It took nearly a decade, but Tiger Woods has finally opened a golf course he can call his own.
Woods has been designing courses for eight years, but the world economy;s decline caused his first three designs in Dubai, Mexico and North Carolina to fall through. But El Cardonal at Diamante in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, opened Tuesday, and Woods was the first one to test out his 7,400-yard, par-72 design.
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Woods already has plans to open two more courses, too. Bluejack National opens outside Houston in the fall of 2015, and he’s collaborating with Donald Trump to design a course at Trump World Golf Club in Dubai, per USA Today Sports.
But don’t expect Woods to make this his full-time job.
“I’m only going to do a few at a time,” Woods told USA Today. “I’m still in the peak of my playing years, and I’m still concentrating on winning golf tournaments and winning major championships. I just don’t have the time, with family, to try and do all that and try and design 15 courses all around the world.
“I want to do a couple here and there and give them my entire input and time.”
