The Doha Golf Club in

Doha Doha ( ar, الدوحة, ad-Dawḥa or ''ad-Dōḥa'') is the capital city and main financial hub of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf coast in the east of the country, north of Al Wakrah and south of Al Khor, it is home to most of the coun ...

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is an 18-hole, 7,374-yard, par 72 championship course that was designed by Peter Harradine. The Doha Golf Club is also one of the first grass golf course ever built in the

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. Open to nonmembers, it has a 2 808 yards long floodlit nine-hole academy course, and a clubhouse with three restaurants and a golf shop. The club hosts the

Qatar Masters The Qatar Masters was a European Tour golf tournament held at Doha Golf Club in Doha, Qatar. When founded in 1998, it was one of two European Tour events to be staged in the Arabian Peninsula, but was at one point, one of six. From 2005 to 2007 ...

golf tournament.

Past Directors of Golf

*Gary McGlinchey *Greg Holmes *David Moreland

Geography

The Doha Golf Club is located in

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, a northern district of Qatar's capital

which is just north of West Bay.

Features

Qatar Golf Academy

Clubhouse

The Doha Golf Club also has a clubhouse.

Courses

The Doha Golf Club was designed with eight strategically positioned lakes, 65 giant cacti which were imported from the deserts of

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, more than 10 000 green trees and shrubs, numerous

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formations and an abundance of lush and lengthy fairways, which were all designed to present a startling contrast to the desert that surrounds this green golf club.

References

External links

Official Website
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Golf clubs and courses in Qatar