Hole 12 of 18 · Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Hole 12 at Yas Links Golf Club

Par
4
Yards
484
Handicap
5
Bunkers, water
7

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Hole 12 aerial at Yas Links Golf Club
Map distances from 74 tee · 484 yds

The map's printed distances are measured from the 74 tee to the green; they do not move when you change tees.

Green size: 89 yds deep × 57 yds wide

Esri World Imagery · captured Oct 2025. Green at the top.

Where this map comes from

Satellite photo
Oct 2025
Esri World Imagery
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Yas Links is in Abu Dhabi, UAE; USGS 3DEP covers only the United States and returns NoData here, and no other reviewed terrain source covers the course.

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Hole 12 aerial at Yas Links Golf Club

The plan for No. 12

The play: A par 4 that turns left to an uphill approach. Its green is shared with the 15th. Par 4, men's stroke index 5 (74 484, 70 439, 66 412, 62 388, 54 357 yards).

Shot by shot

  1. Off the tee

    The club's line is down the right, into the valley beside the big dune. Only a drive that carries the left-hand bunkers onto the plateau earns a shorter approach. From this tee the green is 440 yards to the front, 495 to the center and 542 to the back. Right bunker 1 runs from 56 to 133 yards from this tee. Right water 2 runs from 176 to 619 yards from this tee. Left bunker 3 runs from 276 to 285 yards from this tee. Left bunker 4 runs from 277 to 309 yards from this tee. Left bunker 5 runs from 383 to 402 yards from this tee. Right bunker 6 runs from 440 to 458 yards from this tee. Left bunker 7 runs from 456 to 478 yards from this tee. Right bunker 8 runs from 484 to 502 yards from this tee.

  2. Approach & recovery

    The club: a ridge in front makes the green look closer than it is, so take enough club.

  3. On the green

    The mapped green is about 105 yards deep and 40 yards wide: one double green shared with the 15th. Along your line its front is about 55 yards short of the centre and its back about 47 past it, so check the flag with a rangefinder.

  4. Watch for

    • Fairway bunkers guarding the left-side plateau
    • Large dune right

The green on No. 12

Mapped boundary
Wide × deepyards
56.8×89
Areasq ft
18,043
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Research notes

  • A ridge in front makes the green look closer than it is; the putting surface is shared with the 15th, so note the day's pin position. (Hole 12)[1]
  • The fairways are among the widest on tour but missing them is heavily punished, and the very large greens mean more long lag putts than usual when the wind blows. (Keys to performing well)[2]

Sources

  1. Yas Links hole-by-hole course guide — Yas Links Golf Clubhttps://web.archive.org/web/20100928005726/http://www.yaslinks.com:80/course
  2. Abu Dhabi Championship: Edoardo Molinari picks out the key holes — DP World Tourhttps://www.europeantour.com/dpworld-tour/news/articles/detail/abu-dhabi-hsbc-championship-edoardo-molinari-picks-out-the-key-holes-and-players-to-watch/