Samanah Country Club, with its stunning Nicklaus Design desert-style course, is a great addition to the burgeoning number of golf facilities around Marrakech and one you shouldn't miss on a golfing trip to this area.
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Samanah Country Club, with its stunning Nicklaus Design desert-style course, is a great addition to the burgeoning number of golf facilities around Marrakech and one you shouldn't miss on a golfing trip to this area.
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0800 043 6644This beautiful course is situated around eight miles from Marrakech airport near the foothills of the Atlas Mountains. Like many Marrakech courses, it is a visual treat with the Atlas Mountains framing fairways lined by indigenous trees such as olive and palm as well as cactus.
This is not only one of the most spectacular courses in Morocco it's also one of the very best. The 18 hole layout is both challenging and fun with typical Nicklaus risk-reward shots - often combined with water hazards - cropping up all through the round and wide rolling fairways leading to huge well protected greens. The course was also built to USGA standards, which ensures a consistent high standard of conditioning all year round,
Samanah has installed a modern watering system which uses minimal water by measuring the exact amount required by the vegetation, while a special variety of grass has been used here that is suitable for the Moroccan climate, needing less water and making it an ecologically sound resort.
Want to improve your game? The complex also includes a nine-hole practice putt area and David Leadbetter golf academy.
The clubhouse is a lovely place to retire to after your round, and lives up to the grandeur of the course with architecture inspired by the city walls of Marrakech. The interior features fountains, beautiful Moroccan mosaics and wood carvings and boasts an impressive bar, restaurant, bridge lounge, pro-shop and well-equipped changing rooms for men and women. There's also a large terrace overlooking the sweeping fairways and distant snow capped mountains.
A good course to start a tour
Samantha remains a must play course. It was in good condition - there was concern online about the greens but they were fine with just some well sanded patches in a few places - mainly on the edges where maybe there had been some issues. The pace of play was ok for the first few holes until we reached the back of a French log jam after around nine holes when the play became glacial with upto 3-4 groups all on a par 4. That aside it’s a must play course.
Great club and golf course, shame the greens had not been looked after. There was grass missing in part of the greens.
Samanah Has never failed us in the last five years. The course maintenance is excellent and greens are slick and fast. Good clubhouse Facilties with Attentive staff
Staff very helpful. Course wide fairways. Greens a bit slower than Al Maaden.Good speed of play. Didn't lose a ball.
Our least favourite course & disappointing for a Nicklaus course. Some of the greens were in very poor shape with large bare patches. They generally putted better than they looked and they were lightning fast - not good for those who are nervy putters! A hard course for average golfers. Many of the greens had a bunker right in front of the elevated green so the only way to play the hole "properly" was with a well hit elevated shot in.
If you hit the fairway your fine if not your on rubble.
The facilities was great but the buggies where old and tatty but worked.The fairways where great but the greens with patchy sand looked a mess, but played fine. Would play again.
Lovely course with spectacular views of Atlas Mountains. Good test of golf with tricky greens
Great course design. Lots of bunkers. Greens very fast and undulating. Condition, especially on edges of greens has deteriorated significantly since we last played in 2020 just before it held senior Pro tour event. Not fit for such an event now. Very quiet when we played which was very relaxing.
This was our least favourite course. Not in great condition, no memorable holes
This was once more a nice course to finish with, we went off in our 2 ball again which was nice. A well set up course, with the greens on par with the first 2 courses. One further point on all courses we had free balls on the driving range and they all made us welcome.
Great layout with lovely backdrop of the Atlas mountains. Typical Nicklaus course with strategically placed bunkers and well protected greens. On the day we played it was unusually windy so scoring was tough as it was a 3 to 4 club swirling wind and as the holes face multiple directions it was invariable a cross wind of sorts. Thoroughly enjoyable with very fast greens down grain and subtle contours. Would love to play again on a day less windy. Good course.
Bit of damage to edges of greens and some disease patches on a couple of holes, didn’t affect round too much, however for a course of that standard I’d certainly expect them to be on top of them.
Greens were not in the best condition , buggies a little older , extremely slow play due to following a pro am comp , staff most apologetic .
We found this course to be a bit harder than the others with its raised greens and pins behind bunkers but it was still fun to play.
The greens had a few bare areas where they had been resown but other that a great experience
All ok, would not want to return as no features.
We were stuck behind two four balls until the back nine when they let us play through. Very hard course with a lot of bunkers, small and very fast greens. Also quite a number of the greens were damaged around the edges
The edges of the greens were damaged on some of the holes. Best clubhouse l’ve ever seen
Very poor condition- if it was a good course then in desperate need of some attention Greens surrounded by sand and sandy patches on many making normal golf near impossible - shame as ok layout
A good days golf in a good resort but there was a lot of damage on some of the "greens".
