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Brian_Ewen

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How do you .....?
« on: September 03, 2007, 06:12:31 PM »
When I read Tigers comments about his Dubai project last week , I admit to laughing .

But then when I think about it ..... okay I admit it , I wouldnt know either !

So how do you get water that far into the desert ? , and keep it there ?


Q. I want you to talk about maybe a couple of things that you've learned as you've started these first two projects.

TIGER WOODS: Yeah, there's quite a few headaches that are involved. Just like anything, you're trying to create something from nothing, so there always are going to be some impediments along the way.

For instance, like the Dubai project, we've -- how do you get water that far into the desert? You think, okay, it's pretty easy, build a couple lakes, dump the water in. Well, it's 130 degrees, it's humid, everything is evaporating and all gone. Trying to create and shape the golf course and keep the dirt from blowing away, the wind blows there, too, it's not like it's calm every day, is a challenge. This is something that we didn't really think about at the beginning. We thought, okay, we can get around this, no big deal.
 
All of a sudden it's a reality and it's presenting quite a problem.






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ed_getka

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Re:How do you .....?
« Reply #1 on: September 03, 2007, 07:05:23 PM »
With the amount of money that is being thrown around by these guys I would imagine a desalinization plant and miles of pipe ought to do the trick. I don't think they are doing this on the cheap to begin with.
"Perimeter-weighted fairways", The best euphemism for containment mounding I've ever heard.

JESII

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Re:How do you .....?
« Reply #2 on: September 03, 2007, 07:31:34 PM »
Better than hearing him say..."Aw yeah, it's no sweat, this thing'll be a piece of cake..."