User Reviews
for Al Maaden Golf Resort, Morocco
| 5 Stars: | 7 | |
| 4 Stars: | 14 | |
| 3 Stars: | 5 | |
| 2 Stars: | 4 | |
| 1 star: | 0 |
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Interesting and good Greens
Reviewed January 20, 2012
My second choice beside Samamah, interesting layout, can be quite tough from back tees. When visiting it was a bit packed, so it took a bit longer to get around. But what complaning when on a vacation? Go and play. But od not expect a perfect environment, this is a huge complex which still is under construction. Service was a a cool which was uncommon to Marrakesh.
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Beautiful Place
Reviewed January 27, 2025
Course played on January 26th, 2025. Beautiful course with fast greens.
Varied courses, well-playable bunkers, which is rather the exception in Morocco.
The fairways were quite hard, but this can be explained by the lack of water.
Big minus: the restaurant. Lots of staff, but no one feels responsible for an order. And even then, even when the place is only half full, you still have to wait 15 minutes for the delivery. Even the most beautiful and modern design is no help here; it's not acceptable!
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Nice entry point
Reviewed December 16, 2024
It is amazing how the golf courses here were placed in the desert/steppe and are irrigated, just like the orange and olive groves have been for centuries. The water for use comes from a 15 m deep groundwater stream that flows towards the sea. The drinking water - like in Vienna - comes from the Atlas Mountains via viaducts.
Now to the course. Well maintained, wide fairways, rectangular water reservoirs as penalty areas that take some getting used to. But you should play carefully to get a reasonable score.
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Nice place with fast greens
Reviewed February 12, 2024
We played this course twice. On the first day from the yellow teas, the second time from the white teas. If you have a decent basic length, you hardly notice it. The course is extremely forgiving and unless you hit the water, you can hardly lose any balls. It is not always easy to attack the flag, as the greens are sometimes well defended by bunkers (which could use a little more sand) and they are also very hard. The ball can sometimes run off the green if you had a longer club for the approach. Unfortunately, the huge, very geometrically designed pond on the front nine has no water and won't have it any time soon because the liner is completely broken. You can then see what it should look like on the back nine. One of the most beautiful holes I have ever played is the 18th, the final par 5. After a good drive, you can attack the green with the second shot. But be careful: to the right of the green there is a long water hazard and there is also a moat about 50m in front of the green. All in all, a not too difficult place to start in Marrakech with great, lightning-fast greens. The clubhouse is very nice. You just need to have some patience. The staff was extremely friendly everywhere.
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Good start
Reviewed December 29, 2023
A pleasant place to get started with golf in Morocco. Reservation and additional buggy without any problems. The staff is very friendly and they insisted on cleaning our clubs after the round.
The greens were good but still took some getting used to, you had to get used to 3-putts at times.
Fairways wide and almost no rough. Only the unfilled water hazards on the first 9 were not nice to look at. Poor maintenance and torn foil in the pools prevented them from being filled with water.
The mountains in the background were of course a visual highlight.
All in all a pleasant golf experience.
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Fantastic golf experience
Reviewed March 23, 2023
We played the course in a group of 11 on March 10,2023. The pre-reservations of buggies and caddies worked perfectly. Very friendly staff. The place in sensational condition. The water reservoirs aren't pretty, but they don't bother us. Fairways with sufficient grass growth and good roll. The greens are exceptionally good, very fast, on track. A pleasure! Even if 3 putts are part of it until you have adjusted to the speed. We can recommend playing with caddies. Absolutely inexpensive, pleasant and help with course strategy when the course is played for the first time. In addition, we had the feeling that we had more to do with the commitment of caddies to the region than with paying for buggies.
We'd love to come back.
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Improves
Reviewed February 13, 2023
Back in Marrakech after 2019, Al Maaden presented itself in the usual form.
The greens were awesome, fast as an arrow, well undulated, true to the line and extremely difficult to putt. 3-putts were not uncommon.
The boards on the tee boxes with a good overview of the course of the hole were impeccable and improved compared to 2019.
Space is very wide, there is no rough, so you must not get into the many fairway bunkers and waste areas.
Fairways very hard, the bunkers very playable. Gladly again!
Very nice gastro with good hospitality.
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3 stars plus
Reviewed March 15, 2019
No uninteresting golf course with impeccable and fast greens.
Many well placed fairway bunkers with reddish sand, strategically well distributed green bunkers with white sand. Nice to look at!
Fairways partly with different grass types, the West Areas not playable because some with many stones littered.
I liked hole 6 a par 3 with 159 m of yellow.
I did not like the concreted water hazards, the waste areas and the far too little meter information on the course.
Hole 18 was a bit unfair because you can not see the concrete water stream just before the green.
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Good place
Reviewed February 11, 2019
Al Maaden is a nice and good golf course with some really good tracks!
In phases, these are also a bit monotonous and offer little memory value.
The course plays (if you have a good length of tea) relatively easy and is ideal especially for the prelude to a Marrakech golf trip!
