Since it is apparently Green Is Universal week on the networks of NBC, that means environmental propaganda is shoved down people's throats for a week.  Perhaps knowing NBC's plans was why the European Tour hosted its Dubai World Championship at the Earth Course at Jumeriah Estates.  It is a resort course, intended to be built into a very rich golf-based community.  The course is designed by economist, golfer, winemaker, sailor, divorcee, and architect Greg Norman.

Norman claimed to hear nothing but great things from players about his course.  Alastair Tait tells a different story in Golfweek:

Had he talked to others, he might have had some evasive answers from players too polite to tell the truth.

"Awful."

"Not worthy of the season-ending event."

"Boring."

The only guy who loves the course - and the only player Greg Norman talked to?  Paddy Harrington.  And his opinion doesn't count because he loved Liberty National, too.  Which means he'll be getting big design bucks once his playing days are over with that kind of design eye.

The other courses at Jumeriah Estates have since been put on hold.  They're named Wind, Water, and Fire.  The only thing that they're missing is Heart - the Planeteer that was by far the coolest because he had a monkey sidekick. 

via www.turner.com

And that's why players think that Greg Norman's course stinks.  It has no heart.