# Golf & Riding in South Bahrain

Championship golf, horse racing, endurance riding, stadiums and the circuit. The south is Bahrain's sporting heart.

- [Royal Golf Club](https://bahrainsouth.com/sport-golf-and-riding/royal-golf-club/): Bahrain's only grass championship golf course, redesigned by Colin Montgomerie, inside the Riffa Views community.
- [Rashid Equestrian and Horseracing Club](https://bahrainsouth.com/sport-golf-and-riding/rashid-equestrian-club/): Bahrain's national racecourse between Riffa and Sakhir, with weekly race meetings through the winter season.
- [Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix](https://bahrainsouth.com/sport-golf-and-riding/bahrain-grand-prix/): Bahrain's Formula 1 race at Sakhir, usually held in spring. The 2026 edition was cancelled at Sakhir.
- [Bapco Energies 8 Hours of Bahrain](https://bahrainsouth.com/sport-golf-and-riding/wec-8-hours-of-bahrain/): The FIA World Endurance Championship season finale at Sakhir. The November 2026 round was cancelled; Bahrain stays on the calendar.
- [Bapco Energies Bahrain Championship](https://bahrainsouth.com/sport-golf-and-riding/bahrain-championship-golf/): Bahrain's DP World Tour golf event, played each winter at the Royal Golf Club.
- [Awali Golf Club](https://bahrainsouth.com/sport-golf-and-riding/awali-golf-club/): The oldest golf course in the Gulf, an all-sand desert layout with oiled sand greens called browns.
- [Bahrain International Endurance Village](https://bahrainsouth.com/sport-golf-and-riding/bahrain-international-endurance-village/): The Sakhir base for endurance horse riding, hosting national and international rides up to 160 km.
- [Bahrain National Stadium](https://bahrainsouth.com/sport-golf-and-riding/bahrain-national-stadium/): The country's largest football stadium, home to the national team, in North Riffa.
- [Padel Park, Gravity Village](https://bahrainsouth.com/sport-golf-and-riding/padel-park-gravity-village/): Padel courts at Gravity Village in Zallaq, open from afternoon until late and booked through an app.
- [Batelco Fitness on Track](https://bahrainsouth.com/sport-golf-and-riding/batelco-fitness-on-track/): Community nights when runners, walkers and cyclists use the Bahrain International Circuit tracks under floodlights.
- [Al-Riffa Sports Club](https://bahrainsouth.com/sport-golf-and-riding/al-riffa-sports-club/): One of Bahrain's most successful football clubs, founded in 1953 and playing at the Bahrain National Stadium.