Doha Golf Club

It was quite an entertaining back nine to watch yesterday at the final round of the Qatar Masters. Oosthuizen, Stenson and Quiros gave each other a good fight, congratulations to Alvaro Quiros for the win.

But what struck me with disgust was the ugliness of some holes of the Doha Golf Club:

Take the eigth hole above as an example. What’s this built on a garbage dump? I know were in the desert here, but then work with it more properly, separate the wasteland better from the green, better male the tee boxes small green islands in the desert but don’t try to impersonate a fairway when it ends looking like this.

Second thing is that the course was separated by construction sites, not a very pretty sight to have around. I’d so much rather look at a venue like Wentworth or Valderrama. Don’t take it personal, my dear oil sheiks, but if you call it a Race to Dubai, you really might want people to do race there and not only for the money.