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The Golf Course and grounds are a magnet that draws members and visitors alike to the club and with our generous East Mediterranean climate, playing Golf can be virtually guaranteed 365 days of the year. The course grounds with its wonderfully relaxing greenery, highlighted emphatically with striking red, white, yellow, & pink flowering shrubbery, makes even the most competitive Golf Game a delightful walk in a beautiful park. With an abundant supply of subsurface ground water, the golf course is efficiently irrigated with regular watering of playing surfaces taking place providing a lush, green, and healthy environment that in turn attracts various species of colorful wildlife throughout the changing seasons.
In recent times, the Golf course has seen the implementation of an extensive bunker remediation plan which has included, reshaping, sand replacement and the formation of new sand and grass bunkers. An attractive new feature on the course has been introduced in the form of an artificial geo- synthetically lined holding lagoon together with a small but colorful flock of ducks & geese who have taken to their new habitat as if they have been there since time began!
The par 71 course layout itself presents a serious challenge to accomplished players with a total championship length of about 6500 yards to negotiate.
Greens are well protected by bunkers and fairways are all tree-lined making accuracy of shot making the order of the day .The undulating nature of the Golf Course ensures that a level stance for ball striking is a rarity indeed! Currently, certain Golf hole layouts are being revised in order to improve on fairness and in some classes , the degree of toughness to the player, with additional mature tree planting and bunker introduction strategically located to reinforce the challenge ! The Grass Greens have recently been improved markedly as a result of new turf management techniques and teeing off areas ( boxes ) are being progressively reconstructed to an elevated higher standard . Regular liaison with international consultants , including expert advisors from Scotland ( the home of Golf ) ensure that Golf Course management systems at the club are under constant review with the goal being to continually upgrade standards and quality in line with the latest golfing technologies as the game evolves .
Golf Club fairways and greens were the subject of a systematic improvement and maintenance plan under the supervision of local and international experts.
Fairways were redesigned to make the game more and more challenging. Trees plantation were spread over the sides of the fairways to increase the shaded areas and to give the course a great landscaping look. Special attention is continuously being exercised to improve and protect Greens Areas to meet with the overall course status.
Improvements of the irrigation system are currently underway. A complete underground pipe change as well as better water quality and optimum water distribution will be reached at the final stage of the project.
In addition, there is a wide range of sports such as Squash courts, Indoor games such as billiards & snooker, basket ball courts where basket ball teams & training programs are available under the supervision of professional coaches , backgammon championships, Card room … The Health Club is a new addition to the Club facilities . It is located in the new building above the main restaurant , by the Swimming Pool . The Gym is a state of the art hall containing treadmills , cardio weight training machines and golfer's special exercise equipment . The Aerobics Hall provides daily special programs , dance classes and martial arts . Special experienced trainers are available to help and guide our members and their guests . Special thanks for this achievement go to mr. Nazem Ramadan , the GCL Vice President and chairman of the Construction Committee , Mr. Mazen Hakim , chairman of the Health Club Committee and Mr. Jamal Berjaoui , member of the Construction Committee . All our members , who have been awaiting the opening of the Health Club for years , are now invited to start working out and enjoy it .
Health Club
NEW at Golf GYM: Oriental Dance & Taekwondoo Classes, for registration, please call 01-826335 ext. 222 or 03-825059.
Bridge
The Bridge Club has moved to its new premises adjacent to the Health Club . The Bridge club holds aregular weekly tournaments every Monday and Thursday at 3:30 p.m. On the first Thursday of every month , a competition is held and the winners are given Trophies and cash prizes . At the end of the year during December, a tea party is offered by the Bridge Club to all its members and their guests.
Tennis Events 2011
May 21 & 22 : IC Tennis Tournament from 8:00am to 12:00pm.
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