Our 50th issue celebrates the 25th anniversary of the UAE's most historic golfing venue, features a brand new 2013 Hot List for the latest drivers and fairway woods, and a special instruction concept piece from the Butch Harmon School of Golf's director of instruction, Justin Parsons

It's the first week in April. In the second week of November. The year we'll never forget reaches it's golf climax this month with the 2020 Masters after the aborted attempt in its traditional time slot. Our preview includes a fasinating peer review of what makes defending champion Tiger Woods truly great. Locally, we catch up with former world No.1 Lydia Ko and British COVID survivor Charley Hull ahead of the OMEGA Dubai Moonlight Classic and Aramco Saudi Ladies International. We also meet UAE PGA history-maker Olivia Jackson and get to grips with the 15th hole at Yas Links Abu Dhabi as part of new series designed to help you tame the Middle East's toughest holes. All this and much more in the November 2020 edition of Golf Digest Middle East.

Finally, some certainty in this uncertain time. The Ladies European Tour is set for back-to-back events in the Middle East next month after Saudi Arabia’s trailblazing women’s event was not only locked into the calendar but surprisingly expanded with a $500,000 teams event tagged onto the end of the inaugural $1 million Aramco Saudi Ladies International. Wales’ Amy Boulden hails the Saudi Golf Federation double-header and we talk to 2019 Women’s British Open champion Georgia Hall ahead of the Nov. 4-6 OMEGA Dubai Moonlight Classic at Emirates Golf Club.
 
We’ve got the relaunch of the European over 50s circuit and its UAE plans covered in an extensive interview with new Legends Tour head Mark Aspland and enlist Aussie PGA pro cum Tower Links GM Simon Payne to help you tame the toughest hole at the Ras Al Khaimah club. Talking about attacking Par 5s…let Jon Rahm show you how to get more birdie looks on the gettable holes in our cover feature.

Back to Ras Al Khaimah, we have news of a big new junior event at Al Hamra Golf Club and talk to Yasin Ali, the JA The Resort/Leadbetter Academy Dubai coach on the bright future ahead of 13-year-old Jordanian Mousa Shana’ah.
 
We cover off the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open, the impact of Bryson DeChambeau’s runaway victory at the U.S. Open and head to Dubai Creek Golf & Yacht Club and the Track, Meydan Golf for tips on driving and tricky lies with Euan Bowden and Ian Brennan respectively.
 
There’s also game improvement gems from Tiger Woods, Butch Harmon and Michael Breed and a great feature on how to handle the good shots you hit that end up in bad lies.

All this and much more in the October 2020 edition of Golf Digest Middle East. 

The 120th U.S. Open will be like no other. Sans fans due to the coronavirus pandemic, Winged Foot is still set to shine. We’ve got the story of Gil Hanse’s faithful restoration of A.W. Tillinghast’s classic design in Mamaroneck, New York in our bumper preview issue. Being Rory McIlroy isn’t bad, nor is it easy as we discover in our cover story where the former world No.1 is rethinking his approach to golf and life. Locally, Emirati lefty Ahmed Skaik talks about the slice of history he will create in the upcoming Dubai Trophy, Jamie McConnell helps you tame the toughest hole at The Els Club Dubai in the latest instalment of our Be at 1 series tackling the region’s stroke index 1 holes and we explore what’s next for the European Tour in the Middle East. There’s tips from the game’s biggest names and an insight into eating clean and lean to improve your game from within. We also talk to “Golfers from the Front Line” of the pandemic on how the game is helping them get through. All this and much more in the Sept. 2020 issue of Golf Digest Middle East. 

You are not alone if you struggle with the toughest hole at your home club. Or any club for that matter. Help is at hand in the August 2020 edition of Golf Digest Middle East as we launch our new ‘Be at 1’ series where club pros help you negotiate the region’s toughest stroke index 1 holes. We catch up with Josh Hill, Toby Bishop and Arjun Gupta to see how the MENA Tour teens have coped with the coronavirus shutdown and meet the new man with the familiar face behind the GMs desk at The Els Club, Dubai. There’s driving tips from Tiger and Matt Fitzpatrick and a guide to the six shots you need to master to go low and keep shooting low numbers. Look out for Harold Varner III on the cover.

