The Valley Course at The Els Club Desaru Coast solidifies its place as Malaysia’s Best Golf Course for a second consecutive year with another World Golf Awards™ accolade. This global recognition was conferred at the 8th annual World Golf Awards Gala Ceremony in Dubai this month. Part of the World Travel Awards™, World Golf Awards serves to celebrate and reward excellence in golf tourism, world-class courses and golf destinations.
Set within Desaru Coast, recently listed in Time Magazine as one of the World’s Greatest Places of 2021, The Els Club Desaru Coast is made up of beautifully manicured championship Valley and Ocean golf courses surrounded by a wide variety of wildlife species in the Southeast of Johor, intertwining nature and panoramic views to offer an experience beyond golf.
The stunning and award-winning Valley Course was designed by three-time major champion Vijay Singh in collaboration with four-time major champion Ernie Els’ design team and is located adjacent to the 27-hole championship Els Club Ocean course.
Desaru Coast, in turn, is home to world-class hotels including Asia’s first, One and Only, Malaysia’s first Anantara Desaru Coast Resort and Villas, The Westin Desaru Coast Resort, Hard Rock Hotel Desaru Coast and the region’s largest waterpark, Adventure Waterpark Desaru Coast.
“This is the best of times for The Els Club Desaru Coast. Huge credit goes to the Golf Course Maintenance team led by our Group Director of Agronomy, Sean Kinsley, for their relentless hard work and dedication in delivering a world-class golfing experience every time,” said Steven Thielke, General Manager of The Els Club Desaru Coast.
With international travel set to gradually resume in the upcoming months with standard health and safety operating procedures being adhered to, this is the perfect time for Malaysian golfers and golfers from across the region to discover The Els Club Desaru Coast and explore Desaru Coast for its great wide open spaces.” Thielke added.
In addition to the breath-taking vistas of the South China Sea, lakes and jungles, it is possible to spot and experience wildlife in its natural habitat. There are otters, dusky leaf monkeys, crab-eating macaques and white-handed gibbons, plus more than 100 different species of birds, including fish eagles, hawk eagles, black-winged kites, herons, whistling ducks, oriental pied hornbills, eight different kingfisher species; and the list continues for this spectacular tropical sanctuary for golfers.