Dubai, a desert island is home for one of Tiger Woods feature golf courses. This beautifully transformed island is host to luxurious golf courses in the heart of what people would call a desert wasteland. The king of Dubai has long been creating an island fit for a king with beautiful courses already established. Tiger was one PGA who had the pleasure of playing at the Dubai Open.

There is chatter abuzz in the KIKO offices that in the future we will make Dubai one of those places we will travel to and see the magnificant courses and sporting areas it has to offer.

For your information, here is a recent press article about the new course Tiger is building….

Woods finished with designs for 3 holes on Dubai course

By JAY COHEN, AP Sports Writer
November 1, 2007

NEW YORK (AP) — Tiger Woods has completed the designs for three holes on his first

golf course in Dubai, and it doesn’t look like he’s too concerned about the area’s

desert terrain.

Woods and his design company are developing a 7,800-yard, par-72 course called Al

Ruwaya in Dubailand, the region’s largest tourism and leisure project. It’s the

marquee attraction in a 55-million square-foot development that also will include a

hotel, golf academy, community center and luxury homes.

Woods’ three completed holes feature lush greenery, including grass and shrubs, and

greens well protected by bunkers or water. It’s the first glimpse of his course

style since he created Tiger Woods Design last year.

“The complexity in those three holes … has set a different benchmark in the

golfing industry,” said Abdulla Al Gurg, the project director for The Tiger Woods

Dubai.

No. 12 is a par 3 at 181 yards, featuring a couple of different elevations and

bunkers on the left and right of the front of the green. The next designed hole is

No. 17, a drivable par 4 of 341 yards with three bunkers in the front and one in the

back.

Woods also has completed the plans for the finishing hole, a difficult par 4 playing

at 507 yards. A stream will run in front of the tee and water lines the right side

of the hole.

“Overall, I think if you walk off 18 with a par, you will feel like you made some

smart decisions and executed properly,” Woods said in a promotional brochure for the

development.

The world’s No. 1 golfer has 61 victories on the PGA Tour and 13 major

championships. He announced plans in August to develop his first American course in

North Carolina, and has impressed his partners in the Dubai development.

“He really resembles the word excellence,” said Al Gurg, who toured several courses

with Woods in January and was in New York this week for a charity event. “He looks

at things in detail.”

Woods’ 50,000 square-foot mansion adjacent to Al Ruwaya, which means serenity, will

be one of 287 residences in the development, a joint venture between Woods’ design

company and Tatweer, a member of the government-affiliated Dubai Holding.

While Woods works on the course design, he’s also starting to delve into the look of

his home.

“He might choose not to go ahead with one of those Arabian looks but he’s actually

liking them very much,” Al Gurg said. “He does. It’s a different look and feel.”

Some of the homes will be over 100,000 square feet, and the cost will range from $12

million to $23 million. Construction has already started, and it’s expected to

completed in 2009.

“This is one of the primary projects for the government of Dubai and for Dubai in

general,” Al Gurg said. “Everybody is looking at this project and craving for when

we actually open our doors.”

Updated on Thursday, Nov 1, 2007 12:20 pm, EDT

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