Back 9 better than the front. Lots of damage around edges of the greens. Rate this number 4 but would still go back.
shame it rained on the day. Greens were not very well maintained.
some of the greens were patchy round the edges. practice facilities very good
Greens were quick some had sand repairs Areas of rough were stoney
Quickest greens you will ever play on but a fantastic course
PLAYED EARLIER THAN SCHEDULED AS A TWO-BALL AHEAD OF A FEW OTHER PLAYERS ON A RAINY DAY ! PLAYED YELLOW WHEN BLUE TEES WERE PROBABLY MORE APPROPRIATE FOR MY AGE AND HANDICAP.
In poor upkeep - YGT should take this course off the rota as it detracts from the overall offer. Clearly they are short of funds and thus skimping on the upkeep.
Typical Nicklaus course. Long, with undulating greens. Par 3’s were all near enough 200yds or more.
Back 9 are far more enjoyable and interesting to play , front 9 fairly tedious Women's tees situated ridiculously far ahead in centre of fairway . Greens very worn around edges and filled with sand
This course is long. It was quiet and we enjoyed our round, but it was difficult with well placed bunkers. Nit as good as Assoufid or Royal Marrakesh but still good.
Fun course to play, the backdrop of the atlas mountains is incredible. We used the scooters on the course and had a great time!
Okay.
Average
A very hard corse the fairways were not the best too long and too many hazards the course can improve a lot particularly if they improved the greens and chipping areas
Great challenge course was in excellent condition very good test of golf —- play this course
This course was the lesser of the three that we played, the greens were in quite poor condition compared to the previous two days, staff were very friendly and facilities were good
We enjoyed the course
Noting it is a Jack Nicklaus course, was a bit disappointing and condition was average.
Our second favourite course, only marginally below Royal Palms. Again the course was presented beautifully and was a pleasure to play. Facilities were very good, however the bar staff despite lots of English playing the course did not understand and had to wait for one member of staff each time. This is only a very minor issue which was overcome. Would love to play again.
Good course, with a wide variety of holes. Some longer walks between holes, which meant a buggy was very helpful. Greens consistent speed, but some patchy spots. Water on a few holes, meant accuracy was important. A fun course to play.
2nd favourite course.Greens fastest of the 4 we played, fairways also trimmed low
Very nice course but not many buggies so had to delay tee time in order for a buggy to come back but staff did facilitate this
Lovely club house/scenery,greens were true and fast but again wasn’t too testing
Great golf course, tricky layout with small greens! Condition wise, couldn’t fault it and the clubhouse was decent!
Superb layout in very good condition. Best course we played all week.
This was my favourite of the 4 courses played. Great clubhouse and facilities, nice food. The course is pretty open and long and they are still developing the area around it. That said we all enjoyed the round the most and felt it played well and true. Would play again next time.
Plenty of locker storage space as we were heading to the airport after our round. Arrived 10 mins before our tee of time. There were 16 players still to tee off before us. Despite suggesting at the starting tee to the course official, if we could start on the 10th, we were eventually escorted after a half an hour wait to start on the back nine which we played first and was quieter and no slow play. Greens in poor condition in comparison to the other courses we played this week in Marrakech. Green keeping staff were very discreet and thoughtful during play. Buggy had ice box for cold drinks which was very welcomed and not available on the 2 other courses we played this week. Most scenic course with little development going on and views of the Atlas Mountains. Not sure we would play this course again.
Lovely friendly staff on arrival. Driving range was basic but staff looked after you so well. Course was nice and quite forgiving, allowing you to really go for it. Greens were also good. Club house is old with lots of character. Food and drink was nice and overall I would recommend to others.
This is by far our favourite track. All of our group said that they would gladly play it again and it was very typical of a Nicklaus course. It was tricky but fair and in great condition.
Enjoyed it. A bit irritating that they wanted a voucher
Nice course
Nice course,good receptive greens. There was a bit of earthquake damage to the front of the club so we had to go round the back. The longest of the 6 courses we played,but not excessively so. Similar prices in the shop and bar.
We went out of season - the course was in better condition than expected and extremely quiet. The staff were very helpful.
Enjoyed
A warm welcome , a lovely course and not to challenging for high handicappers. The food ,the staff the course all great, highly recommended .
Didn’t feel right marking this one as Never got chance to play because the course was closed due to the earthquake, but I didn’t want to give a bad review either, but it’s on our schedule for next year. YGT quickly got us back on the Al Maaden course instead
Enjoyable round but the greens were in poor condition. Bare patches everywhere.
I can’t put my finger on it, but I just didn’t like it very much. The greens were in a bit of a state in some places, although they were the fastest we played all week. Another that I wouldn’t play again.
