| | Khaleej Times Online - Greg Norman to design golf course in Muscat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07) |
 | | MUSCAT — Golfing legend Greg Norman will be the designer for a worldclass links golf course to come up in Muscat as part of a huge tourism and beachfront residential development, it has been revealed here. |
 | | The appointment of Norman, one of the most recognisable sports personalities in the world, whose myriad accomplishments garnered him the highest percentage of votes for anyone inducted in the World Golf Hall of Fame, was announced here by Wael Ahmed al Lawati, CEO of The Wave. |
 | | Norman underlined golf’s role worldwide as a key element in boosting tourism, and added: “Golf has always been a major attraction for tourists all over the world.” Lawati said the promoters believed that a target of between 35,000 and 45,000 tourists a year was “quite achievable” in the near future. |
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