Stephen Wilson
Golf news, Five Iron Golf UAE updates, and opinions from the fairway. Written by PGA Professional Stephen Wilson, based in Dubai.
An honest rundown of corporate team building options in Dubai, desert safaris, yacht cruises, escape rooms, and the format most planners forget to consider.
Read postI sat down with Michael MacLennan on The Backdrop Podcast to talk about where golf, hospitality and live entertainment are colliding, and why Five Iron UAE is built for exactly that intersection.
Read postI'd already lost some of it. I just didn't know it yet. A freak accident took the game away completely, and what came back was louder than what I'd lost.
Read post25 members and partners, one room, and a walk through what makes a rare bottle worth caring about. The real reason we did it has nothing to do with a free drink.
Read postGolf gives you four uninterrupted hours with someone. No agenda, no audience, no escape route. You learn more about a person in one round than you do in six months of meetings.
Read postIndoor golf has grown fast. The technology is there, the evidence is there, and the players using it speak for themselves. Yet the same tired misconceptions keep getting repeated.
Read postSix weeks, six courses, one partner. The Five Iron Golf Summer Series 2026 runs July through August in Dubai, with weekly prizes and the International Championship on the line.
Read postFrom the world's largest Five Iron venue opening in Dubai Marina to the first large-scale golf simulator centre in Abu Dhabi - this is what we're building, and why it matters for golf in the region.
Read postThe US Open is at Shinnecock Hills this week. Quietly, in the middle of all of it, Adam Scott is walking to the first tee for his 100th consecutive major start. That number deserves more attention than it's getting.
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