Saadiyat Beach Golf Club

Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi

  • Office

    +971 (0)2 557 8000
  • Pro shop

    +971 (0)2 557 8000
  • Fax

    +971 (0)2 557 8001
  • Golf pro

    Reynard Kleynans & Matthew Kidd (PGA, Golf Professionals).
  • Academy

    Saadiyat Beach Golf Academy.

About the course

  • The Course:

    18 holes. Open parkland. Gently undulating terrain - easy to walk.

  • Surroundings:

    Seaside (Arabian Gulf) and residential.

  • Designer:

    Gary Player

Back
tees
Club
tees
Front
tees
Yards
7806
5992
5290
Par
72
72
72
SSS or slope

Location

Latitude:

24.539531

Longitude:

54.435517

How to get there:

25 km NW of Abu Dhabi Intl Airport.

Saadiyat Beach Golf Club

4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.

Est. 2010

Saadiyat Beach Golf Club, designed by golfing legend Gary Player, is the only true beach front course in the Arabian Gulf. The amphitheatre-style layout has many sweeping sea and beach views, and stretches to 7,800 yards from the back tees. In time it will host top-level professional events.

The course features several beach-front holes, with about a third of the layout commanding spectacular views onto the Gulf's crystal waters, fringed by pristine white sand. Every hole in this essentially open, links-like environment enjoys its own unique character. If you are not skirting directly along the beachfront, you may well be playing a hole flanked by one of three lakes. A threatening array of large, stylish, sprawling bunkers also adds to the course's obvious challenges.

Shaped in a figure eight, the course displays different varieties of native grasses, and a liberal scattering of palm trees, although nothing to disturb its dune-like openness. Saadiyat Beach provides world-class amenities, which include a golf academy, excellent practice facilities and, as seems customary in this part of the world, an iconic clubhouse.

Each visiting golfer at this daily play facility will enjoy Saadiyat Beach's “Member for a Day” experience with its high-level of customer service. Saadiyat Beach is a secluded development and will include modern villas along some parts of the course, but not to detract from the essentially natural beachfront experience.

Stay&Play at Saadiyat Beach: luxury onsite accommodation available, see Where2Stay section below.

List of courses: UAE

Visitors

Who can play and when?

Visitors welcome on weekdays and weekends.

Must book in advance.

Green fees

Visitor fee, 18-holes in high season (Oct thru April): c.US$250. Golf cart included.

Contact club for full details, discounts, Stay&Play packages, etc. [Last updated: 2024].

Other information

Non-metal spike facility.

Practice facilities

Good

Did you know?

The golf course and facilities at Saadiyat Beach are managed and operated by Troon Golf, a world leader in upscale golf course management.

Published ranking

Middle East & North Africa's 10th best course (Golf World, 2024).

Where2Stay

  • Park Hyatt Abu Dhabi Hotel & Villas5-star

    Saadiyat Beach, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, UAE.

    +971 (0)2 407 1234

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    The Park Hyatt Abu Dhabi Hotel & Villas is a 5-star luxury beach resort in Abu Dhabi nestled along the pristine beach of Saadiyat Island, just 25 minutes from Abu Dhabi International Airport. The resort lies on a vast stretch of environmentally protected white sand beach adjacent to the Saadiyat Beach Golf Club.

    • Golf at this hotel:

      Saadiyat Beach

    • Golf within 10 km:

      No

    • Golf within 30 km:

      Yas Links; Abu Dhabi GC; Al Ghazal.

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