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The big plans for a Tiger Woods signature golf estate, including a boutique hotel and sheik-style palaces, have been shelved as Dubai's financial downturn claimed another major project launched during the eye-popping boom years.
A statement Monday by the golf course developer - part of a conglomerate controlled by Dubai's debt-squeezed ruler - said "market conditions" were behind the decision to suspend work on The Tiger Woods Dubai on the city's desert outskirts.
"It's been put on hold for right now. A lot of projects are out there," Woods told The Associated Press on Sunday after he finished his season debut at Torrey Pines. "It's still there. We've got six completed holes and a few that were about to be grassed before construction was halted. Everything is on hold."
The golf course developer, part of Dubai Properties Group, left open the possibly that work could someday resume.
A great course, a great event, and a great field this week at Torrey Pines.
The Farmers Insurance Open also marks the 2011 debut of Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson to the PGA Tour. It will be the first start for Tiger Woods at Torrey Pines since his U.S. Open win there in 2008. He missed the 2009 Farmers Insurance Open due to injury and in 2010 when he sat out the first three months of the season due to personal problems. Tiger has won this event six-times.
They will be joined by the likes of Lucas Glover, Dustin Johnson, Kenny Perry and Davis Love III. Both the North and the South courses will be used for tournament play this week. Here is this week's buy, sell, and hold:
Buy:
Tiger Woods (A) - Is Tiger looking to make a big splash to open 2011? We'll find out, but this would be a message to all the other players that Tiger is back. He loves this tournament and loves this course.
Phil Mickelson (A) - This course is home to Phil who always plays well here.
Charley Hoffman (A) - Usually plays well in the West Coast events. He's had some good finishes here and might be ready to break out. His length off the tee also help him here.
Justin Rose (B) - Give this Brit credit for playing full-time on the PGA Tour. He will win a lot of events in his career. He has started out the year with a T-13 and T-14 so far this year, setting him up for a top-5 finish on a course he should play well on.
Fredrik Jacobson (C) - After playing two events, Jacobson's game seems to be rounding into form. He's always a good play as a C level player. Finished T-22 last year at Torrey.
Charles Howell III (C) - Another solid play for a C player. He had a top-15 finish last week at the Hope and has never missed the cut in this event. A must play as a C player this week.
Sell:
Jhonattan Vegas (C) - The Venezuelan rookie surprised everyone and won last week at the Hope. Coming off that high, I don't think he is a great play this week.
Ben Crane (B) - The defending champ doesn't appear in good form. If you are one of those players who always goes with players who historically play well in certain events, you may want to go a different direction this week and not play Crane.
Hold:
Bill Haas (B) - Can he keep up his outstanding play? He's already made over $600,000 in his two 2011 starts and it a cumulative 43-under par. Might want to hold him this week.
Remember to listen to the AudioBoo for this week's "flyer" pick of the week.
How many Tiger Woods' masks are we going to see this Halloween? A lot by many reports.
The top Halloween costumes ideas for 2010 are not the traditional comic book and scary movie characters. In 2010, the most popular costumes are based on television reality shows, political figures and other famous or infamouscelebrities.
Tiger Woods is one of the most in demand costumes complete with golf gear and mask. Some masks even feature a black eye and missing teeth. Adding a bunch of women to the mix could make this costume even more appealing at a party.
One of the biggest selling costumes comes from the cast of the hit MTV show 'Jersey Shore'. Both male and female costumes are being shipped to retailers and include DJ Pauly D, Mike The Situation, J-Woww and Snooki. These costumes are not for the faint of heart with revealing attire included with outrageous hair styles.
Another popular costume comes from the designer wear of Lady Gaga who over the past year has worn some incredibly odd outfits. Replicating these costumes will be most difficult as many were one of a kind and covered either most or almost none of her body. The most famous was her 'Meat Dress' which caused an uproar from animal rights activists. Who would wear that?
If none of these costumes ideas makes you jump for the stores, there are some standard 'cannot go wrong' type outfits including monsters such as Frankenstein, Dracula and the Mummy. Many people also pick television or movie characters such as an avatar or even professions in everyday life like a police officer, fire fighter or doctor.
The U.S, may currently lead 6-4 in Ryder Cup matches completed, but that's just on paper.
Team Europe was leading all six matches when darkness stopped play at Celtic Manor. The Americans still had the lead. It just didn’t feel that way. And with so much European blue on the scoreboard, it didn’t even look that way.
No points are awarded until a match is over, but it was looking good for Europe—especially with Lee Westwood and Luke Donald handing Tiger Woods one of his worst beatings ever in a Ryder Cup. They were 4 up over Woods and Steve Stricker through nine holes.
The weather for Sunday looks wet, and that could also favor the European team. Any stoppage in play on Sunday, would result in the first Monday finish in Ryder Cup history.
In order to keep the cup, the USA will have to comeback and steal a couple of the matches currently underway. It's going to be a tough task. If the Americans lose, look for Corey Pavin to feel the wrath of the worldwide press.
It's finally over. Tiger Woods and his wife are officially divorced.
The lawyers for Woods and Elin Nordegren say in a statement that the divorce became official on Monday in Bay County Circuit Court.
The divorce comes nine months after Woods crashed his SUV outside their home near Orlando, setting off explosive revelations that the world's No. 1 golfer had been cheating on his wife. It led to Woods losing millions of dollars in endorsements and taking five months away from the game.
Terms of the divorce were not disclosed, except that they will share parenting of their two children, ages 3 and 1.
Tiger has committed to play in this week's PGA tournament, The Barclays.
Monday, January 31, 2011 at 8:57PM 
