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World's richest golf game

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  • World's richest golf tournament to be held in Dubai in 2009
  • Total prize pot worth $10 million, trumping the U.S. Player's Championship
  • To be played at Jumeirah Golf Estates, currently under construction
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(CNN) -- Dubai is adept at attracting investment and this month it has laid claim to the world's richest ever golf tournament.

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Tiger Woods competes in The Presidents Cup at The Royal Montreal Golf Club on Sept. 30, 2007.

The Dubai World Championship will be contested in 2009 with a total prize pot worth $10 million.

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It will be played at at Jumeirah Golf Estates, a residental golfing community currently under construction.

The U.S. Tour's Players Championship is currently the world's richest single golf competition, offering prize money of $9 million. E-mail to a friend E-mail to a friend

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