Golf sure is different in the coronavirus era but has the almighty upheaval been all bad for the game across the Middle East? We explore the impacts at club and pro level across the region, including a honest take on the career crossroads that Abu Dhabi-based MENA Tour pro Luke Joy suddenly finds himself at. Learn how to hit Tiger's famed stinger and tap into reigning Open champion Shane Lowry's old-school short-game tips. All this and much more in the July 2020 edition of Golf Digest Middle East.

The June 2020 issue of Golf Digest Middle East doffs its cap to our mother publication in the U.S. which celebrates its 70th anniversary this month. Our bumper issue includes timeless tips from seven legends of the game – Hogan, Palmer, Nicklaus, Watson, Faldo, Woods and McIlroy and recalls the funniest moments and bubbliest characters who have featured in the world’s No.1 golf title over the past seven decades. There’s a fascinating look at the rise and fall and rise again of Tiger through the lens of Golf Digest’s staff photographer and the definitive guide to the Middle East’s finest par 3s. In the market for a new birdie deliverer?  Check out the best blade and mallet putters of 2020 in the climax of our 'Hot List’ equipment guide.

What would a compilation of the region’s favourite holes look like? Find out in the May 2020 edition of Golf Digest Middle East which is packed full of inspiration for players slowly returning to the fairways as COVID-19 lockdown restrictions are eased. We chart what the remainder of 2020 might look like for the professional game, catch up with still quarantined MENA Tour leader David Langley and share tips from the game’s biggest names, including a test to discover just how good you could really get with some direction. We also go myth-busting with Alex Riggs laughing off the “keep your head down” advice we’ve all received while our editors translate the sometimes non-sensible swing jargon that has become part of the game’s lexicon. Look out for Tommy Fleetwood on the cover and don’t miss John Feinstein’s captivating profile on the European Tour star inside the pages of Golf Digest Middle East’s bumper May 2020 issue. 

April. Azaleas and amazing escapes from Augusta National’s pine straw. Jim Nantz welcoming us to the first major of the year with 'Hello Friends”. All is well with the world…except it clearly isn’t. The global COVID-19 pandemic has turned our planet on it’s head, much less golf. The professional game is on ice and the gates have been locked at clubs across the region. But the game will endure and Golf Digest Middle East is here to provide an entertaining distraction as we all fight this invisible enemy in self isolation. Enjoy this FREE issue jammed packed with instruction from the game’s best coaches, tips you can master at home or memory bank for when the game is back on. We go inside Jordan Spieth’s swing overhaul, learn Xander Schauffele’s secrets to handle on course stress and learn Tiger’s chipping tips. We visit Michael Jordan’s new course in the U.S., take a deep delve into the irons that made the 2020 Hot List and ask what PGA Tour pros really think about a random set of scenarios facing the game. Enjoy our unexpected mid-term report from the MENA Tour and much much more.

Meet MENA Tour trailblazer Shergo Al Kurdi, the first player from the Middle East to earn Official World Golf Ranking points despite having to battle Crohn's disease. We also catch up with Alison Muirhead, a former Emirates Golf Federation Order of Merit champion who turned pro in early 2020 and is looking ahead to the new $1 million Saudi Ladies Championship at Royal Greens Golf & Country Club. Reigning Race to Dubai champion and DP World Tour Championship titleholder Jon Rahm talks about his quest to take the next step and win a major. There are tips from the game’s biggest names including Tiger, Butch Harmon and David Leadbetter and a look at the gym regime that has PGA Tour player Scott Stallings ‘shredded’. All this and much more in the March 2020 edition of Golf Digest Middle East.

With tee to green tips from Tiger Woods, Butch Harmon, David Leadbetter, Tommy Fleetwood and Dubai Creek Golf & Yacht Club’s Euan Bowden, the February issue of Golf Digest Middle East will help you get the most out of this perfect winter weather for golf here in the Middle East. Don’t miss the fascinating feature that suggests you probably need more loft in your driver and look ahead to the Oman Open and Commercial Bank Qatar Masters.  We also preview the new $1 million Ladies European Tour stop in Saudi Arabia and reveal a huge boost for the region’s fledgeling Junior Masters Open Tour.

The Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship promises a spicy start to the European Tour's annual Desert Swing. We talk to Shane Lowry about his title defence at Abu Dhabi Golf Club and how the Ryder Cup-focused Irishman intends kicking on from the year of his career after also capturing the Claret Jug in 2019. We meet new Dubai-based Spanish pro Adri Arnaus and also preview the Omega Dubai Desert Classic and Saudi International. There's an explainer of the new world handicap system, a grip tip from Dubai Creek Golf & Yacht Club head pro Mike Kinloch to get your year started right, plus improve your driver rhythm with Butch Harmon and learn to command your irons with David Leadbetter. We also preview 2020 with new MENA Tour champion MG Keyser. All this and much more in the Jan. edition of Golf Digest Middle East.

A new entry and the demise of a fabled European Tour venue highlight the 2020 Top 10 Courses of the Middle East which we reveal at the end of another memorable year in the hottest golf destination on earth. The region’s favourite courses, as judged by you, our readers, plus the best clubhouse, F&B/service, 9-holer and best value courses are also revealed in our December cover feature. We review Jon Rahm’s emotional $5 million Dubai double at the Race to Dubai decider, visit Arabian Ranches after the Dubai club’s recent greens renovation, learn to escape lush lies with Al Mouj Golf’s Steven Troup, meet the chief of MENA Tour naming sponsor Arena and test gear with Tiger. All this, and much more, in the December issue of Golf Digest Middle East.

Remember Ryo Ishikawa, the child prodigy? We meet the Dubai-based teen that has just usurped Japan’s ‘Bashful Prince’ as the youngest winner of an Official World Golf Ranking event. Josh Hill not only stars on our cover but we also take a close look at the 15-year-old’s powerful driver swing with the MENA Tour winner’s Claude Harmon 3 Performance Golf Academy coach Joe Marshall. We talk to the regional Pro-Am circuit’s other amateur sensation, Robin ‘Tiger’ Williams, delve into the humble Scottish roots of European Tour high flyer Robert ‘Bob’ MacIntyre as part of our preview to the 11th DP World Tour Championship and learn how to ‘Flop ‘em and Drop ‘em’ with new Dubai Creek Golf & Yacht Club pro Tom Ogilvie and the Track, Meydan Golf’s Ian Brennan. All this and much, much more in the November 2019 issue of Golf Digest Middle East. 

After a six-month summer hiatus, we celebrate the resumption of the MENA Tour season by talking to the circuit’s most successful player of all-time, Zane Scotland, about his transition from record-maker to player-creator as a player-coach on the rise. Open champion Shane Lowry reflects on the week of his life at Royal Portrush and we meet the most low-profile, high-profile coach in golf, Denis Pugh. Learn how to hole the pressure putts like Solheim Cup starlet Suzann Pettersen, how to flush your fairway woods with Al Mouj Golf professional Josh Thornton and the key to regaining your putting mojo. All this and much more in the October 2019 edition of Golf Digest Middle East. 

On the eve of the new Middle East golf season, sharpen your game with Tommy Fleetwood’s four must-have irons shots, learn the secret of the Englishman’s powerful impact position with Dubai Creek Golf & Yacht Club professional Luke Tidmarsh and understand the one tour move we can all (but mostly don’t) follow. Take control of your distance from greenside bunkers with The Track, Meydan Golf head pro Mark Jones and catch up with two-time MENA Tour winner Luke Joy as he eyes the second half of the regional developmental circuit season and counts down to European Tour Q-School. We also get into the design mind of Australian-born, UK-based course architect Tim Lobb. All this and much more in the September 2019 edition of Golf Digest Middle East.

We catch up with MENA Tour trailblazer Rayhan Thomas ahead of his big move to the United States and NCAA Division 1 heavyweight Oklahoma State University, review Jon Rahm’s second Dubai Duty Free Irish Open win in three years - and the keys to Kurt Kitayama’s Oman Open win at Al Mouj Golf. Dubai Creek pro Jack Woods shares a practice chipping green game to get you up and down with pleasing regularity and we unveil the secret to Gary Woodland’s U.S. Open worthy game. There’s also a Tiger Woods exclusive and much more in the August issue of Golf Digest Middle East.

Who will join Tiger Woods, Brooks Koepka and Gary Woodland as the fourth major champion of 2019? We deliver a bumper preview to the 148th Open Championship, including an exclusive chat with the 'Postman' Ian Poulter and a look at the Open's historic return to Northern Ireland. We get sidetracked on the way to Royal Portrush by the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open at Lahinch G.C., learn how a new course guide app was dreamed into life on an Abu Dhabi oil rig and talk to the European Tour's new Middle East chief, Tom Phillips. 

