Jack Nicklaus to design Qiddiya golf course
RIYADH, February 1, 2021 Jack Nicklaus, the globally renowned golf course designer and the greatest champion in the game’s history with a record 18 professional major championships to his name, has confirmed that he is designing his first ever course in Saudi Arabia. The championship golf course will come up at Qiddiya Saudi Arabia’s capital of entertainments, sports and the arts. The course, located 40 minutes from the Saudi capital of Riyadh, is under design and is awaiting commencement of construction. Jack and Nicklaus Design is creating the championship course for a private golf and country club, set within an exclusive residential community in the heart of the Qiddiya development, just outside Riyadh, with ground expected to be broken later this year. The golf course will be framed by the majestic Tuwaiq mountain range.
RIYADH: Golfing legend Jack Nicklaus is to design a course at Qiddiya, Saudi Arabia’s upcoming entertainment, sports, and arts city destination outside Riyadh.
The retired 81-year-old US player, who has a record 18 professional major championships to his name, will break ground on the new course later this year, marking his first golf design project in the Kingdom.
Yasir Al-Rumayyan, chairman of Golf Saudi and the Saudi Golf Federation, said: “To have the greatest-ever golfer commit to making his mark upon our developing golf landscape in Saudi Arabia, and at a project as significant as Qiddiya, gives us great pride.
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Kamakhi’s admission makes him Saudi Arabia’s first registered golf course architect.
The European Institute of Golf Course Architects represents some of the world’s most qualified golf course architects. Members of the EIGCA oversee the construction of golf courses to the highest global standards.
Abdullah said he has been fascinated by designed spaces from a young age which led him to study Landscape Architecture at Arizona State University. After a few years working as a landscape designer in Riyadh, Abdullah joined Golf Saudi in 2019 and began his journey in the golf industry.
“I am so grateful for this opportunity and the support that Golf Saudi has given me. Since joining in 2019, my curiosity for golf, particularly golf course design, quickly grew and I was able to work under some great golf course architects and agronomists to give me invaluable resources to learn from,” he said. “I’m extremely motivated to continue along this career path and be a
Kamakhi set to become Saudi Arabia s first golf course architect
DUBAI, January 27, 2021 Golf Saudi has announced that one of its landscape designers Abdullah Kamakhi has made it to the European Institute of Golf Course Architects (EIGCA), thus positioning him to become Saudi Arabia’s first golf course architect. The European Institute of Golf Course Architects represents some of the world’s most qualified golf course architects. Members of the EIGCA have shown through their skill, experience and training that they are able to design and oversee the construction of golf courses to the highest standards. From a young age, Kamakhi has been fascinated by designed spaces which led him to study Landscape Architecture at Arizona State University.