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Dubai World Championship selects Norman-designed course

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The ‘Earth’ golf course in Dubai, designed by Greg Norman, is to host the world’s richest golf tournament, the Dubai World Championship, which has a prize fund of $10 million.

The Earth course is one of two that Norman is designing for Jumeirah Golf Estates, a new residential and golf course development in Dubai that will also become the international headquarters of the European Tour in 2009.

The inaugural Dubai World Championship will take place in November 2009 and will mark the climax of the new Race to Dubai, a season-long competition replacing the European Tour's order of merit.