Golfing in Dubai

Golfing in Dubai

Dubai is the nucleus of golf and golfing activities of the whole world. Dubai has been singled out as a venue for the world's most significant golfing carousels for the Occidental and the Oriental groups of professional golfers. Golfing in Dubai is one of the prime activities of Sports and Recreation in Dubai.

The Emirates Golf Club of Dubai is one of the most renowned hubs for Golfing in Dubai in UAE. The Emirates Golf Club of Dubai has two major golf courses - the Majlis Golf Course and the Wadi Golf Course. The Majlis Golf Course consists of eighteen holes and the quantity of strokes that an expert golfer needs, to finish the hole in this golf course has been found to be seventy-two. The Wadi Golf Course also comprises eighteen holes and here too the quantity of strokes needed by a practiced golfer to finish the hole has been found to be seventy-two. The Majlis Golf Course is the venue for big-league golfing competitions.

Golfing in Dubai has been largely popularized by the presence of the fashionable Emirates Club House, the body responsible to a large extent for making Dubai a key hub for global golf. The Clubhouse houses an opulent eatery that offers European delicacies to its golfers. Bars are also present in the Clubhouse. The Clubhouse provides facilities for Golfing in Dubai by offering the services of its Professional Golfers Association experts to beginners.

Newcomers are encouraged to learn golfing on the Club's grounds provided they pay the fees for the same. The players should follow strict apparel norms. All players are required to don shirts with lapels and golfing trousers that end above the knee on the grounds and within the Emirates Clubhouse premises. The maximum golf handicap for gentlemen is set in the late twenties and the maximum golf handicap for ladies is set in the mid-forties.

The Nad Al Shiba Club is another center and club that promotes Golfing in Dubai.

Golfing in Dubai is rendered one of the most significant Festivals and Events in Dubai through the Dubai Desert Classic golf championship contests. This mega competition is executed on the Majlis Golf Course in the Emirates Golf Club of Dubai. This game is monetarily supported by major corporate behemoths that include multinationals too. Tiger Woods, the celebrated sports icon whose name is synonymous with golf, emerged as the victor in the Dubai Desert Classic championships in the year 2006.

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