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Not great, but
Reviewed November 12, 2018
A very pleasant place for entry into Morocco's golf course scene. About the layout has already been written, the greens were at least very good and quick as an arrow. Condition of care can be improved. Driving range too. The carts also not great and the clubhouse too. For very friendly Caddy master.
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... kind of a pity...
Reviewed September 10, 2018
We played the Al Maaden Golf Course in September 2018. He did not like us very much. Teeboxes, fairways are ok, greens partly attacked by rough grass but basically ok. Fairways are moderately interesting and the place is unfortunately pretty neglected. Flags are all torn, partly attached to the pole with only one string. Second cut very shaggy.
Bunkers are a horror! Fairway bunkers and many of them have some grass and shrub vegetation and stones, green bunkers are a bit better. Too bad the general condition is not better. The staff is very nice and the clubhouse cozy.
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Reviewed March 25, 2018
Also on this place I had the pleasure to play a round.
Overall a very nice venerable clubhouse with good restaurant and friendly fast service.
The space:
Tea boxes - white: big and well-kept.
Fairways: green and well maintained - with smaller Kahlstellen, but ok.
Greens: juicy, snappy, fast and well cared for.
Bunker: needs improvement - too little sand, too neglected Obstacles: Few but visually well-designed water hazards.
Caddys: Totally ok, I could not play golf, but he was friendly and had a lot of time to decide which racket he should give me. Speak good English, and know for the most part "very" good.
NEGATIVE:
The bunkers would have to be better maintained, very hard, little sand, and many players putt from the bunker. There is a reason.
Overall a very nice place with small gaps.
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Everything was better before!
Reviewed November 1, 2017
I played the course on 31.10.2017. About 50% of the bunkers were in progress. The rest of the place a shade of yesteryear. The greens are suffering from weed infestation. If you do not get a tee time anywhere else, they play - and think that he had better times. The ladies EPGA has once occurred here.
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Beautiful golf experience
Reviewed March 30, 2016
Despite very dry winter the place is in a very good condition. Caddy master very friendly. Very nice restaurant, good food and very courteous staff. Played on 30/03/16
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Opportunities and deficits
Reviewed March 24, 2016
Al Maaden is a long and challenging course with some getting used to design. The place is very open and very dry in March 2016th According hard were the fairways and the ball rolls endlessly (and to nothing if not clean hit). The greens are quite undulating, making the face-off tricky. The amount of bunkers makes the whole then any easier. The length and the difficulty the game can quickly become frustrating. We went on the round without caddies, but E-carts are only a few available. The staff is overall listless and unfriendly. At the clubhouse and the food should be put not too large claims.
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No need
Reviewed March 12, 2016
We played the course in early March and it was very dry, I would not know how the place in the summer looks like?
We played the course without Caddy, apart from three / four fairways which were a bit confusing, you can not go far wrong.
Most Par3 holes were not very exciting for my wife; where the gentlemen about 150 meters had to play over water, ladies' tee at about 80 meters and no obstacle was placed => "you would with the putter in 2 strokes on the greens have been".
The clubhouse was pretty neat, if you do not have to look from the terrace in an empty water basin.
The service leaves something to be desired, I have ordered drinks at the bar and told the waiter that we are on the terrace; wait 20 minutes I had to get the drinks himself.
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New course - no players
Reviewed December 16, 2015
No Caddy duty - the revenge because the Abschlagkennzeichungen largely no longer exist in spite of the new course. Undulating fairways, rock hard (that I had to wonder about the length of my own haircuts) grow parched bunker with soil instead of sand, partly they are allowed to return. Extremely fast greens. difficult in chips out of the holes in the ground wrongly called bunker. No vegetation around the square, everything is open.
Ugly quadrangular concrete basins as water hazard with green water and slimy foam. Also around the much-vaunted bench next to the restaurant. The reason for this pool was not eruierbar...
Whole 4 Flights closed in the square, the restaurant after returning from the round.
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Beautiful new course
Reviewed March 19, 2015
Wif played the course in March, very good caddies, open more space for scattering forgiving, very good place empfehlendswert
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Every time again
Reviewed February 3, 2015
Give the exact rating as my predecessor.
Have played in January 2015!
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Very good - recommended in every respect
Reviewed January 2, 2015
Travel time: in late December 2014 Hcp we were 7 and 36 To escape the beginning of the winter in Morocco D times what we both knew not to try. As a golfer is ideal for a week in Marrakech, because there are 8 places here and we could play a different course every day. The travel time (December 27th to January 04) is highly recommended, under Tags nearly 22 degrees and cloudless sky, only in the evening it is cool. Sweatshirt / sweater / windbreaker in the morning hours is a must...
