Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Crowded fairways

As reported last week, superlative-fixated Dubai is to host the world's richest golf tournament. You can argue whether $20m represents value (selling expensive villas, golf tourism, and go-getting Dubai don't come cheap), though even some within the golf community thinks the money is crazy. The Dubai papers are full of the details this morning - with one glaring exception: what will happen to the 10-year-old Dubai Desert Classic?
There's nothing to say Dubai can't host two big tournaments, but with the new $20m scheduled for November 2009 and the Desert Classic due two months later - are they too close?

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