Will Tiger Woods new course at Dubai still go ahead?

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   DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Tiger Woods' business partners in Dubai on Wednesday wouldn't comment on the golfer's personal woes, but say despite the emirate's cash problems they are still pushing ahead with plans to build a course he laid out .
   
   "The Tiger Woods Dubai ... can confirm that it remains committed to the completion of its centerpiece al-Ruwaya golf course," the Dubai state-linked developer said in response to questions Wednesday. "Progress continues on the first golf course designed by Tiger Woods Design."
   
   The long-delayed project is being built by Dubai Properties Group, part of a conglomerate known as Dubai Holding that is controlled by the indebted city-state's ruler.
   
   The company had promised to open the first phase of the project – including the 18-hole, par 72 course itself – by the end of this year, but that timeframe has since been pushed back.
   
   The more than $1 billion course in the desert outside Dubai is supposed to boast 5 million square feet of locally grown grass and over 30,000 full-grown imported trees.
   
   Developers promised the links would be ringed by 100 villas, 75 mansions, 22 palaces and a 360,000-square-foot boutique hotel, as well as a clubhouse and golf academy.
   
   When it all gets built remains up in the air.
   
   In June, Dubai officials told The Associated Press that just three of the 18 holes were complete. Woods said at the time the project was at least six months behind schedule, but added: "Who knows? It's out of my hands."

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