Tiger Woods may never play golf again*, but he's still keeping himself plenty busy. Whether it's spending time with his wife Elin, or traveling far and wide to develop golf courses, Eldrick is forever on the move. In addition to projects in North Carolina and Dubai, Woods also has his sights on developing some beachfront property in Mexico.
Tiger Woods has announced his latest golf project, Punta Brava, a private golf and ocean club community on the Baja Peninsula south of Ensenada, Mexico about 40 minutes south of San Diego. Punta Brava sits on the tip of a peninsula that extends seven miles into the Pacific Ocean making for beautiful views on the planned 18-hole par 70 oceanfront course.Ah, yes, what better use of miles of natural beauty than to build a golf course and throw up some McMansions for only millionaires to enjoy. Gotta keep out the riffraff and hippies, after all (Yay, capitalism!).
For those of you with a few mil lying around (and in these heady economic times, that's pretty much all of us), more fun details:
The project also includes 40 estates lots ranging from three-quarter to three acres and priced between $3 million and $12 million, 30 Individual-own villa residences of 4,500 to 7,000 square feet, 60 Partnership villas of 4,500 to 6,500 square feet and a 20-villa private hotel for residents and their guests.Construction will begin early next year with a 2011 completion date, but as Luxist.com points out, "it's a gorgeous spot but the prices seem a bit ambitious for what used to be an area best known for spring break on the cheap for California college students."
Yeah, I'm guessing those days are over. So you might want to relocate that Fat Tuesday somewhere else.
* slight exaggeration; he'll be back in by the Masters, I'm betting
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
10-13-2008 @ 3:04PM
drcusher said...
Love the idea of a grea tcourse and better destination,and don't worry if you cant afford to play there or have a villa than I'm sure our government can sponser you if not I'm sure Acorn will find someone who will pay the way.
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10-15-2008 @ 4:12PM
Moses said...
Hello:
You should know that the real name of the site for the proposed development is "Punta Banda" and not "Punta Brava" (Does this piece of information remind you of something??) Also, I wanted to let you know that this project has created a lot of social stir here in Ensenada, because the project plans to remove more than 90% of the vegetation destroying a pristine ecosystem of coastal sage scrub and more than 25 Kumeyaay archaeological sites in that area. Of course, since the project is very exclusive, the rest of the people from Ensenada won’t have access to that Cultural Landscape anymore, it would be alienated (Do you understand the concept of Cultural Landscape? Heritage? Public Interest? It´s like building a golf course in Stone Henge, Yosemite, Big Sur or the Grand Canyon).
You should also know that according to the Mexican Constitution foreigners are not entitled to have properties on coastal and border lands.
Finally, the area is located on top of a major active geological fault (Agua Blanca fault).
Saludos from Ensenada.
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10-16-2008 @ 5:34AM
honeybunny said...
Well- Tiger has to do some thing with all of that money. He just cannot let it lay aroud. So he is investing some of it. This does not mean Tiger will not be back in the Masters as he would have to be dead first. Go Tiger.
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