Tiger Woods Design Tiger Woods Design Tiger Woods Design, or TWD, is the name of Tiger Woods's golf course design company. The stated mission of TWD is "to utilize Tiger's world-renowned experience, his boundless pursuit of excellence and his love of golf to create a unique collection of amazing courses around the world." The company currently has three golf courses under construction. Woods has stated that he and the Company are content with one or two select projects at a time. The dead The Tiger Woods Dubai () project would have been the first Tiger Woods-designed golf course and golf resort in the
Earl Woods Tiger, comes from Earl Woods' wartime friendship with Colonel Vuong Dang "Tiger" Phong, a courageous pilot who flew in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam. In 1972, Woods was stationed at Brooklyn's Fort Hamilton, and learned to play golf, starting at age 42, at the Dyker Beach Golf Course in Dyker Heights. From his first experience with golf, Earl Woods was captivated by it, and played a great deal for the remainder of his life. He eventually became a good standard amateur golfer, often scoring in the 70s for 18 holes. Earl claimed to be playing close to scratch