The nineteenth session of the Golf Throne Cup, organized at the Royal Club Dar es Salaam in Rabat between July 22 and 27, will see the participation of 300 players, men and women, representing 18 clubs from various regions of the Kingdom.
In this tournament, participants will compete in three categories of adult and youth competitions, as well as in the “classic” Throne Cup competitions, which will give this sporting event a global dimension that brings together different generations and increases its appeal.
The Throne Cup competitions for “adults” will take place on the blue slopes, where teams of ten players and a team captain will compete. As for the “Classic” Throne Cup, it will take place on the red slopes, and an elite group of Moroccan golfers will compete in teams also composed of ten players and a team captain.
This competition will see the participation of female and male players ranked in the world amateur golf rankings, including the African and Arab champions of the year 2022.
It should be noted that the Royal Moroccan University of Golf and the Hassan II Prize Association had planned, in 2023, for the first time, a special competition reserved for young talents, “The Youth Throne Cup”.
The competitions of the second session of the Throne Cup “For Youth” will take place on the green courses of the Royal Golf Club Dar es Salaam, with the participation of teams composed of six players aged 9 to 14 years and a captain team.
Royal Golf Club Dar es Salaam will be looking to win their 11th title in their history, and thus retain the lead among the most decorated clubs, while Royal Golf Club Anfa Mohammedia will enter the competition in order to defend their title which they won at the expense of Royal Golf Club Dar es Salaam.
The competitions of this sporting event, organized by the Royal Moroccan University of Golf and the Association Prix Hassan II du Jeu, will take place, depending on the teams, with the participation of the Royal Golf Clubs Dar es Salaam in Rabat, Casa Green Blanche. , Cabo Negro for Tetouan, Ocean for Agadir, Noria Golf for Marrakech, Oued Fez, and Palm Golf Casablanca, Royal Golf of Tangier, Royal Golf of Agadir, Royal Golf of Fez, Royal Golf of Marrakech, Royal Golf of Meknes, Royal. Golf of El Jadida, Beheira Golf Club of Saidia, Tazqzot Golf Club of Agadir, Montgomery Club of Rabat, Tony Jacquelin Club of Casablanca and Royal Club Mohammedia Golf.
The round of 16 of the 2024 edition of the Throne Cup will take place on July 23 and 24 in two rounds using the “Stroke Play” method, while the quarter-final and semi-final tournaments will take place on July 25 and 26 respectively using the “Stroke Play” method. the direct confrontation method, calculating points using the “Pit-Pit-Pit” “Match Play” method.
As for the final match, it will take place on the 27th in the morning of the same month, and the classification match will take place on the same day in the afternoon.
In this regard, the first vice-president of the Royal Moroccan Golf League, Mustafa El-Zein, said in a statement to the Arab Maghreb Press, at the end of the presentation ceremony of the clubs participating in this annual sporting event, today, Monday, at the headquarters of the Royal Golf Club in Dar es Salaam, that the Throne Cup competitions will take place in three… The categories came at the initiative of His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid, President of the Royal Moroccan Golf Federation, in order to involve all age groups of practitioners of this type of sport.
He added that the initiative also aims to expand the base of players among young people of both sexes, embodied this year by the large number of young players as well as women, stressing that this case also shows that the sport of golf has become widely spread throughout the Kingdom and is no longer limited to certain groups as elite players.
It was noted that this year’s edition of the Throne Cup includes the participation of new clubs representing many cities, in addition to the leading clubs, who seek to compete strongly and find their place among the established clubs that were previously based in the Rabat-Casablanca axis.
For his part, the chairman of the organizing committee of sports events at the Royal Moroccan University of Golf, Jalil Benazouz, confirmed that the participation of 18 clubs in the current session of the Throne Cup reflects the development of this type of sport in Morocco, and the efforts made by the university to provide ideal conditions for practice and attract the greatest number of practitioners who will form… Successor in the future, to represent the Kingdom in various continental and international competitions.
He stressed that the courses of the Royal Club of Dar es Salaam, which host major events such as the Prix Hassan II, the Cup of Her Royal Highness Princess Lalla Meryem and the Asian League, are considered international courses, explaining that the organization of the Throne Cup competitions on these courses will allow Moroccan elite and youth golfers to assert their qualifications on the field. These courses attract an elite group of international players every year.
The ceremony of presentation of the clubs participating in the 19th session of the Golf Throne Cup took place in the presence of the Minister of National Education, Primary Education and Sports, Chakib Benmoussa, and the Vice-President of the Royal Moroccan University of Golf, Mustafa Zein, accompanied by the leaders of the participating clubs.
