Golf travel
Golf in UAE
Dubai is the Gulf's winter-sun golf capital — lush, floodlit, tour-standard desert courses led by Emirates Golf Club, home of the Dubai Desert Classic, a short flight from Europe.
Peak Nov–Mar (warm & dry); summer brutally hot — early-morning or night golf only
The UAE — and Dubai in particular — has become one of the world's most reliable winter-sun golf escapes: lush, immaculately kept desert courses wrapped around a modern city, a short direct flight from the UK and Europe, and warm and dry exactly when the northern game is frozen. Dubai alone packs in a cluster of tour-standard courses, several floodlit for night golf.
The standard-bearer is Emirates Golf Club, the first grass course in the Middle East and the long-time home of the Dubai Desert Classic. An hour down the road in Abu Dhabi, Yas Links — the region's first true links and a DP World Tour host — makes the natural second leg of a two-city Gulf trip.
Destinations
Dubai
Emirates Golf Club guide: playing the Majlis in Dubai
The first grass course in the Middle East and home of the Dubai Desert Classic — the Majlis, beneath the Dubai Marina skyline. The courses, visitor access, when to go, and a Dubai golf trip.
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Yas Links golf guide: the Middle East's first true links
Kyle Phillips carved a genuine links out of the Arabian Gulf shoreline on Yas Island — now home to the DP World Tour's Abu Dhabi Championship. How to play it, when to go, and how to pair it with Dubai.
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