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Tiger Takes Dubai: New Golf Course Planned for Dubailand

December 12, 2006| By:Mary Winston Nicklin

Tiger Woods in Dubai

Tiger Woods recently announced that he will design his first golf course in Dubailand, the region's largest entertainment and tourism project. (The Dubailand concept, envisioned by ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, is expected to attract 15 million visitors to Dubai by 2010.) Tiger's par-72, 18-hole championship golf course will be called Al Ruwaya, meaning serenity. The course will feature "lush landscaping, stunning water features, dramatic elevation changes, and five sets of tees to accommodate every caliber of golfer." Significantly, this is the first for Tiger Woods Design. Woods has played in the Dubai Desert Classic three times (winning this year in a sudden play-off) and thus has a lot of fondness for the region. In addition to the golf course, Tiger Woods-Dubai is also in the works: an exclusive golf community that will house Al Ruwaya, state-of-the-art clubhouse, professionally-staffed golf academy, 80-suite boutique hotel, 300 luxury villas and 20 private homes, and retail community. Construction will start in late 2007, and the project is expected to be completed in late 2009.

Image Via BBC Sport

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