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The Els Club Dubai

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Designed by multi-Major winner Ernie Els, The Els Club opened in April 2008 to critical acclaim not only for design but also playability and is now regarded as one of the best courses in Dubai. Located in the exclusive Dubai Sports City and measuring in excess of 7,500 yards from the Championship tees, it has been designed with Tournament play in mind.

If that seems a little much for you, the forward tees measure a more manageable 6,200 yards which will provide a great test for any golfer.

The Els Club Dubai

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The course takes advantage of stunning desert scenery while using contours to create an almost links style course. Els has already experienced golf course design in his reworking of Wentworth’s West Course, and although his Dubai creation may be on another continent the same qualities of accuracy off the tee and a razor sharp short game are crucial to beating Old Man Par.

For anyone wishing to improve their game while on their Dubai golf holiday, why not take advantage of the fantastic Butch Harmon School of Golf located on site. Butch Harmon’s talented assistants will be happy to help any golfer, drawing on the experiences of Harmon as one of the games most respected coaches.

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9.2
Excellent
35 reviews
Condition overall 9.0
Condition of greens 9.6
Speed of round 66.6%
Value for money 8.8
Facilities 9.6
Difficulty 66.6%
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Gary

4 Jan 2026

Very Good
8.0

Lovely course which lived up to its desert links description, we had a windy day so we got the full impact. Greens were fast and pure so you needed to concentrate and read them. The group in front of us lost two holes and although they were warned by the Marshall, nothing changed, this negatively impacted the back nine.

Rolf

22 Nov 2025

Very Good
8.0

Jason

17 Mar 2025

Excellent
10.0

Played many times and it never disappoints

Ulrich

1 Feb 2025

Excellent
10.0

Maintained to perfection, just a fantastic day out, always a pleasure to be there 👍

Andrew

11 Dec 2024

Excellent
10.0

Course was in great shape. The greens are particularly difficult. clubhouse and facilities were fantastic.

Paul

22 Sep 2024

Excellent
10.0

Amazing place and experience. Would love to do it again

Alasdair

20 May 2024

Good
6.0

They put the flags in the most ridiculous of places. You get punished for good shots. Course was not great due to the rain, which is not their fault, but it was not great value for money and would have been nice to know before we played.

Joseph

7 May 2024

Excellent
10.0

This was our least favourite but still unreal

Raj

18 Mar 2024

Very Good
8.0

Due to the recent rain, some bunkers were flooded. Range was also closed. Despite the heavy rain, fairways n greens were in great condition

Dinesh

25 Jan 2024

Excellent
10.0

This is located in Dubai Sport City. This is a very desert'esq course. Lots of sand everywhere. The course designer went crazy with bunkers!!

Thomas

23 Jan 2024

Excellent
10.0

Very nice course to play but also very difficult green's are lightning fast 😄

Aaron

27 Nov 2023

Very Good
8.0

Fantastic course. Has Mediterranean vibe to it. Large bunkers and semi fast greens.

Stephen

27 Nov 2023

Very Good
8.0

Alex

25 Nov 2023

Excellent
10.0

Great experience. Enjoyed playing the course

Ken

28 Nov 2022

Excellent
10.0

Greg

23 Nov 2022

Excellent
10.0

A fantastic golf course in superb condition. A word of warning we chose to play off the black pots which is almost 7600 yard’s and although a great experience probably a bit to much for our level.

Will

22 Nov 2022

Very Good
8.0

Simon

8 Oct 2022

Excellent
10.0

Brilliant venue, great course and facilities. Staff were amazing from start to finish, course in great condition again challenging but playable, 216 bar afterwards did great food at very reasonable prices.

Stephen

5 May 2022

Excellent
10.0

Just another fantastic course and service with marshal going round the course with ice lollipops

Gavin

7 Mar 2022

Excellent
10.0

Fantastic golf course in superb condition great experience

Michael

16 Feb 2022

Excellent
10.0

Gill

5 Feb 2022

Very Good
8.0

Whilst not long, this course was made difficult by all the bunkers and many of the greens being upturned saucers with roll off areas, much like a links. I found many of the holes were similar in design as a result and a few days on I am struggling to differentiate many of them in my head. The condition of the course was not what I had anticipated, it clearly gets a hammering from constant usage. Whilst most were repaired there are lots of divots, pitch marks and so on. The food here was absolutely excellent, as were all the staff.

John

22 Nov 2021

Very Good
8.0

The course has many bunkers and so we didn't plot our way round the course particularly well. Needed to play the course again. The greens were quick and pin position difficult for the average golfer. One disappointment, we were asked by the marshal to quicken up because we had got a little behind the 2 ball in front, we ended up taking 3 hours 50 minutes, which is not bad for a 4 ball in the twilight of life. A bit of thought next time. On a positive the food was excellent.

Steve

14 Nov 2021

Excellent
10.0

Good test of golf very enjoyable

Steve

10 Feb 2020

Very Good
8.0

This is a lung golf course with tough greens when you play it for the first time. Facilities good. Tee was brought forward by the club and seemed to some confusion when booking in. Overall a great test of golf.

Paul

9 Feb 2020

Excellent
10.0

Wonderful experience both on and off the course, great facilities. Nice wide fairways but course got tougher the closer you got to the green.

Sarah

29 Jan 2020

Excellent
10.0

This was my favourite of the three courses we played during our stay. Great facilities, amazing staff and attention and really nice golf course - tricky greens - very quick!!

Don

1 Dec 2019

Very Good
8.0

The greens at the Els course were very difficult to hold the ball on especially on the front nine. We also had to play with the end of a group of not very fast French players which was disappointing.

Matko

11 Nov 2019

Very Good
8.0

Adrian

1 Oct 2019

Excellent
10.0

Beautiful course - very enjoyable - recommend getting there early to use the practice facilities. Was due to play with two members who refused to play with us but did mean got to play the course by myself. And tip - there is a jacuzzi in mens locker room try make time to use this.

Alan

21 Jan 2019

Excellent
10.0

Very enjoyable to play but greens very fast so difficult to score well. We would definitely look to play again when in Dubai.

Mark

20 Dec 2018

Excellent
10.0

Mike

25 Nov 2018

Very Good
8.0

Loved it

Lynne

5 Nov 2018

Excellent
10.0

My husband and sons really enjoyed playing this course and highly rated the practice facilities.

Steven

22 Oct 2018

Excellent
10.0

Another superb course in cracking co edition, good test with lots of bunkers and the lions den was a tough few holes, overall excellent.

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