UAE Challenge

The UAE Challenge is a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour, Europe's second tier men's professional golf tour, held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.^[1]

UAE Challenge

Tournament information
Location	Ajman, United Arab Emirates
Established	2023
Course(s)	Al Zorah Golf & Yacht Club
Par	72
Length	7,229 yards (6,610 m)
Tour(s)	Challenge Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	US$300,000
Month played	April
Tournament record score
Aggregate	266 Renato Paratore (2025)
To par	−22 as above
Current champion
Renato Paratore
Location map
Al Zorah Golf & Yacht Club Location in the United Arab Emirates

First played in 2023, the event was held at the Gary Player-designed Saadiyat Beach Golf Club.^[2] It is played back-to-back with the Abu Dhabi Challenge, with 30 spots allocated to the Emirates Golf Federation for each event. In 2024, through winning the Al Hamra Men's Amateur Open, 17 year-old amateur Oscar Craig received a spot and made the cut with stepfather Tommy Fleetwood as his caddie.^[3]

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner-up
2025	Renato Paratore	266	−22	2 strokes	J. C. Ritchie
2024	Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen	274	−14	1 stroke	Wilco Nienaber
2023	Max Rottluff	274	−14	1 stroke	Ugo Coussaud