Emirates Golf Club celebrates 25 years
Emirates Golf Club’s Majlis Course – the region’s first all-grass 18-hole course – has been celebrating its 25th anniversary this week.
Today the club sports two of Dubai’s must-play courses, including the Faldo Course, which is also the only 18-hole course in the region to offer night golf.
The signature clubhouse in the shape of Bedouin tents remains the most eye-catching in the region.
Emirates Golf Club has welcomed many of the world’s top players who have competed in the European Tour sanctioned Omega Dubai Desert Classic.
Past winners include Ernie Els (three times), Tiger Woods (twice), Severiano Ballesteros, Fred Couples, Rory McIlroy and Colin Montgomerie.
Christopher May, CEO of Dubai Golf, said: "Emirates Golf Club is an iconic venue and a much-loved symbol of Dubai."
Emirates Golf Club and Motivate Publishing have released Rodney J. Bogg’s book ‘The Desert Miracle’, marking the occasion of the golf club’s 25th anniversary. Bogg was the first general manger of Emirates Golf Club.
Classic Encounters
The Majlis’ iconic 18th hole…
The most famous victim to the 18th on the Majlis course is Tiger Woods. Seemingly on his way to victory in the 2001 Dubai Desert Classic, Woods punched his third shot into the lake allowing Dane, Thomas Bjorn, to see out the hole and win the trophy.
Majlis course record…
The course record of 61 is held by Ernie Els (in 1994), three-time winner of the Dubai Desert Classic.
Youngest winner of the Dubai Desert Classic…
Northern Ireland teenager and current World Number One, Rory McIlroy, at 19 years and 273 days, became the youngest winner of the Dubai Desert Classic in 2009.
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