GOLF RESORT

Jebel Ali Hotel boasts a full 9-hole par 36 golf course, designed by renowned golf course architect Peter Harradine and situated within the idyllic grounds of the Jebel Ali Hotel & Golf Resort. The Club House, based at Club Joumana, overlooks the marina and the first tee. Every aspect of the game can be practiced at The Old Stables driving range.

The resort course is both beautifully stunning and a fair and exciting challenge to any level of player. It is also the host of the annual Jebel Ali Golf Resort & Spa Challenge match, the curtain raiser for the European Tour Dubai Desert Classic. The fifth annual Challenge Match will take place on Tuesday, 4th March 2003. Tiger Woods, the golfing world's prodigy, will, for the 2nd time in three years, again be amongst the players for the 2003 Jebel Ali Challenge Match and Dubai Desert Classic. Woods was one of the star golfers hosted during the 2001 Classic in 5-star resort luxury and comfort at the Jebel Ali Golf Resort & Spa.

Please note that due to the Challenge Match the Resort Course will be closed for guest play from Sunday, 2nd March till Tuesday, 4th March 2003 inclusive.

Hotel guests of the Jebel Ali Golf Resort & Spa are entitled to watch the match on the Resort Course to witness the amazing skills and talents of six of the world's greatest players.

THE RESORT COURSE

The resort course is both scenically stunning and a fair and exciting challenge to any level of player. Each hole is unique, with exotic trees and shrubs, wooden gazebos, panoramic views of the Arabian Gulf, and the company of peacocks, guinea fowl and partridges which freely roam the course.

The availability of four tees creates a different aspect and playability to each hole and the opportunity to play and 18-hole round. Arranged on different elevations, the course features a large central saltwater that comes into play on five holes. The Bermuda grass greens and fairways are well manicured to the championship standard the hotel has maintained.

GOLF ACADEMY INSTRUCTION

The Jebel Ali Golf Resort & Spa exceptional practice facilities and quality instruction provide the prefect learning environment for the new, intermediate and advanced players.
Video lessons are available at our own indoor, air-conditioned Swing Analysis Room. Enabling the instructors to compare and analyze your swing with the top professionals of the world.
All aspects of tuition are covered by our PGA professionals, who have designed specific programs to cover every area. Individual, group and clinic instruction is available 7 days a week.

PGA INSTRUCTORS

Our instructors are all experienced Class 'A' professionals who take pride in passing on their knowledge of the game and seeing their pupils improve their standard of play and enjoyment of the game.

Lessons are available in both English and German.

PRACTICE FACILITIES

Our academy offers the following facilities:

Floodlit driving range with target greens, bunkers, yardage markers and Bermuda grass.

Floodlit private range for individual and clinic instruction.

Floodlit 27 hole putting green, pitching, chipping and bunker green.

INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS

Lessons are available individually, maybe shared or in group clinic form and cover any or all aspects of the game. The contents of each lesson are specifically tailored to the individual needs of the player.

Example of lessons available:

• Individual half-hour and one-hour lesson
  
• Courses of five half-hour or one hour lessons
• Playing lessons
• Group Clinics
• 1,2,3, or 5 day packages

Golf clubs, range balls and the use of video instruction is included in all lesson fees.

STANDARDS OF PLAY

The Resort Course is available to players of the following standard:

1. Holder of an official Handicap Certificate.
2. Holder of a playing certificate or a very experienced non-handicap player. A player in this category should be a regular player who has a thorough knowledge and understanding of the game, rules and etiquette and must play at a speed that ensures enjoyment for all other course players.
3. Beginners and non-golfers are not permitted to play on the resort course but are welcome to use the practice facilities and to take golf lessons.

Dress

Appropriate golf attire is required for all players at all times. Spike-less or soft spike shoes must be worn.

Tee Time Groups

Players will be made up of tee time groups of three or four during busy periods.

Speed of Play

The maximum time to play 9 holes is two hours and ten minutes; however, fast players should be allowed to play through at all times. If a match fails to keep its place on the course and loses one clear hole on the players in front it must allow the following match to play through.

Ride or Walk

Players may ride or walk the course. Electric carts and pull trolleys are available for hire. Golf carts are only able to golfers playing on the course and not to spectators. Electric carts should be driven on paths, around greens and tees, fairways and fairway rough areas only. Carts should be driven over the red and white restriction lines surrounding the greens, or on any of the waste and sand areas. A maximum of 2 carts may be hired for a three or four ball game and one cart for a single or two-ball game. Cart fees are charged per person per seat.

Clubs

Every golfer must have their own set of clubs.

Range Balls

Range balls should not be used on the course.

Spectators

Non-players are not permitted to walk the course, except without the prior approval of the Director of Golf or golf professionals.

Marshal

Golfers must comply with the Course marshal's instructions at all times.

Tee off Times

Tee times are available 7 days a week and are at 10-minute intervals.

Tee times from 1st May to 30th September (summer) commerce at 6:30 am.

Tee times from 1st October to 30th April (winter) commence at 7:00am.
When requesting a tee time it is important to take into consideration that darkness falls at approximately 7:00pm in summer time and 5:15pm in winter.

Tee Time Cancellations

On arrival at the hotel, guests not wishing to take tee times that they have already reserved are requested to call and cancel their booking s with the Golf Reception Desk on extension 8023 or 8058. The hotel reserves the right to charge guests for not showing for tee times or on the day cancellations.

ADDITIONAL FACILITIES

Pro Shop

High quality merchandise from some of the leading suppliers of golf, leisure and sportswear, together with gifts and mementos, many sporting the attractive hotel logo, are available as a reminder of your visit.

Bag Storage

With in the Old Stables building at the driving range, is a secure room by where guests of the hotel are able to store their clubs during their stay.

Oasis Lodge

Located midway through the Resort Course, you shall find the Oasis lodge where golfers can stop and refresh themselves with beverages and snacks.