Hole 2 of 18 · Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Hole 2 at Yas Links Golf Club

Par
5
Yards
534
Handicap
8
Bunkers
10

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Hole 2 aerial at Yas Links Golf Club
Map distances from 74 tee · 534 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: 51 yds deep × 60 yds wide

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

Where this map comes from

Satellite photo
Oct 2025
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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 2 aerial at Yas Links Golf Club

The plan for No. 2

The play: The shortest par 5, often played into the coastal wind down a valley between dunes. Par 5, men's stroke index 8 (74 534, 70 523, 66 487, 62 468, 54 396 yards).

Shot by shot

  1. Off the tee

    Blow-out bunkers frame both sides of the fairway. A mapped finish 230 yards from this tee leaves 288 to the center. No mapped hazard sits within 25 yards of that finish, so the landing area is open. Laying up on the mapped fairway leaves 113 to 133 yards in.

  2. Approach & recovery

    Play it as three shots and keep the layup left of centre: the club notes the right side of the green is heavily guarded. Miss left, not right.

  3. On the green

    The mapped green is about 70 yards deep and 54 yards wide. Golf Digest Middle East (2024) puts the putting surface at about 46 yards deep, with several levels: finish on the flag's level.

  4. Watch for

    • Blow-out bunkers along the fairway
    • Bunkers right of the green

The green on No. 2

Mapped boundary
Wide × deepyards
59.6×50.7
Areasq ft
17,156
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Research notes

  • A very undulating green about 46 yards deep with several levels visible on the approach, so the ball needs to finish on the right level. (Hole 2)[1]
  • The green is well protected on the right and its surface falls away from the line of play; a low running second can still find it. (Hole 2)[2]
  • 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)[3]

Sources

  1. The key holes: what to look out for at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship — Golf Digest Middle Easthttps://golfdigestme.com/the-key-holes-what-to-look-out-for-at-the-abu-dhabi-hsbc-championship/
  2. Yas Links hole-by-hole course guide — Yas Links Golf Clubhttps://web.archive.org/web/20100928005726/http://www.yaslinks.com:80/course
  3. 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/