Al Zorah

Holes are laid out inside a natural mangrove landscape, with 1.5 kilometres of boardwalks installed to cope with the rising and falling water levels at some of the tidal-affected fairways. If the tide’s out and your ball strays into a “mangrove recess” then you may well be able to manage a recovery shot from the wet sand.

A couple of lakes also feature during the round, most notably at the par three 2nd hole, although a tought sequence of holes is found on the back nine, where the par four 13th is rated stoke index 2 for good reason – there may be a lack of greenside bunkers on this hole but water threatens all the way from tee to green down the left side of the fairway.