DISCOVER MAHA HADDIOUI, THE INTERNATIONAL AMBASSADOR OF MOROCCAN GOLF

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Brilliant ambassador of Moroccan golf Maha Haddioui grew up in Agadir, the place she began golf at 13, a bit by likelihood. After her baccalaureate, she left to proceed her research and particularly to coach in Florida, within the United States. In 2010, she returned to Morocco, decided to be among the many skilled gamers. Two years later, she obtained her card for the Ladies European Tour (LET) for the primary time, by no means to offer it as much as today. At 33, she is subsequently making her eighth consecutive 12 months on the European girls’s circuit and continues to play on essentially the most stunning programs on this planet.

Maha Haddioui is the primary ambassador of Moroccan golf. This younger skilled golfer has performed on the Ladies European Tour for eight years and is subsequently top-of-the-line gamers on this planet. Before flying to Australia the place she is beginning her 2020 season, Maha gave us an interview to inform us about her imaginative and prescient of golf in Morocco.

Maha, you’re the first Moroccan and Arab participant to have joined the European Tour. How do you change into and stay a world participant?

I found this sport at 13, utterly by likelihood. After a month, I used to be utterly hooked on it and it was troublesome to get my golf equipment to drop. So I went to the USA to complete my research and progress within the newbie stage. There, I received the title of golfer of the 12 months a number of occasions and after I returned, I used to be decided to show skilled. Two years later, I picked up my card for the European tour, after laborious work! Since then, I’ve been coaching laborious to surpass myself and all the time enhance, whether or not in all areas of the sport or on a extra psychological stage. It is a sport the place you can not stay in your beneficial properties. And my objective isn’t just to be a part of LET however to win tournaments and be among the many perfect.

You are used to touring all around the world, how do you see Moroccan golf programs?

Our programs don’t have anything to envy to others! We have actually excellent programs with the added bonus of an optimum local weather for coaching and enjoying all 12 months spherical. It’s fairly constructive! Another benefit that I famous is our coaching areas, significantly for the newest golf programs, which have made it a precedence. We additionally see numerous professionals who come to arrange their season right here and reap the benefits of these amenities.

How have you ever felt the evolution of golf in Morocco in recent times?

The evolution appears pretty clear to me. The Royal Moroccan Golf Federation and the Hassan II Trophy Association have performed loads for Moroccan golf. The proof, at my beginnings, there was just one Exhibition Tournament in Morocco towards 13 main tournaments at the moment: 7 Pro Golf Tours, 1 Ladies European Tour, 1 European Tour, 1 Champion Tours, 1 Challenge Tour and a Ladies European Tour qualification spherical! In the top, few international locations can boast of doing the identical. This essentially creates competitors, particularly amongst younger folks.

What are your favourite routes in Morocco?

Dar Es Salam, Tazegzout and Samanah kind my high 3 however there are such a lot of programs value enjoying that we shouldn’t be confined to those three, quite the opposite!

You are the primary ambassador of Moroccan golf internationally …

It is an immense delight. And after I journey, the folks I meet do not essentially affiliate Morocco with a land of golf. I subsequently get pleasure from presenting the routes and our splendid nation to them.

A bit of golf tip for our readers?

For golfers, I counsel them to play on as many golf programs as potential in Morocco whereas taking the time to go to and revel in what there’s round: metropolis, medina, nature… We can thus get pleasure from such a keep. assorted. And to non-golfers, I might inform them that that is the one sport the place all ability ranges can play collectively and have enjoyable. It’s a sport that brings folks collectively, so give it a attempt!