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The Majlis Course is Emirates Golf Club's original 18-hole, par-72 championship layout in Dubai, measuring 7,301 yards. It was designed by Florida-based architect Karl Litten and built in the desert on land provided by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, with the routing threaded through existing dunes and indigenous desert vegetation deliberately retained rather than cleared. The course officially opened on 8 March 1988 and became the first all-grass championship golf course in the Middle East.
The Majlis has long been the home of the Dubai Desert Classic, first staged there in 1989. Emirates Golf Club later added a separate second course (originally the Wadi Course, redesigned by Nick Faldo in 2005 and now the Faldo Course) and a nine-hole Par 3 Academy Course, but those are distinct layouts with their own records; the Majlis remains the club's flagship 18-hole championship course.
The course is an 18-hole desert golf course. It plays to par 72, 6,677m (7,301 yards). Designed by Karl Litten, the course originally opened in 1988. It is open to the public. On-site facilities include Driving range, Par 3 course, Golf academy, Pro shop, Restaurants, Practice facilities.
Dubai's move into championship golf began with a purpose-built grass course on a desert site donated for the project by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. Karl Litten was commissioned to design the original 18 holes, with the routing built through dunes and with native desert vegetation deliberately retained. Construction was under way during 1987, and the club officially opened on 8 March 1988.
The project was significant beyond the city itself: the Majlis became the first all-grass championship course in the Middle East.
Litten's Majlis routing was intended to preserve much of the site's existing desert character rather than erase it. Fairways were inserted among dunes, sandy waste and indigenous vegetation, producing a contrast between irrigated playing corridors and the original landscape. Water was also incorporated into the course, including at the closing hole.
The Majlis has remained close to Karl Litten's original 1988 routing, even as Emirates Golf Club expanded around it — a second course (later redesigned by Nick Faldo and renamed the Faldo Course) opened in 1996, followed by a nine-hole Par 3 Academy Course. Those additions are separate layouts and did not alter the Majlis itself.
The Majlis became internationally identified with the Dubai Desert Classic, first staged at Emirates Golf Club in 1989. The tournament's history at the course helped establish Dubai as a regular destination for elite professional golf.
The Majlis remains Emirates Golf Club's flagship 18-hole championship course, measuring 7,301 yards at par 72, and continues to host the club's Dubai Desert Classic tournament.
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