The future of Dubai golf in Dubai Desert Classic stars hands

posted by C Mahida on January 30, 2007 | More articles about: Dubai Property

Champions Towers After the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship and the Qatar Masters the last of three straight tournaments in the Gulf region, The Dubai Desert Classic gets under way from February 1 to 4, later this week.

The first regular European Tour event in the Middle East, The Dubai Desert Classic was inaugurated in 1989 and is now an annual professional golf tournament which is played on the Middle East’s first grass golf course “Majlis” at the Emirates Golf Club in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates. Heavily supported by many of Dubai global real estate big hitters, tickets for this popular fixture in the golfing calendar went on sale earlier in January to golf enthusiast’s eager to watch Tiger Woods return to Dubai to defend his 2006 title against an all star line up especially Retief Goosen and Paul Casey who respectively won last weeks Qatar tournament and Golf Championship in Abu Dhabi and 3 time winner Ernie Els. The quality of the course has been praised by Woods, saying “They have the golf course in perfect shape,” he said. “It’s going to be I’m sure some pretty low scores out there considering how good the greens are.”

As the world’s fastest growing city, Dubai is ever changing and today is “looking like the New York skyline a bit now” commented Tiger, referring to the shimmering skyscrapers, properties under construction and multi-lane highways which now surround the course.

Along with his foremost task of adding another title to his ever growing collection, Tiger is in Dubai on business, picking the region and Dubai in particular as the location for this first golf course design deal which includes playing golf exclusively in Dubai at least four times over the next five years.

Golf compatriots Sergio Garcia, Colin Montgomerie and Ernie Els are also in town on golf course business of their own, visiting the sites of courses they are designing. Ernie Els has lent his signature to a course which will be showpiece of the 50 million square feet that will be Dubai Sports City. The first dedicated sporting city in the world, it is hoped that this landmark development’s 4 stadiums and training zones will host numerous world sports events with the distant goal of securing the 2016 Olympics. Manchester United have already signed up to be the first permanent soccer training school and The International Cricket Council moving its headquarters from London to Sports City, the goal is to build a hub where world class academies welcome many sporting athletes, coaches and enthusiasts of all ages and skill levels keen to take advantage an unparalleled offering of facilities.

At the heart of Sport City, Champions Tower III is a luxury private residence with a choice of studio, one and two bedroom apartment’s. Spacious accommodation combined with luxury finishing throughout. The developments many amenities include high speed elevators, a roof top health club, marble floored lobby area, 24 hour security, underground parking facilities and an in house maintenance team. Champions Tower III is selling off the plans with Imoinvest International starting from just £60,620 for a studio apartment. The developer is offering up to 70% - 80% loan to value financing over 5 years and a guaranteed rental yield option set at 8% of the purchase price for the first 3 years of ownership. Finally to reward investors that reserve a property and have invested their initial 30% equity by 2nd February 2007 the following special incentives apply: