Hole 8 of 18 · Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Hole 8 at Yas Links Golf Club

Par
3
Yards
186
Handicap
18
Bunkers, water
3

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Hole 8 aerial at Yas Links Golf Club
Map distances from 74 tee · 186 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: 38 yds deep × 35 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 8 aerial at Yas Links Golf Club

The plan for No. 8

The play: A seaside par 3 playing slightly downhill. Par 3, men's stroke index 18 (74 186, 70 174, 66 161, 62 138, 54 108 yards).

Shot by shot

  1. Off the tee

    The club: with a flag near the water, aim at the left half and let the slope feed the ball to the middle. From this tee the green is 161 yards to the front, 185 to the center and 202 to the back. Carrying the front water takes 110 yards.

  2. Approach & recovery

    Miss left, never right: the sea runs along the right of the green.

  3. On the green

    The mapped green is about 45 yards deep and 34 yards wide.

  4. Watch for

    • Sea right of the green

The green on No. 8

Mapped boundary
Wide × deepyards
34.8×37.7
Areasq ft
7,237
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Research notes

  • The green sits close to the water on the right; with a pin near the water, the left half is the target and its contours feed the ball toward the middle. (Hole 8)[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/