Tiger's Still Battling Flu Symptoms As He Opens First Design

Tiger Woods finally opened a new course after many false starts and stops, yet the writers invited to attend could not look past the state of Woods's health.

Bob Harig for ESPN.com:

Woods began the day by giving a clinic on the driving range and acknowledging it was the first time he had hit balls since Dec. 7, during the final round of the Hero World Challenge. That weekend, Woods was ill and he said he still has a form of the flu that plagued him then.

"I've been a little under the weather and haven't touched a club since last week," said Woods, who figured he has lost 15 pounds. He said doctors told him his lingering illness is simply a bad case of the flu.

Steve DiMeglio filing for USA Today noted the long-time-coming aspect for Woods Design, finally fulfilled at Diamante in Cabo San Lucas.

"We knew this day would come," Woods said.

Others had doubts.

Three previous projects by Woods – in Baja Mexico, Dubai and North Carolina – were upended by the economy or developer problems with finances.

Then Hurricane Odile provided another obstacle and pushed back the opening back six weeks. Finally the day arrived.

"You always want to have a first some time," Woods said.

Ron Green Jr. in his Global Golf Post write-up says the course is pretty private but may have some lodging to help folks get access at some point.

Diamante, just a short drive from the popular downtown area in Cabo San Lucas, is a private resort community perched on the edge of the Pacific. Woods has a house at Diamante which limits golf to property owners and guests who rent within the resort. Plans are under way to add a small number of hotels within the resort in the near future.

Golf.com updated its gallery with some Tweeted grand opening photos, but otherwise the images coming out of Cabo showed very little of the course.

Green Jr. ran the Tiger Woods Twitter account and shared some images, as did others. A few highlights, starting with this scene of the first tee and crowd.