Long and some sandy patches on greens. A bit links like.
The course was good, but played off the yellows were slightly difficult due to the long carries over rough areas Could do with better course signage to the Tee boxes
Arrived at 9.15 for our 10am tee. Went to book in and told we were 12pm tee. We showed the YGT receipt and they disappeared and came back saying we could go off the 10th at 10am. We reluctantly agreed and then the starter let a one ball go first and then a group of four ladies go off in front of us so we didn’t tee off until 10.30am. Course looked tired and greens had suffered. Could be a great course if kept to same condition as say Royal Palm.
Good welcome. Well organised. No problems.
In good condition. Both tees and greens very good. Played in some wind and several par four’s playing in excess of their 420 yards. Difficult to make out the greens/flags so not easy to judge shots but a lot of second shots needed long irons or even woods (I am a 4h/c) Hardly anyone else on the course so wizzed round in 3hrs 40 mins Surrounding area not particularly pleasant. Unfinished villas and wasteland detracted from the course
Best course we played rating 10/10. Scenery spectacular Again they tried to get us to pay for the buggy’s which we pre paid at time of booking at this course we needed to pay for buggy’s which had already been paid for. Either it is a common theme where staff try to con visitors out of money or the information passed to the clubs is unclear
This was my first time on this course and we had a super round The staff were very friendly and helpful Lunch was excellent
I liked the course better than Al Maaden and the club house was better. Greens very good
We’re paired up with strangers when we would have preferred to play alone
Greens badly damaged around the fringes and unplayable on several holes without creative drops ! Course design good with several water features, preferred lies often the only option.
Unfortunately we were paired with 2 beginner golfers with caddies. And when I say beginners I mean beginners as they didn’t even know how to putt! They received coaching from their caddies all the way round which resulted in not only a very slow round but a very frustrating round for us. A big disappointment.
Not as good as Royal Palm. Greens are fine and very quick but fairways are scruffy and the grass around the greens is loosely matted which snags the club as prevents a clean strike on the ball.
bit of a construction site, might look good in a few years time
Best course we played but still untidy. Bunkers a greens good.
Not great we where asked to skip holes and go back and play them later.
A friendly greeting on arrival and easy check in at the pro shop. The green fee included range balls. The course was very nice and well kept albeit a little long for me as a 22 handicapper but very enjoyable non the less. Note, this course has a lot bunkers and water is in play on many holes, so for me course management was important. Lunch in the clubhouse was reasonably priced and of a good standard.
Nice but unremarkable Very flat Front 9 next to building site
Those who played on Wednesday had a very slow round, stuck behind some poor golfers. The Friday players had an acceptable round. The green were lightning fast and we enjoyed the layout - probably the favourite course for the majority of the group.
Great back 9. Caddies we’re good.
Excellent course
Really enjoyed playing here
We were partnered by two indian gentlemen who were very slow players, they objected to letting anyone through which meant that we were rushing our shots. The marshal came along side and said we must let people through. welet one group through and then no-one else. Our game went to pieces as we rushing, the course was not busy so we could have gone out on our own. The starter did apologise to us when we had finished.
Wonderful course
First time playing Samanah. No buggies available. Course was reasonable but wouldn't return.
Staff were very helpful. Greens were great, fast and pure. The best we played
Greens protected by front bunkers and very quick greens, a lovely set up. Live to give it another go.
We always enjoy playing this course. It is an open course, but has undulating fairways, so not as easy as it looks. The staff are always friendly. The food is good too. Some disease around greens, which played fast though.
Played from white tees
Everyone enjoyed their round
Lovely course but as we were. 3 ball that put someone else with us which we would have preferred not to happen
Staff very welcoming & friendly 👍very fast green
Still one the very best. Not to be missed.
Great course, surroundings leave a little to be desired but the actual course was stunning and played pretty quickly.
Would have got a better rating except for the dirty conditions and mechanical state of the buggies. Whilst they changed the cart that had obvious steering problems, the staff hadn't checked it out and both our carts were dirty. The staff didn't seem to bother about it, which was sad because the course was in excellent condition and worth a return if things are managed better.
I'm a beginner and never played 18 holes, we were paired with a French chap who was patient. I played so well and am extremely pleased with myself at have got a par and some bogies on a Masters' course. It was breathtaking. The "rough" was a deep, green velvet lawn and the greens were running at a good pace
Greens were challenging, getting to them was not so challenging. It’s a long course with a fantastic backdrop.
Greens were in great condition. The presentation of the whole course was excellent. Our round was slow because the couple we played with brought along their child who played most holes with us.
