Egypt is a predominantly desert terrain, however has a number of fine, lush green championship golf courses, with backdrops that defy the imagination.

The Golf is the fastest emerging sport in Egypt and courses are opening all the time and all days. Normally they have facilities outposts, luxurious clubhouses, top class amenities, 5 star service and perfect weather conditions, all the ingredients needed to master the sport and create an experience to be remembered.

The players can practice golf at dawn by the Red Sea, play a round near the Sinai Mountains, or also on the Pyramids of Giza. Currently there are over 10 world class championship golf clubs and clubhouses around the country, in recent years it has popular holiday destinations in Luxor, the Sinai, Peninsula and the Red Sea.

The latest recent is Golf City Club House with its 18 hole championship course which recently opened to the public. Managed by Movenpick Hotels and Resorts, Golf City Club is located around of Cairo, just 15 minutes drive from Cairo International Airport or 45 minutes from the city centre.

It even has Part of a large urban area still undergoing development, the town is set to comprise villas, a hotel, a large retail mall, games arcade, a professional sports club and an official football association to be managed by an Italian football club. A further eleven 18-hole championship courses are currently in their layout stages and are scheduled for completion within the next couple of years. Due to the popularity of Soma Bay’s Cascades Golf Resort and Country Club, Steigenberger Golf and Fitness Club in El Gouna and Sharm El Sheikh’s Movenpick Golf Resort, the only beach courses in Egypt the majority of courses are concentrated in the Sinai Peninsula and the Red Sea Coast.

List of main Golf Courses in Egypt:

NAME OF GOLF:	LOCATED IN:
Jollie Ville Sharm El Sheikh Golf Resort	Sharm El Sheikh
Katameya Heights Golf Course (Katameya, Cairo)	New Cairo
The Mena House Oberoi GolfCourse(Giza)	Giza
Pyramids Golf&Country Club (35 kms from Cairo)	NearCairo
Royal Valley Golf Club	Luxor
The Cascades GolfResort Soma Bay (40 Km south of Hurghada)	South of Hurghada