page_title: Punta Brava Golf Club
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Punta Brava Golf Club / History
caption_attribution_description: A view of Tiger Woods as he walks off the 8th green at Torrey Pines during this morning's practice round at the 2008 U.S. Open in San Diego, CA.
context_page_description: Punta Brava Golf Club is a private golf & surf club currently under development in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico at the tip of the Punta Banda Peninsula. The site is framed by the Pacific Ocean on one side and the Bay of Todos Santos on the other. The course is designed by Tiger Woods. When asked about the vision by CNN the founder, Brian Tucker, stated "to shape golf history by creating the most spectacular golf course on earth."
context_section_description: In 2006, former Charles Schwab executive, Brian Tucker, set out to develop a world-class golf course after discovering a plot of land at the tip of the Punta Banda peninsula, which extends 7 miles into the Pacific Ocean. Because of the unique topography and coastline, the land became one of the most sought after golf design projects in the industry.
  Tiger Woods was privately awarded the contract to design the golf course in early 2008. On June 15, 2008 on the 18th hole of the final round of the 2008 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines, Tiger Woods made a 12 foot birdie putt to tie Rocco Mediate and force a playoff round the following day. The public first caught wind of Punta Brava at the ensuing press conference that evening after Woods was asked what he had originally planned to do the following day. Briefly mentioning his site visit to Punta Brava, although he was closely guarded about it, set the media abuzz. Woods rescheduled his site visit to Punta Brava the following week where he walked the site on foot again, despite having a knee injury. Tucker noted, "Tiger's a perfectionist. He just keeps working the routing over and over again." 
  The project was officially announced at a press conference at the Hotel Bel Air in Los Angeles in October 2008 with capital support from billionaire Red McCombs In the Wall Street Journal’s coverage of the news conference, golf writer John Paul Newport opined after the conference, "Judging by the layout, it's possible that the course will break into the world's top 20 rankings on the day it opens. It looks to be a new and improved version of Cypress Point on California's Monterey Peninsula."
caption: Tiger Woods at the 2008 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines, shortly before he first mentioned the Punta Brava development project to the public
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