Al Badia Golf Club Dubai
Overview
Why it matters
Al Badia Golf Club Dubai is preserved in Inside Loop as an archive profile: a once-prominent Robert Trent Jones II course at Dubai Festival City that helped define an earlier chapter of the city's golf-and-hospitality growth. The course is no longer part of current tee-time planning, but it remains important to understanding how quickly Dubai golf evolves.
For travelers researching historic Dubai golf courses, Al Badia explains the city's restless development pattern: ambitious land, resort logic, water, landscaping, and then reinvention. It is a reminder that the UAE golf map is living, not fixed.
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Par
72
Yardage
7,303
Holes
18
Opened
2005
Green fee
Closed; archive profile
Difficulty
7/10
Architect
Robert Trent Jones II
Inside Loop rating
4.4 / 5
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Inside Loop Archive
★★★★★
Al Badia is no longer a live booking, but its profile remains useful for understanding Dubai golf history.
Dine like a champion
Local tables worth planning around.
Inside Loop pairs every great tee time with restaurants that respect the same destination rhythm: provenance, service, and a room with memory.
Explore travel pairings20 min drive
Mina Brasserie
Modern brasserie
Four Seasons DIFC dining room
DIFC polish, confident cooking, and a convenient city base for discussing old and new Dubai golf.
An archive-friendly city pairing for travelers using Al Badia as historical context while playing Dubai’s active courses.