Multan, Pakistan: The new Faldo Design signature course at Rumanza Golf & Country Club will be a worthy venue for top amateur and professional tournaments.

Speaking during last week’s official opening, six-time Major champion Sir Nick Faldo said: “I will certainly be looking to stage some of my Faldo Series events here, and it surely won’t be too long before the Asian Tour and the DP World Tour see it as a potential future venue to host their tournaments.”

On a broader scale, Faldo is hopeful the facility will be the catalyst for a growth in golfing popularity in the country.

He said: “We hope that Rumanza, and its superb facilities, including the new Performance Academy, can serve as a source of inspiration for a new generation of golfers in Pakistan.

“It can help to grow the game in what remains a relatively untapped market for the sport, as well as providing an incentive for golfers from all over the world to add Rumanza to their bucket list of courses to play.”

In addition to the 18-hole course, Rumanza Golf & Country Club, which is part of a new 9,000-acre community developed by the Defence Housing Authority of Multan, will also have a six-hole, par-three layout and a state-of-the-art golf academy with a double-ended driving range. 

Measuring more than 7,500 yards from the back tees, the course has three distinct sections, characterised by desert, trees and water. The latter revolves around a water storage lake at the centre of the course.

“The course should challenge the top players from the back tees, but be eminently playable for all other standards of golfer from the other tees,” said Andy Haggar, Lead Architect at Faldo Design, an Associate Business member of the Asian Golf Industry Federation.

He added: “The forward tees will make the course short enough for beginners and juniors. Fairways are quite generous to help golfers keep the ball in play, whilst at the same time, the shaping of the fairways and placement of the hazards challenge the better players to put the ball in the right place. 

“The greens are designed within the entire strategy of the hole they belong to. Often the strategy of the hole is created with the green’s design as the starting point.

“Each green features a range of pin placements that will be either hard, medium or easy. There is noticeable movement in the greens, but the surface areas are large enough to accommodate that movement. As with the fairways, it is about being in the right place on the green to give yourself the best chance of a good score.”