{"id":881487,"date":"2026-09-03T04:06:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T04:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/881487\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T04:06:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T04:06:12","slug":"michlifen-atlas-pro-am-returns-for-a-fifth-edition-this-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/881487\/","title":{"rendered":"Michlifen Atlas Pro-Am returns for a fifth edition this month"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michlifen Resort & Golf will host the fifth edition of the Michlifen Atlas Pro-Am from 17 to 21 September, bringing professional and amateur golfers to Ifrane in Morocco\u2019s Middle Atlas for five days built around the resort\u2019s Jack Nicklaus Signature Course.<\/p>\n

Now in its fifth year, the event has become a fixture on the region\u2019s Pro-Am calendar, pairing competitive golf with the kind of hospitality programme that\u2019s made Ifrane an increasingly serious mention alongside Morocco\u2019s more established golf destinations, Marrakech and Rabat chief among them. The Michlifen course sits inside a forested, mountainous setting that\u2019s unusual for the country\u2019s golf offering \u2013 cedar forest rather than desert or coastline \u2013 and that contrast is central to why the event draws attention beyond the leaderboard.<\/p>\n

\"\"Michlifen Resort & Golf<\/p>\n

Format and field
The competition runs as a 4 Ball \/ 2 Best Ball Stableford event over two rounds, 36 holes in total, with the field capped at 22 teams. That cap is deliberate: organisers are positioning the Pro-Am as an exclusive fixture rather than a high-volume amateur event, with prize money on offer for professional competitors and separate Gross and Net team rankings.<\/p>\n

\"\"Michlifen Resort & Golf<\/p>\n

Five days, not two rounds
Where the Michlifen Atlas Pro-Am differentiates itself is in how much sits either side of the golf:
17 September \u2013 Arrivals, registration and a welcome dinner, with teams formally introduced at an official presentation.
18 September \u2013 Practice rounds and course reconnaissance, plus a Longest Drive contest run on TrackMan. The day closes with a barbecue on the Club House terrace.
19 September \u2013 Round one, run alongside a putting contest, followed by an evening built around Moroccan hospitality and gastronomy.
20 September \u2013 Round two and the close of competition, followed by the awards ceremony at the resort\u2019s Royal Theatre.
21 September \u2013 Departures.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a structure that treats the golf as the spine of the week rather than the whole of it \u2013 closer in shape to the destination Pro-Ams that have become common in the Gulf\u2019s own golf and lifestyle calendar than to a standard club tournament.<\/p>\n

\"\"Alan Keohane<\/p>\n

Why Ifrane
Michlifen\u2019s positioning here is explicit: this is as much about establishing Ifrane and the Middle Atlas as a golf and luxury tourism destination as it is about running a competition. For a Gulf audience weighing golf trips beyond the usual Iberian and Turkish circuits, a five-day Moroccan package anchored by a Nicklaus design and finished with resort-level hospitality is a specific enough proposition to warrant a look \u2013 particularly for groups organising their own Pro-Am-style trips.<\/p>\n

More information and registration details are available via Michlifen Resort & Golf.<\/p>\n

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