We had a great game here. We used a golf cart, but our Belgian playing partners had caddies who also helped us with course direction advice and green reading. The course was in immaculate condition and was a great test on ones chipping and putting especially.
Best of the lot. Lots of bunkers and dandy areas with water where the golfer least expects it The whole course was in immaculate condition, thanks to the recently concluded European Senior Tours. Will play again
Very nice course with stunning views of the mountains. From when you drive up it all looks very special. Good practice area, nice bar and golf shop. The course is really special with lush fairways and challenging greens. There are some long par 4s which make it difficult but that should not deter anyone playing this course.
My group didn't have a bad word to say about Samanah. They loved their experience and would be happy to play there again.
Great golf course in fantastic condition. Greens fast and true. Water holes very interesting. Want to play it again
great greens, the fastest that we have played on for a while, great course
Very nice course to play, a good length off the yellow tees (about 6,500 yards) and it was quite open and with a fair amount of water. Holes are different and challenging (but not overly so). Course and greens were in good condition. Caddy was very helpful and friendly.
Beautiful course, a lot quieter than other two courses. Beautiful club house and lovely staff and service.
Another great course, full of 'surprises' and again - not just a hit and hope, but 'plotting neede'
Very slow play spoiled our round which took over 5:00 hours. Needed a Marshall Course ok
We enjoyed our round, but it seemed that the greens were not cut and seemed like there was maintainance work
Good course but bunkers in awful condition.
We thoroughly enjoyed our whole experience at this golf club and would say it was our favourite out of the three we tried. The service from start to finish was brilliant and the course lovely.
The first fairway was likened to your living room carpet and this was the standard on every fairway .It is an outstanding course of varying degrees of difficulty and was immensely enjoyable to play . However , the greens are lightning fast and it took time to adjust to the speed . They were true greens and the ball rolled straight but the speed was a nice problem .Once again , caddies coaching and giving lessons on the course slowed everything down .Although we spoke to the marshall who tried to encourage people ahead to speed up it was to no avail and you also have to be aware of golfers behind you getting frustrated and teeing off too early .
The best course we played
A well presented golf course in great condition. Challenging though!
Beautiful course with big open fairways and well placed fairway bunkers. Greens were fast and a true test. Definitely going back
The fastest greens we have played for some time, at home or in Europe, a real enjoyable challenge. Facilities were excellent, again the range balls were included in the green fee. The transfers were spot on too. Thanks Joe for a great trip.
We thoroughly enjoyed playing golf here.
All Good
Smart, spacious clubhouse with extensive practice facilities. The undulating layout with interesting holes but spoilt for us once we hit the turn catching up very slow French groups who dawdled and we decided to stop after 15 - we estimated it would have taken 4 hrs 50 mins at least to complete our round. Despite speaking to the Marshall, nothing improved. Best check to see how clogged is the course ahead of your tee time.
Very enjoyable. Compulsory caddies was unexpected, but helpful with finding our way round. Good food and service in the clubhouse.
Long sweeping fairways with large areas of desert forming shallow bunkers. Very fast greens and beautifully maintained.
Well maintained, great but challengingly fast greens. Very quiet when we played. Only downside is their “caddies or golf cart” policy. An expensive extra cost.
A very enjoyable course. Generally in very good condition, but the greens were excellent. They were very fast and well-contoured making them very difficult. Nothing was a’gimme’ on these greens. A very enjoyable day, a very testing course, with some lovely stretches of water towards the nd of the course.
Played this course twice and I really enjoyed it. Whilst the course is flat compared to our home course, the greens were the challenge Good facilities and 19th good value
What a course...again in the top 5 for Marrakech!!! Contrary to previews we read, staff were friendly and welcoming - sometimes I think its the language barrier and culture that frustrates others, but for me - top top course!
My best round of the week./
By far the best course of the 3 played. Interesting layout with some challenging fairways and greens due to sand traps lay out. Good experience with pro hop check in & caddy master.
From start to finish we received a very warm welcome and the course was in very good condition, it was very quiet on the day we played.
A good course but found it hard scoring off the white tees. Quite tough greens to read
Not in the best condition when we played. Greens very fast.
one of the best courses we have ever played. excellent .
Played off the back tees - a real challenge at 7500 y and little run on the ball. Nice starter course but of the 4 played it was the least memorable.
Great golf club with helpful staff and excellent facilities. Millionaires golf for us as very quiet. Close to Marrakesh so no long journey. A good challenge for a mixed set of golfers. Best round of our week. Best burger eaten outside Blas in Cornwall
Agin early tee times a bonus. Very desert type course with large areas of sand around the fairways. As in all courses buggy essential.Millionaires golf. Not matched up with anyone. Certainly best time of year to play. 3.5 hour round.
The course was in very good condition bunkers greens fairways superb well done
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