Yas Links Abu Dhabi
Yas Links Abu Dhabi: Kyle Phillips (2010). Par 72, 7,425 yards. Aaron Rai won the 2025 Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship here with 263 (−25).
Yas Links Abu Dhabi: Kyle Phillips (2010). Par 72, 7,425 yards. Aaron Rai won the 2025 Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship here with 263 (−25).
Yas Links Abu Dhabi: Kyle Phillips (2010). Par 72, 7,425 yards. Aaron Rai won the 2025 Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship here with 263 (−25).
Updated October 24, 2026
4 editions on the record, by event, newest first.
DP World Tour
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Aaron Rai | 263 (−25) | lowest winning score in this event · won in a playoff |
| 2024 | Paul Waring | 264 (−24) | by 2 strokes |
| 2023 | Victor Perez | 270 (−18) | by 1 stroke |
| 2022 | Thomas Pieters | 278 (−10) | by 1 stroke |
Kyle Phillips, designer of Kingsbarns, built what was billed as the region's first true links on Yas Island; eight holes follow the shoreline, all 18 have a sea view, and the layout has 144 bunkers.
Source: The National · ASGCA
Opened in 2010, Yas Links was ranked 44th in the Golf Digest world list by 2019, and in 2022 became the new home of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship after 16 years at Abu Dhabi Golf Club.
Source: Golf Digest Middle East · Wikipedia: Abu Dhabi Golf Championship
The 9th is a Cape hole: the tee shot carries water on the right, and the more that is bitten off, the shorter the approach to a green that falls away at the back.
Source: Top 100 Golf Courses · The National
Kyle Phillips called the last three holes "our own version of Amen Corner"; at the 18th the shoreline runs along the left of the fairway from tee to green.
Source: The National · Top 100 Golf Courses
The course lies across the highway from the Yas Marina Formula 1 circuit, on an island also home to Ferrari World.
Source: Top 100 Golf Courses
Nearly two miles of coastline were shaped and almost 2 million cubic metres of dredged sand used to cap the course, which took more than three years to build.
Source: Top 100 Golf Courses
The PGA Tour and DP World Tour weeks at this course since 2017.
| Year | Event | Winner | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Abu Dhabi Aldar Championship 5–8 November 2026 | scheduled · DP World Tour | |
| 2025 | Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship 6–9 November 2025 | Aaron Rai | DP World Tour |
| 2024 | Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship 7–10 November 2024 | Paul Waring | DP World Tour |
| 2023 | Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship 19–22 January 2023 | Victor Perez | DP World Tour |
| 2022 | Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship 20–23 January 2022 | Thomas Pieters | DP World Tour |
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