Ayla Golf Club

Ayla Golf Club Destination partner poised to go above and beyond to ensure MENA Tour season is saved

by kent gray

s host of a two stage Q-School and two regular season events before the COVID-19 enforced postponement of the MENA Tour season in early March, Ayla Golf Club is already a home away from home for the regional development circuit. But the Aqaba resort is poised to take its “destination partner” status to the extreme with plans afoot to turn Ayla G.C. into the hub of a luxury, sixweek encampment to allow the tour’s cosmopolitan membership to complete the 2020 season. Subject to the approval of the “necessary regulatory authorities”, the tour is poised to play its final five events at the Greg Norman design from mid-Oct. to late Nov. “We are looking at the complete package that would leave the professionals with literally nothing else to focus on than playing golf tournaments,” said MENA Tour by Arena Commissioner David Spencer. “We are talking about food and beverage, laundry, medical support, etc, a beach club maybe. A

“We are really taking a deep dive but that’s part of our job and that’s to come up with realistic opportunities for our members. Ayla is so spectacular; we think the players will like the idea of staying in one place,” Spencer continued. “I think the days of a travelling sports circus are… a long time to come [return] for golf.”