We also look at Phil Mickelson's timeless swing and focus elsewhere on short game improvement including some nifty footwork from Dubai Creek's Jack Woods that will help you but crisp chips more consistently. All this and now in the July 2019 issue if Golf Digest Middle East. 

As we countdown to the 119th U.S. Open Championship, we visit fabled Pebble Beach and delve into the strained relationship between some of the game’s biggest names and the U.S. Golf Association in our special report: USGA Confidential. Meet Frenchman Robin Roussel, the MENA Tour rookie making waves on the Challenge Tour, go inside the ropes with Spaniard Silvia Banon at the new Omega Dubai Moonlight Classic and lust over the latest Dubai Duty Free Irish Open venue, Lahinch G.C. in Co. Clare. Take a mirror to your posture with Dubai Creek’s Jack Woods and escape those gnarly desert lies with PXG ambassador Alex Riggs. All this and much more in the June 2019 issue of Golf Digest Middle East.

The month of May has never looked better from a golfing perspective. Enjoy our preview to the 101st U.S. PGA Championship at Bethpage Black where all eyes will be on Tiger Woods following his Masters-piece at Augusta National. We also preview the new-look Omega Dubai Moonlight Classic, catch up with the MENA Tour’s leading amateur Curtis Knipes and enjoy a luxury stay and play at Al Mouj Golf in Oman. David Leadbetter helps you hit laser irons, Tony Finau eliminates that distance destroying slice of yours and we have the science that says you shouldn’t putt with the pin in. All this and much more in the May issue of Golf Digest Middle East.

It’s April and Amen Corner to that. Welcome to our bumper Masters edition where we ask if Tiger Woods can win his 15th major and talk to Danny Willett on his return from the depths of despair. Jim Nantz talks about a "tradition like no other”, we reveal some Masters traditions that never caught on and probe some of the game’s big-name loopers for the secrets of the year’s first major. Dustin Johnson shares tips through the bag, former world No.1 Luke Donald sharpens your bunker play while Butch Harmon, David Leadbetter and Dubai Creek’s Mike Kinloch offer simple tips to solve big problems in your game. We preview the new–look Omega Dubai Moonlight Classic, get a half-term report from the MENA Tour and preview the 50 new irons that made this year’s HotList. All this and more in the April 2019 edition of Golf Digest Middle East. 

We meet Miguel Ángel Jiménez’s son who is chasing MENA Tour glory, explore 10 (mostly) European Tour storylines sure to add colour and context to the battle for this year’s majors and sort your posture and alignment to help you hole more putts. Legendary coach Butch Harmon shares his lessons of a lifetime and we look at the best woods of 2019 in our first instalment of the Hot List. All this and more in the March issue of Golf Digest Middle East.

Pioneering. Iconic. Revered. The Omega Dubai Desert Classic. The 30th anniversary of golf’s original desert swing event might be consigned to history following Bryson DeChambeau’s historic victory at Emirates Golf Club but our special souvenir edition remains a collectors’ item with timeless content including a piece from the world No.5 himself explaining why his unorthodox swing might just work for you, plus an interview with Ernie Els’ nephew, amateur Jovan Rebula. We’ve also got the definitive review of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship and preview the new Saudi International including a piece with world No.1 Justin Rose looking ahead to the best golf of his life. Meet the Els Club Dubai’s new Director of Instruction, Jamie McConnell, and improve your game with expert tips from David Leadbetter, Butch and Claude Harmon, Micheal Breed and Dubai Creek’s head instructor, Mike Kinloch. All this and more in the Feb 2019 edition of Golf Digest Middle East. 

Brooks Koepka ended 2018 as world No.1.  He'll start 2019 at the 14th Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship behind Justin Rose but determined to kick on from his two major season. We talk to the American as part of our Desert Swing preview and also catch up with promising teen Toby Bishop. There's tips from Butch Harmon, David Leadbetter and (add a name I can't remember who the star player was) and we visit Vietnam's newest course, (Add name), an award winner just a fortnight after opening. All this and more in the bumper January issue of Golf Digest Middle East.

