Leisure Golf Club

·5833 meters – par 72 – 18 holes

Located on Kenya's south coast at the popular Diani Beach resort, Leisure is a young but rapidly maturing championship course. The principal challenges for most golfers are in reading blustery winds and coping with the humidity. Visiting professionals recommend golfer's take two towels - one for drying the sweat off your hands before each shot! The greens are superbly true. The annual Diani Masters pro-am event held in early October is extremely popular with overseas and local golfers. Leisure is about an hour's drive from Mombassa city, but just a few minutes from nearby Ukunda airstrip, serviced by local operator schedule air services from Nairobi.

The course par is 72. Off the men's gold tees it plays 6.083 yards, and 5,841 yards off the yellow tees. The ladies yardage is 5,082 off the red tees and 4,891 off the yellow. On the outward nine, the short, par-4 first requires a thoughtful approach shot. A cross-wind often influences aim on the par-3 third. An accurate tee shot down the right on hole four is needed for a clear second to the green. The index 1, par-4, sixth hole is usually played into a strong head wind. Similar windy conditions often make the par-5 ninth extremely difficult to reach in regulation three for the average golfer.

The second shot on the difficult par-4 tenth must take out trees in front of the green, while any tee shot left off the fairway on the par-4 eleventh requires a blind second shot over trees. The par-5 thirteenth may also be subject to strong head winds. Perhaps the most interesting and scenic hole at Leisure is the par-3 fifteenth where the tee shot into a cross or head wind must carry the lake. The par-4, seventeenth is long while the second shot to eighteen must carry the big dip over a planned water area.

Leisure's resident professional is John Davies.