Saudi Arabian PIF plans to open three new courses, with one LIV golfer involved in design
There are a handful of golf courses in Saudi Arabia now, and the PIF said in a press release to announce the three new courses that the country plans to triple its total courses in the next few years.
The first of the three new courses will be Shura Links on Shura Island alongside the Red Sea. The release said that American-based Curley-Wagner Design signed on to lay out the course, which will play to a par of 72 at 7,601 yards. That course is slated to open in September of 2025.
Trojena Northern Golf Course will be the second of the new three courses. Located in the Sarwat Mountains, this mountain-top course will be laid out by McDowell & Dusenberry Design, which includes Northern Irishman Graeme McDowell, currently a LIV golfer and winner of the 2010 U.S. Open. An opening date has not been announced.
The third of the new three layouts will be Laheq Golf Course near the Red Sea. Curley-Wagner design also will lay out this course, with an estimated opening in 2028.
Plans for all three courses will be shown as part of a PIF Future Fairways display at the PIF Championship on the LET Tour at Centurion Club in London on Aug. 8-10, at the Aramco Houston Championship as part of the PIF Global Series on Sept. 5-7, and at the Aramco Shenzhen Championship at Mission Hills in China on Nov. 6-8. The display will include 3D mapping and simulators.
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