{"id":534998,"date":"2025-09-26T12:33:41","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T02:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dmarge.com\/?p=534998"},"modified":"2025-09-26T12:33:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T02:33:50","slug":"neom-golf-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dmarge.com\/luxury-lifestyle\/neom-golf-course","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia\u2019s Crown Prince Is Building The Tallest Luxury Golf Course In The Middle East"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Saudi Arabia\u2019s $500B NEOM project adds an 18-hole golf course in Trojena, perched 2,100m above sea level, the Middle East\u2019s highest.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Designed by Dusenberry, the 80-hectare mountain course features 300m of elevation change, wide fairways across ridgelines, and views unlike any other golf destination.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>The course complements NEOM\u2019s ski resort and Saudi\u2019s broader $5B golf push, linking luxury tourism, LIV Golf, and spectacle amid growing environmental concerns.<\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p>In the mountains of NEOM, where desert heat gives way to thin air and overzealous spending, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has decided that skiing isn\u2019t quite ambitious enough for the region\u2019s luxury developments.<\/p><p>His $500 billion Trojena ski resort, already raising eyebrows over delays and ballooning budgets, is now getting a golfing sibling: an 18-hole luxury course perched 2,100 metres above sea level, the highest in the Middle East.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Trojena-Ski-Village.jpg\" alt=\"Trojena\u2019s futuristic ski village NEOM\" class=\"wp-image-534999\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Trojena-Ski-Village.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Trojena-Ski-Village-960x480.jpg 960w, https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Trojena-Ski-Village-640x320.jpg 640w, https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Trojena-Ski-Village-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Trojena-Ski-Village-480x240.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 640px) 600px, (max-width: 768px) 700px, (max-width: 1024px) 800px, (min-width: 1025px) 1000px, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Trojena\u2019s futuristic ski village sits below NEOM\u2019s new mountain golf course, a playground of luxury carved from desert peaks. Image: NEOM<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>Dubbed \u201cgolf with a vista,\u201d the 80-hectare course designed by Dusenberry, whose designs regularly feature among the Top 100 in the world, is a lesson in scale, drama and royal opulence. <\/p><p>Carving through the region\u2019s picturesque, albeit challenging terrain, the development promises 300 metres of elevation change across its routing, wide mountain fairways stretching across sheer ridgelines, and scenery that look less like St Andrews and more like an epic IMAX special. <\/p>    <div class=\"content-subscribe\">\n        <div class=\"subscribe-box\">\n            <p class=\"subscribe-title\">Curated news for men, <br\/>delivered to your inbox.<\/p>\n            <form class=\"subscribe-form\" method=\"POST\">\n                <div class=\"subscribe-input\">\n                    <label class=\"screen-reader-text\" for=\"subscribe-email\">Email:<\/label>\n                    <input type=\"email\" name=\"email\" id=\"subscribe-email\" placeholder=\"Enter your email\" required class=\"form-control\" autocomplete=\"on\" \/>\n                    <button type=\"submit\" class=\"button button-primary subscribe-button\">Sign Up<\/button>\n                    <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"source\" value=\"article\" \/>\n                    <input type=\"hidden\" id=\"_wpnonce\" name=\"_wpnonce\" value=\"e2df992756\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wp_http_referer\" value=\"\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534998\" \/>                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"form-result\"><\/div>\n            <\/form>\n            <p class=\"subscribe-copy\">Join the DMARGE newsletter \u2014 Be the first to receive the latest news and exclusive stories on style, travel, luxury, cars, and watches. Straight to your inbox.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <p>The Prince\u2019s plan to transform a barren mountain range into a sporting playground was as audacious as it was complicated. But what else would you expect from one of the world\u2019s most flushed royal families.<\/p>                <div class=\"row row-center collapse\">\n                    <div class=\"column\">\n                        <div class=\"dmg-ad\"><div id=\"incontent-2062090675\" class=\"ad-container\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var load_1097446965 = function () {googletag.cmd.push(function () {var slot_1097446965 = googletag.defineSlot(\"\/1017963\/DMarge\/incontent\",[[250,250],[300,100],[300,250],[320,100],[336,280]],\"incontent-2062090675\").addService(googletag.pubads()).setTargeting('refresh', 'true');if (gamData && gamData.sizeMap && gamData.sizeMap.hasOwnProperty('incontent')) {slot_1097446965.defineSizeMapping(gamData.sizeMap['incontent']);}googletag.display(\"incontent-2062090675\");});};adsQueue.push(load_1097446965);<\/script><\/div><\/div>                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <p>Trojena is already slated to host the 2029 Asian Winter Games, a proposition many still find laughable in a region more famous for sandstorms than snowflakes. <\/p><p>Yet rather than ease doubts, MBS has doubled down with a course that seeks to silence the critics; because nothing signals ambition quite like hitting a drive at altitude.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1400\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Trojena-Ski-Golf-Course-1400x788.webp\" alt=\"The 18-hole Dusenberry design Golf Course NEOM Saudi Arabia\" class=\"wp-image-535000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Trojena-Ski-Golf-Course-1400x788.webp 1400w, https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Trojena-Ski-Golf-Course-960x540.webp 960w, https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Trojena-Ski-Golf-Course-640x360.webp 640w, https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Trojena-Ski-Golf-Course-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Trojena-Ski-Golf-Course-480x270.webp 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 640px) 600px, (max-width: 768px) 700px, (max-width: 1024px) 800px, (min-width: 1025px) 1000px, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The 18-hole Dusenberry design stretches across ridgelines with 300 metres of elevation change, offering a golf experience unlike anywhere in the Middle East. Image: NEOM<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>This project is also part of a broader golf empire that has seen The Public Investment Fund (PIF) pour billions into LIV Golf, with reports suggesting Saudi golf spending will top $5 billion by the end of 2025.<\/p><p>Trojena\u2019s mountain course is both a continuation of the long-term vision held by the Saudis, and a calling card for luxury tourism, designed to lure jet-setters who find Dubai too crowded and Courchevel too predictable.<\/p><p>Of course, the environmental and financial critiques are valid. Building an alpine golf course in a desert kingdom that struggles with water scarcity requires resources that make even the most hardened mega-project veterans wince. <\/p><p>But MBS has already dismissed \u201csportswashing\u201d accusations, saying sport adds measurable GDP growth, and if that means critics cry foul, so be it. <\/p><p>What\u2019s undeniable is the spectacle. An 18-hole course carved into NEOM\u2019s mountain slopes, within view of a ski village and futuristic architecture, is a vision only Saudi Arabia could greenlight. The Crown Prince has once again swung for the fences, and in the rarefied air of NEOM, the ball may just carry a little further.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saudi Arabia\u2019s NEOM adds a mountain golf course in Trojena, combining altitude, spectacle, and ambition \u2014 the latest move in MBS\u2019s $5B sporting empire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101107,"featured_media":535001,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_stopmodifiedupdate":false,"_modified_date":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[146501],"tags":[],"coauthors":[146353],"class_list":{"0":"post-534998","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-luxury-lifestyle"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/101107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=534998"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":535002,"href":"https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534998\/revisions\/535002"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/535001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=534998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=534998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=534998"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmarge.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=534998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}