PO Box 36700, Emirates Rd (311),
Arabian Ranches, Dubai
Office
+971 (0)4 366 3000Fax
+971 (0)4 366 3355Website
Visit websiteGolf pro
Several PGA qualified professionals.Academy
Arabian Ranches Golf AcademyThe Course:
18 holes. Desert-style. Gently undulating terrain. Some long green to next tee distances.
Surroundings:
Residential and desert environment.
Designer:
Ian Baker-Finch in association with Nicklaus Design.
3-hole pitch & putt course.
25.051605
55.268467
24 km S of Downtown Dubai / Burj Khalifa.
Located near the Dubai Autodrome and close to the E311 Emirates Road / D63 Umm Suqeim Road interchange. From the interchange take the Umm Seqiem Road (D63) south (with the autodrome on your right). After approx 1 km at next roundabout turn left, then immediately left again, direction Arabian Ranches Golf Club. Follow signs for approx 3 km to golf.
ALTERNATIVELY from interchange: take the Emirates Road (E 311) direction Dubai / Nad Al Sheba. After 2 km turn right into Arabian Ranches gatehouse (not well signposted from Emirates Road). Follow signs for a further 1.5 km to Golf Club.
Arabian Ranches
Arabian Ranches Golf Club: Although two-storey villas are wrapped around most of the course perimeter here at Arabian Ranches, the layout still maintains its desert credentials and a wonderful linksy feel. Former Open Champion Ian Baker-Finch has, to his credit, crafted a hugely enjoyable and challenging golf course.
With the housing always set generously well back from the course, the preservation of large swathes of desert scrub between the individually crafted holes gives the course its essential spacious character. The two out-and-back nine-hole loops are devoid of water hazards, and there are no defined bunkers. However, sand is plentiful. Large areas of it separate the nicely contoured and tightish fairways.
On several occasions the large sandy waste areas sidle up alongside the greens ... taking on a more traditional bunker form ... especially so at the par-3s. The sand in the waste areas is generally quite soft, which gives the impression of playing from a traditional fairway bunker rather than from Arizona-style hard-pan.
There are few trees on the course, but small bushes feature in the sandy waste areas ... home to many small desert quails. Within his excellent design, Baker-Finch has included quite large greens, full of all manner of testing slopes and borrows. The perimeter housing aside, this is a Dubai golf course that captures the spirit of desert golf while providing a thoroughly enjoyable and challenging round.
Stay&Play at Arabian Ranches: onsite accommodation available, see Where2Stay section below.
Visitors welcome on weekdays and weekends.
Must book in advance. Maximum handicap: men 28, women 36. Proof of handicap may be requested.
Non-metal spike facility. Golf carts are fitted with GPS.
Excellent, with a floodlit driving range.
Arabian Ranches was formerly known as The Desert Course.
PO Box 36700, Arabian Ranches, Dubai
+971 (0)4 366 3000
Visit websiteEleven well-appointed guest rooms are available in the Arabian Ranches Clubhouse, together with an excellent restaurant. An ideal and quiet Stay&Play location from which to explore Dubai excellent array of golf courses.
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PO Box 8168, Dubai, UAE
+971 (0)4 832 6699
Visit websiteA 5-star resort in the heart of the desert. Jumeirah Bab Al Shams Desert Resort & Spa is an elegant desert resort located in a traditional Arabic fort setting.
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Arabian Ranches
Emirates (Majlis and Wadi courses); The Montgomerie Dubai; Nad Al Sheba; Dubai Country Club.
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