The next time you stay at Centro Al Manhal in Abu Dhabi, improve your swing at one of our Top 5 Golf Courses! With different courses of different levels awaiting your tee-off, whatever your handicap, you’ll find a great place to play.
Abu Dhabi Golf Club
Distance from hotel: 20.8 km
Travel Time: 22 minutes
Average taxi fare: AED 40
World renowned for welcoming the annual Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship, the Abu Dhabi Golf Club is presided over by what is arguably Arabia’s most iconic club house: a vast winged falcon perched atop a golf ball.
The Golf Club’s two distinct playing experiences rank among the World’s Top 100 courses by Golf World magazine.
Saadiyat Beach Golf Club
Distance from the hotel: 16 km
Travel time: 21 minutes
Average taxi Fare: AED 40
Saadiyat Beach Golf Club is the region’s first ocean course surrounded by the natural beauty of Saadiyat Island’s magnificent, white sand beaches which make for a unique playing experience.
While teeing-off, you might also have the chance to spot dolphins at play in the glistening Arabian Gulf.
Yas Links Abu Dhabi
Distance from the hotel: 34.6 km
Travel time: 36 minutes
Average taxi Fare: AED 60
Yas Links Abu Dhabi is Arabia’s only true links course and has been designed by Kyle Phillips, the world-famous course architect.
Voted among the ‘Top 10 New International Golf Courses’ by USA’s influential ‘Golf Magazine’, and named one of the world’s top 25 by US publication ‘Golf Digest’.
Abu Dhabi City Golf Club
Distance from the hotel: 4.8 km
Travel time: 10 minutes
Average taxi Fare: AED 15
The UAE capital’s first nine-hole facility is open to members and visitors.
Abu Dhabi City Golf Club sits conveniently in the heart of the city, just a few minutes’ drive from Centro Al Manhal and is ideal to round off a day of business meetings.
Al Ghazal Golf Club
Distance from hotel: 48.5 km
Travel Time: 38 minutes
Average taxi fare: AED 85
Experience a new challenge that only a few golfing destinations can offer: Sand golf!
The uniqueness of Al Ghazal is basically an unofficial reserve for Abu Dhabi’s abundant natural fauna and wildlife - it even features an old falcon trap, which according to urban legend was used regularly by the late Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the UAE’s founding president, and his sons.