The Els Club Desaru Coast: Ernie Els' design in Malaysia
Ernie Els designed The Els Club Desaru Coast, where green fees include a shared golf cart and practice facility access.
A score is added once our review panel has played the course. Everything below is drawn from the club's own published information. See our ranking methodology.
The Els Club Desaru Coast was designed by Ernie Els, a prominent name in professional golf and course architecture. Located in Desaru Coast, Malaysia, the area is establishing itself as a notable golf destination. The green fee structure is comprehensive, priced at MYR 450 for weekday play and MYR 500 on weekends.
This rate covers 8% SST, a shared golf cart, locker usage, and golfer insurance for 18 holes. It also includes access to practice facilities for one hour prior to the tee-off time. For planning a visit, online booking is available, and the inclusive nature of the green fee allows golfers to budget for their round knowing the primary costs are covered.
Before you book
Desaru Coast is roughly ninety minutes by road from Singapore, which puts this within reach of a weekend from the city rather than a trip in its own right.
Fees on this page were checked in August 2026. Ask the club what a visitor round includes before you book: on this coast the cart and caddie are sometimes bundled and sometimes not. We will check these figures again before the next dry season and date them here when we do.
The AGR Score, broken down
- Designrouting, variety, strategic interest, use of the land35%
- Conditioningturf, greens and bunkering as found on the days we played25%
- Experience & servicecaddies, pace, practice facilities, the clubhouse20%
- Value for moneyall of the above against what a visitor actually pays20%
No score yet: The Els Club Desaru Coast has not been played by our review panel, so there is nothing to break down. The weightings above are the ones every scored course is measured against, published in full on our ranking methodology. Scores are never negotiated; courses may correct facts before publication, not verdicts.
Photographs from the review round are published with the review. We do not illustrate a course profile with stock images of somewhere else.
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