Jumeirah Earth Course

Jumeirah Earth Course, on the record

Jumeirah Earth Course: Greg Norman (2009). Par 72, 7,706 yards. Matt Fitzpatrick won the 2025 DP World Tour Championship here with 270 (−18).

Updated October 24, 2026

Club

Jumeirah Golf Estates

Where

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Opened

2009

Design

Greg Norman (2009)

Par

72

Length

7,706 yards (the championship setup)

Access

Semi-private

Superintendent

Stuart Horwood, Superintendent, Jumeirah Golf Estates (confirmed 2023-11-16)

Website

dubaigolf.com/jge/golf/courses/earth-course

The champions here

17 editions on the record, by event, newest first.

Stories

• Built for the finale

  The Earth Course opened in 2009 as host of the European Tour's season-ending Dubai World Championship (now the DP World Tour Championship) and finishes with an island-green par-3 17th and a par-5 18th along the creek.

  Source: PlanetGolf

• The courses never built

  The estate plan called for four "elemental" courses; besides Earth and Fire, a Vijay Singh-designed Water course and a Wind course co-designed by Sergio Garcia, Greg Norman and Pete Dye were planned but not built.

  Source: where2golf

• Westwood's 64 and McIlroy's five birdies

  Lee Westwood won the first Dubai World Championship on Earth in November 2009 at 23 under, closing with a course-record 64 to take the title and the European No. 1 spot. In 2012 Rory McIlroy birdied the last five holes to win the tournament by two shots.

  Source: Top 100 Golf Courses

The place

• NicknameThe Golden Mile

  Norman described the closing four holes - a short par 4, a long par 4, the island-green par-3 17th and a par 5 - as one of the most challenging miles in golf; they are known as the Golden Mile.

  Source: Golf365 · Top 100 Golf Courses

• DesignWhite sand and red wood chips

  The Earth look comes from bright white sand in its 100 bunkers set against deep red wood chips lining every hole; the chips are produced on site by the maintenance team.

  Source: GolfMagic

• FirstBuilt and unveiled for a championship

  Earth is described as the first course built specifically for a championship and unveiled with the first tee shot of that championship; it was fully grassed in April 2008 and kept closed until November 2009.

  Source: Top 100 Golf Courses

• Feature3,000 rescued trees

  More than 3,000 mature trees rescued from sites across Dubai were replanted on the Earth course.

  Source: Golf365

The tour here

The PGA Tour and DP World Tour weeks at this course since 2017.