Salam, and the Atlantic coast, with Gary Player's links at El Jadida and Essaouira and Kyle Phillips's clifftop course at Taghazout near Agadir. A classic trip bases in Marrakech and adds a coastal or Rabat leg.

Can you play these courses as a visitor?

Yes. Almost all of Morocco's leading courses welcome visitors and many are attached to resorts, so booking the right hotel often secures preferential tee times. Buggies and caddies are widely available and dress codes are standard. Green fees are seasonal, with the winter peak the most expensive. Always confirm directly before booking.

Related

All best lists Best courses in Marrakech Morocco golf holidays All destinations Home

The Tee Sheet

Morocco openings, the High Atlas season and the booking windows that matter. Every other week.

Researched and written by the GolfForKings editorial desk. Course designers, opening years and host events verified June 2026. Last reviewed June 2026.