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Woods hasn't punted on Punta Brava after all

Posted on: March 24, 2011 11:16 am

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Looks like Tiger Woods' course design on the rugged cliffs of Baja California isn't going to die the same lonely death as his first course in Dubai.

Alex Chehansky, an Orlando-area entrepeneur with a background in player management and course development, is working as an adjunct on the project with Woods and his design-team leader, Bryon Bell, and said Thursday at the Arnold Palmer Invitational that the project has absolutely been rescuscitated.

We'll spare you the intricacies of the financing details, because it certainly sounds complicated, but Chehansky said the project is set to pick up steam soon as a golf-only proposition over the short term.

"Later, once the world economy shakes out," he said, "we might go back and add the residential component."

The Punta Brava project, located south of San Diego, was kicked off amid massive fanfare several years ago, replete with an eye-popping, Ridley Scott-style promotional video featuring Woods standing on the edge of the craggy cliffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean. On several of the holes, the ocean comes into play.

Woods' course in Dubai, a casualty of the real-estate slump, never really got off the ground and the developer earlier this year stopped watering and maintaining the handful of holes Woods had completed as an inducement to potential homebuyers.

To date, the only real project that has gone from drawing board to fruition is the four-hole practice facility Woods has built in the backyard of his new Jupiter Island, Fla., abode.

Reports about the status of the project have been conflicting, but the course Woods designed in an upscale South Carolina community is also behind schedule and said to be on shaky financial ground because of the real-estate slump and a lack of homesite sales.

Chehansky, a Naval Acadedmy graduate, said he would supply more details later this week. Stay tuned.


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So as a golf only facility, where are guests going to stay???

Originally Posted by BajaGringo

So as a golf only facility, where are guests going to stay???

I hear there's a "Lear Jet Camper" in the makin's.

ILL SELL THEM MY HOUSE

Ya think it's cuz of the divorce ..... maybe his head isn't quite straight, if it ever was... what a boob....

Originally Posted by Noticias

...the project is set to pick up steam soon as..."...the world economy shakes out,"...

Well, you know They® will have to play somewhere...

I would imagine so. But, just as you wonder about where they would stay, the place is not so easy in and out. Maybe a helipad??

Almost seems to me, forgetting for the moment about the drug related crime issues that have drastically affected tourism in Northern Baja, given the immense beauty of the location, building upscale housing first, with the promise of the campo del golfo makes more sense.

Anyone think a stand alone golf course out there is capable of gererating profit in the absence of suitable accommodations?

Originally Posted by Bajahowodd

Anyone think a stand alone golf course out there is capable of gererating profit in the absence of suitable accommodations?

No, but I have been wrong once or twice before...