Tiger Woods’ golf course in Dubai to be built despite financial instability

Dubai business partners of Tiger Woods, the most world’s most proficient golf player, have stated that they choose not to comment on the golfer’s personal life and despite the severe financial crisis that the emirates is facing, they will go ahead with plans to build a golf course that Tiger Woods himself designed.

The Tiger Woods Dubai is in a position to confirm that the completion of a centerpiece at Al Ruwaya golf course is to continue. The first golf course to be designed by Tiger Woods design is on schedule and no foreseeable delay is expected. The construction of this golf course is taken care of by Dubai properties group. This company is part of the multinational company, Dubai Holdings, which is headed by Dubai’s ruler Sheikh Mohammed. Although the company is in a financially unstable condition, it is still optimistic about opening the first phase of the project by the end of this year.

The golf course is said to have 18 holes par 72 course. This is worth more than one billion dollars course in the desert surrounding the city state, will be covered with over 30,000 fully grown imported trees and will also boast of five million square feet of locally grown grass. The developers behind the project are also planning to have the links ringed by 100 villas, 75 mansions, 22 palaces and a 36,000 square foot boutique hotel.

How much of the grandiose plan will fully see the light of the day is the question, going Dubai’s current position in the financial market. In June, officials announced that only three of the 18 holes were completed. Woods had admitted that the project was at least six months behind schedule.