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The 18th green and clubhouse at Shura Links, Saudi Arabia’s first island golf course. Red Sea Global Shura Links, Saudi Arabia’s first island golf course, has officially opened for play in the Red Sea, a noteworthy step in the Kingdom’s ambitious transformation into a global golf destination. The groundbreaking course represents the most visible symbol yet of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 initiative to diversify its economy and establish itself as a premier destination for international tourism and sporting events. “Having designed 20 courses for the massive Mission Hills Golf Club in China, I am certainly no stranger to bold and imaginative projects,” said golf architect Brian Curley, whose firm has built courses in 25 countries, including projects in the U.S. and China as well as Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia, Mexico, Sweden, and beyond. “The effort here by Red Sea Global is groundbreaking and monumental and I’m honored to be a part of it.” Curley designed Shura Links to seamlessly blend with its natural environment, but the 7,400-yard, par-72 championship course can also stretch to more than 7,700 yards in order to potentially host future professional tournaments. The layout winds through native mangroves and brilliant white dunes while hugging long stretches of Red Sea shoreline. The course at Shura Links is framed by white sand and open expanses with natural dunes vegetation. Red Sea Global Sustainability is a focus, as Shura Links has just 70 acres of irrigated turf that features drought and salt-tolerant (Platinum TE Paspalum) grass and landscaping that integrates desert flora, palms, and flowering trees across sweeping sand expanses. “Too many desert courses penalize golfers with lost balls in thick vegetation,” Curley said. “Here, the course is framed by brilliant white sand and open expanses punctuated with bursts of natural dunes vegetation that inspire creativity while keeping the…

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