Here is the review of played clubs from us, today Al Maaden
Total investment / Layout: 4 stars
Condition Fairways: 5 stars
Condition Greens: 4 Star
Driving Range: 3 stars
Clubhouse: 5 star
Services: 3 stars
Pro Shop: 3 Star
Green fee 60 EUR per person; Cart 10 EUR per person
Al Maaden remains for us as a top place in memory, sometimes with a bit boring layout (lots of buildings left and right - but that does a golfer's not) in which some paths go up and down. But there are also some very interesting holes with challenging Ablschlägen - especially the par 3 holes really hard in the wind...
Loyal and very well maintained fairways care of the tip top, greens, nothing to criticize. Special mention for the clubhouse and dining, a beautiful terrace, which is embedded in some cases as an island in a lake and offers stunning views of the Atlas Mountains. It must be after-golf!
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Very nice well-kept facility
Reviewed December 30, 2014
On December 30,2014, we spent a wonderful day on the Al Maaden Golf:
1. Advantage: Caddies are not mandatory here.
2. Plus point: very nice, modern, decorated in a Moroccan style clubhouse 3. Advantage: Demanding, long, wide and undulating fairways with lots of bunkers, 4th in a very good condition plus: perfect, fast greens 5. Advantage: super nice view the Atlas Mountains, can be admired in the rest drink after your round of golf.
The only negative point: some gefindlichen luxury buildings under construction along the 18th hole waiting for completion.
Conclusion: we'll be back and look forward to the progress of construction. Would be a shame for the beautiful part of the world...
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Modern desert-like place
Reviewed March 3, 2014
We played Al Maaden end of February 2014. The course is designed modern and spacious, it acts a little like a desert course with its lush fairways, the roughs and sand-colored waste areas and the solitary palms and trees. Some modern sculptures on the place enhance the modern feel of the place. The views of the nearby Atlas Mountains with its snowy peaks, is it terrific. Particularly tricky are the many strategically placed bunkers, which can be difficult to avoid. The greens are well maintained and very fast. Have little enthusiasm reminding us of sewage water hazards that are concrete water reservoirs in reality. Lined the square of a plethora of unfinished shells, as has probably someone speculated quite well. Clubhouse and restaurant are decorated in a cool and modern, on concrete Knotzinseln in the water, it can be after the round but relax. For Morocco, surprisingly there are only a few caddies (each round 200 dirhams), but you get very good aluminum trolleys or buggies on loan.
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It was great
Reviewed February 27, 2014
Played in February 2014. nice nice place, friendly staff.
What more could you want! Recommended!
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Al maars Golf Resort
Reviewed December 26, 2013
Space and equipment in a good to very good condition.
However, this does not conceal the the "starter" and the whole plant are übervordert clear (not played Have a weekend) with the crowd No feel-good factor and the joy of a leisurely round of golf also does not come on. Played in December 2013.
Green fee and golf cart for 1700Dirham (about 165Euro) for two people.
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Sophisticated, well-kept place
Reviewed April 13, 2013
April 2013, place in great condition, Clubhouse with expert service. Always worth a visit.
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Great & modern
Reviewed December 2, 2012
November 2012 3 times the 18 holes played. Great modern place of all time to come. Very friendly and good caddies.
Modern clubhouse with fine snacks and beautiful setting.
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New beautiful well-kept place
Reviewed March 26, 2012
Played 20.3.2012. Excellent care condition. Challenging but fair. Beautiful modern water hazards. Unfortunately Drumherrum sites with noise. Club house with very good decent food. Caddies had to be paid in advance 150 dirhams. Unfortunately, like all games played on golf courses in Marrakech utter disorganization, booking tee times uninteresting when groups come will be back drangehängt or do you start at 10 and then at the 1 stands for an hour before you can continue playing. But this can not of course.
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Modern almost to modern
Reviewed March 15, 2012
We (HC 13.9 and 36) have played the course in early March, 2012. The place I liked the least of all games played at Marrakech. Challenging it was because of the wind and the water hazards. The lady at reception was a bit arrogant. To the caddy was a struggle, because they had dismissed most of unreliability due. We were able to snap thanks to the tour guide, the last two. They had to be paid directly to the green fee 110DR = 11Sfr. They were helpful with good advice.
For me, the place does not fit into the area. The clubhouse is modern and well, ok but the artificially square concrete water storage, which can be used as water hazards, do not fit into the area. The square is currently a huge building site for residential units. Nice view of the mountains, fairways good, Green quickly.
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New and really good!
Reviewed January 13, 2012
Al Maaden is quite new and modern. Clubhouse and driving range are excellent, of course without trees, superficially easy, but demands a lot from, not easy, greens are very good and fast, fairways are good, architecturally beautiful and well kept, must have played!
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Fair and chic
Reviewed October 31, 2011
Al Maaden did not disappoint. A new place with ample space and good, fair greens. As yet provides little planting for shade, you should rent a cart. Caddies are not necessarily needed, the place is well signposted and the distances to the Sprinklerdeckeln. Fair built, recommended for almost all skill levels because it is not too short, beginners are overwhelmed safe here. Very nice club house with excellent cuisine. Very friendly staff. Good maintenance condition.
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