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  1. 11-19-2007 04:30 PM #1
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    Dubai to host US$10-million golf tournament starting in 2009

    DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Dubai will host the world's richest golf tournament beginning in 2009 with a prize fund of US$10 million.

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  2. 11-19-2007 06:53 PM #2
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    They can "say" that they aren't trying to compete with the PGA tour all that they want.........fact is THEY ARE!!
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  3. 11-19-2007 07:10 PM #3
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    dubai is filled with rich arabs man. Maybe one of the billionares is just bored and likes golf... put up 10mil for a tourney. Didn't they pay two tennis players a butt load of money to play tennis on the roof of one of their hotels??
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  4. 11-22-2007 06:08 PM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by sillywilly View Post
    dubai is filled with rich arabs man. Maybe one of the billionares is just bored and likes golf... put up 10mil for a tourney. Didn't they pay two tennis players a butt load of money to play tennis on the roof of one of their hotels??
    This is just plain scary to look at (methinks it's usually a Helicopter landing pad)
    ....but what a great looking hotel!!!
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  5. 11-22-2007 06:11 PM #5
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    Dude, the money and jobs available there are stoooo-pid. In all honesty, if I were a single, unattached guy I'd go in a heartbeat and make enough to retire in 10 years.
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  6. 11-23-2007 07:32 AM #6
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    I watched the CBC documentary on Dubai last night...makes me want to apply for a work visa there...

    Imagine the money they must have been paying the terrorists to stay away....
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