The Middle East is home to some of the best golf on the planet and boasts practice facilities to match, ranges the envy of serious golfers the world over. There's a reason so many tour pros hone their games in the desert and now amateurs, locals and visitors alike, have access to another coach to the stars. We go one-on-one with David Leadbetter at the opening of his academy at Dubai's iconic JA the Resort Golf Course at Jebel Ali and share game-improvement tips from more of the game's biggest names including Butch Harmon. Rookie Thorbjorn Olesen spills the beans on his bitter-sweet Ryder Cup debut and we wonder at the unforeseen Desert Swing implications following Rory McIlroy's announcement that he might play just two "pure" European Tour events in 2019. All this, and much more, in the December issue of Golf Digest Middle East. 

With the majors consigned to history and the Ryder Cup safely back in European hands, the golf season is winding down, right? Wrong. In the Middle East, the DP World Tour Championship is a November institution. We preview the 10th edition of the European Tour’s Race to Dubai decider with 10 key storylines to watch for at Jumeirah Golf Estates. We take a sneak peek at the redevelopment of JA Jebel Ali Golf Resort, meet new Dubai Hills G.C. general manager Elliott Gray and the Abu Dhabi amateur who achieved a life goal at the recent 100th PGA Championship. Dubai Creek pro Luke Tidmarsh solves a weighty issue in an issue overflowing with tuition tips, including a spread from The Address Montgomerie Dubai head pro Martin Robinson on how establishing a clear vision of the shot you want to play is vital to a successful pre-shot routine. There’s also help from Butch Harmon, David Leadbetter, DP World World Tour Championship titleholder Jon Rahm and PGA Tour star Daniel Berger, the wisdom of Gary Player and a bitter-sweet story of renowned course architect Pete Dye. 

Exceptional golf is the norm rather than the exception in the Middle East and Dubai Hills Golf Club certainly doesn’t let the side down. Join us for an exclusive first look at the new European Golf Design, a giddy mix of championship conditioning and clever playability. Meet Robbie Williams, the new general manager of the developmental MENA Tour – at age 26. We also talk to Chris Govier about the 20th anniversary of the Xerox Corporate Golf Challenge, lap up the wisdom of Jack Nicklaus, get the inside oil on the touring life with Jason Day and work on your game with the likes of Butch Harmon, David Leadbetter and Justin Rose. All this and much more in the October 2018 issue of Golf Digest Middle East. 

The majors might be consigned to history for another year but the big show is still to come. Join us for a  preview of the 42nd Ryder Cup matches with analysis of Le Golf National's pivotal holes, the Rory v Reed re-match everyone wants, plus fascinating team-room insight from former U.S. captain Paul Azinger. 
Yas Links Director of Instruction Mathew Parker shows you how to bomb your drives like dual U.S. Open and PGA champion Brooks Koepka while Dubai Creek’s Jack Woods wants you to consider throwing your chips. We visit Uganda’s newest resort, preview the 2018 Golf Digest Middle East Golf Series and meet Othman Almulla, the Saudi amateur counting down to his third Eisenhower Trophy and the kingdom’s bow as a European Tour venue. All this and more in the September 2018 issue of Golf Digest Middle East. 

We go behind the scenes at Carnoustie ahead of the 147th Open Championship and look back at the extraordinary bogey Jordan Spieth made en-rote to his Claret Jug success at Royal Birkdale last July. 
Meet the MENA Tour star making waves on the European Tour, lust after a Emirates GC-fringing dream home and set eyes on Australia’s answer to Augusta National. Explore if a driving iron is for you and improve your game with tips from Butch Harmon, David Leadbetter and Dubai Creek’s own Jack Woods. We take a look at Tiger’s new driver move and shed a tear at John Feinstein’s emotional one-one-one with Ryder Cupper–turned TV funny man David Feherty. All this and much more in our bumper summer double issue.

We chart the rise and rise of Europe’s top-ranked golfer Jon Rahm, previewing his defence of the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open and a driver swing so good it looks as if the photos are posed (they’re not). The Spaniard is a strong bet for the U.S. Open so don’t miss out bumper 20-page preview of Shinnecock Hills, including a revealing one-on-one with Raymond Floyd who won America’s national championship at the Long Island layout in 1986. Drive it straighter with Jordan Spieth, understand how Tiger Woods overcame the chipping yips and let Butch Harmon and David Leadbetter sort your chipping and steep driver delivery respectively. We also sit down with Ernie Els to talk Royal Greens Golf & Country Club and the European Tour’s impending debut at the Saudi Arabian venue, plus the Big Easy’s plans to tame Tiger in next year’s Presidents Cup. All this and more in the June 2018 issue of Golf Digest Middle East. 

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