Link up with your pals at Yas Island

Golf Digest Middle East’s latest Play & Stay event will allow you to enjoy one of the region’s most iconic courses

With the Golf Digest Middle East Play & Stay event on June 9-10 comes one final chance of the season to play one of the Middle East’s most iconic golf courses. For just AED 1,295, you and a friend can enjoy a two-day staycation on Yas Island with one playing spot in each round at Yas Links Abu Dhabi and Yas Acres Golf & Country Club, either side of a luxury pampering at Crowne Plaza Abu Dhabi. Following a fun nine holes at Yas Acres (below) and a Crowne Plaza evening brunch, Saturday’s tournament will be a day to remember as competitors follow in the footsteps of some of the world’s greatest golfers at Yas Links. Designed by Kyle Phillips, the course is a warm-weather links, using two million cubic yards of sand to create the masterpiece. The course offers challenges with the Arabian Gulf breezes and undulating layout, but beware the stunningly difficult three-hole closing stretch which has been the scene of many a ruined card.

—matt smith

Emirates