Overview

The International Series returns to Morocco for its fourth edition this week – gaining fresh momentum with Visit Morocco on board as presenting partner for the first time.

The new partnership with Visit Morocco is through the Moroccan National Tourism Office and aligns with their objective of positioning elite sport with tourism promotion and highlighting Morocco as a premier golf travel hub in the region and beyond.

The tournament has made phenomenal progress since its launch in 2022, when Thailand’s Jazz Janewattananond [main picture] triumphed.

This has been made possible by the fantastic support  from the Royal Moroccan Golf Federation and the Hassan II Golf Trophy Association – both chaired by His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid – reflecting a shared vision to grow the game in the North African nation.

Last year a commitment was made to continue with the event for another two years – an indication of its value and importance.

Sergio Garcia.

Royal Golf Dar Es Salam (Red Course)

Royal Golf Dar Es Salam translates to “House of Peace” in Arabic – something that is completely fitting.

Its famous Red Course is a firm favourite among players, and was voted the Asian Tour Players’ Choice Course of the Year last year.

The club is the brainchild of the late King Hassan II who wanted a world-class 36-hole golf club in the country’s capital, Rabat. It was built on a 440-acre site on a sandy, tree-lined property with rolling contours in the heart of a cork oak forest.

The club now boasts 45 holes spread over three courses: the Red, Blue and Green.

All three were designed by Robert Trent Jones and his long-time European-based associate, Cabell Robinson. The club opened in 1971.

The Red Course has been the permanent home of the Trophée Hassan II since it opened. The event, now part of the PGA Tour Champions, was won by 10-time Asian Tour winner Scott Hend last month.

Travis Smyth.

Tournament Information

• Tournament: International Series Morocco presented by Visit Morocco
• Date: 11 – 14 June
• Venue: Royal Golf Dar Es Salam (Red Course), Rabat
• Par/Yards: 73/7,630 yards
• Purse: US$2million
• Asian Tour leg: Ninth
• International Series Leg: Third
• Edition of tournament: Fourth
• Previous winner: Scott Vincent (ZIM)
• Previous winning score: 278 (-14)
• Total number of players: 156
• Format: Stroke play tournament over four rounds of 18 holes with a cut after 36 holes to leading 65 plus ties.

The Red Course.

Field Breakdown

• Order of Merit winners: John Catlin (2024), Andy Ogletree (2023), Jazz Janewattananond (2019), Anirban Lahiri (2015)
• Nationalities: 32
• Top contenders: Sergio Garcia (ESP), Charlie Lindh (SWE), Ian Snyman (RSA), Travis Smyth (AUS), Bubba Watson (USA), Scott Vincent (ZIM), Elvis Smylie (AUS), Abraham Ancer (MEX)
• Highest ranked player on OWGR: Elvis Smylie (AUS) #114
• Highest ranked player on the Order of Merit: Travis Smyth (AUS) #1
• Highest ranked player on the International Series Rankings: Travis Smyth (AUS) #2
• No. of amateurs in the field: 5
• No. of Moroccan players in the field: 7

Tournament Notes

• Spain’s Sergio Garcia has been one of the best players in the world since his breakout performance in the 1999 PGA Championship when he finished second to Tiger Woods. He has 38 global victories, including the Masters Tournament in 2017 and the 2008 Players Championship. Five of his wins have come in Asian Tour events, the latest being the 2018 SMBC Singapore Open. Currently the captain of the Fireballs GC on the LIV Golf League, where he was fourth last week at the Andalucia event.
• Charlie Lindh from Sweden is coming into this week in top form, having just posted his first Asian Tour win last week at the am green IGPL Bharath Classic with a brilliant eagle on the 72^nd. Two weeks before that he finished solo-second at the KOLON Korea Open. He also had a T6 at the New Zealand Open presented by Millbrook Resort in the beginning of March and sits in third place on the Order of Merit.
• South African Ian Snyman has also been in great form lately, recording his first Asian Tour win at the Taiwan Glass Taifong Open last month and a T10 in the KOLON Korea Open three weeks ago. He also finished T3 at the notoriously difficult Namseoul Country Club at the GS Caltex Maekyung Open the week prior to his win in Chinese Taipei. He also posted a T5 at the season opening Philippine Golf Championship. Currently fourth on the Order of Merit
• Travis Smyth from Australia currently leads the Order of Merit after a win at the International Series Japan, a third-place finish at the Philippine Golf Championship and a solo-fifth at the New Zealand Open presented by Millbrook Resort. On the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia he earlier in the year won the ISPS HANDA Japan-Australasia Championship to wrap up the 2025/26 Order of Merit crown on that tour after that victory and two other top-fives. The Order of Merit title secured Smyth a place in The Open at Royal Birkdale in July. He has also played the last two events on the LIV Golf League and he recorded an impressive T8 at LIV Golf Korea.
• American Bubba Watson, a two-time Masters champion, in 2012 and 2014, is currently playing on the LIV Golf League as captain of the Range Goats GC. This year has not been what he has hoped for, but he did finish ninth at last week’s Andalucia event. During the 2025 LIV Golf season he had a runner-up and three other top-10’s as his best results.
• Fellow LIV Golf player Abraham Ancer from Mexico, playing for Torque GC, is having a better season with a third-place finish last week in Andalucia, a T3 in South Africa and a T4 in Riyadh. He has one LIV Golf win on his resume, the 2024 Hong Kong event. He has one victory on the Asian Tour, the 2023 PIF Saudi International, and he also won the 2021 WGC FedEx St. Jude Invitational on the PGA Tour.
• Defending champion Scott Vincent is back on the LIV Golf League this season after topping The International Series Rankings in 2025, and playing as a wild card he has been in good form. Currently 17^th in the standings after three top-10’s and four other top-20’s, the best result being a fourth-place finish at the Mexico City event. This will be Vincent’s first Asian Tour appearance this year.
• Young Australian Elvis Smylie is the highest ranked player on the OWGR this week at number 114, and he got off to a flying start to his LIV Golf career when he won the Riyadh event in early February and finished T8 four weeks later in Hong Kong. Prior to joining Cameron Smith’s Ripper GC squad he had one victory on the DP World Tour, the 2024 BMW Australian PGA Championship.

Pictures By Ian Walton/Asian Tour.