The Tiger Woods Dubai Completes Grassing of Three Holes on Al Ruwaya Golf Course
17 May 2009 | 11 AM
Dubai-UAE: 17th May, 2009 – The Tiger Woods Dubai, a member of Tatweer Dubai, today announced the completion of grassing on three holes on Al Ruwaya Golf Course, the world’s first golf course created by Tiger Woods Design at the landmark development.
An impressive 1,500 yards of grass, coming in three different varieties; Tifway 419, TifEagle, and Tifdwarf all procured from Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States, has been laid on holes 4 (par 4), 5 (par 5) and 6 (par 4) at the championship golf course. These completed holes will provide golfers with unique challenges, including dramatic topography, water features and several strategic obstacles all set within a lush landscape of over 11,000 trees and 140,000 shrubs.
Abdulla Al Gurg, Project Director, The Tiger Woods Dubai, said: “having announced the commencement of grassing at the start of February, we are very proud to have reached this significant milestone which bears testament to the hard work and commitment of our contractors and consultants.”
”The Tiger Woods Dubai continues to make major strides toward completion of all golfing components at the development and we look forward to welcoming our first members in the near future”.
The Tiger Woods Dubai promises to be a golf experience that epitomizes excellence and meets the highest standards of quality. The development continues to progress, with the completion of bulk earth works and 2,243 trees already planted on the golf course and a further 6,000 in the nursery.
Furthermore, rough shaping is complete on all 18 holes, 10 of which have been finely shaped. Construction is also complete on the main stream and one of the lakes comprising of the vast 3.3 million sq. ft. of water features incorporated into the golf course.
Work has also commenced on the 132kV electrical substation. To date over 6,500 tons of concrete and 460 tons of steel have been used to raise the structure which will be located on a plot spanning 3,800 sq feet. All major equipment for the substation is scheduled to be installed shortly within the new building which will feature an appealing external architecture in keeping with the overall design of The Tiger Woods Dubai.
