Archive for February, 2011

Staggering reports overnight from the Arabian Business magazine, which claims to have seen documents confirming the fee paid to Tiger Woods by developers of the stalled Tiger Woods Dubai project. The magazine claims that Woods has already received more than $55 million from UAE developer Tatweer, de
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  • In May the venue for the 2018 Ryder Cup in Europe will be announced, and among the contenders is the yet-to-be built Comporta Links course in Portugal, to be designed by Tom Fazio in collaboration with European Golf Design. What’s telling about recent announcements from Portugal, is not that T
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  • Tiger’s Dubai Dream Over …. for now

    Reports recently have confirmed golf’s worst kept secret, that Tiger Woods Dubai – the former World No. 1’s debut golf design project – was in financial trouble and being put on hold. Tiger Woods Dubai was first floated back in 2006, but struck trouble the following year when
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