Billionaire Tiger Woods is building a second championship golf course in Virginia

Tiger Woods is not playing much golf right now. He missed the Masters, the PGA Championship and the US Open in 2026, is receiving treatment in Switzerland following a rollover car crash on Jupiter Island, Florida in March, and has not competed in a major since his remarkable 2019 Masters win. None of that has slowed down his business operations by a single yard.

TGR Design, the golf course design company he founded as part of his TGR Ventures portfolio, has been tapped to build a second private 18-hole championship course at Tributer Resort on Virginia's Lake Anna, one of the East Coast's emerging golf destinations and a luxury residential community developed by Reef Capital Partners in central Virginia's Spotsylvania County.

The announcement, made June 28, 2026, adds another marquee commission to a TGR Design portfolio that includes Payne's Valley at Big Cedar Lodge in Missouri, Bluejack National in Texas and The Loop at Augusta National's Patch course, a nine-hole par-3 layout currently under development on the grounds of the most famous golf club in the world. The Tributer course will play to 7,310 yards from the championship tees, routed through rolling farmland, mature hardwood forests and pine groves overlooking Lake Anna, a 13,000-acre reservoir that gives the site its defining physical identity.

Bryon Bell, president of TGR Design and a close Woods collaborator for more than two decades, described the design philosophy behind the new layout. "A balanced mix of uphill and downhill holes, shifting perspectives, and natural landforms will ensure no two holes feel alike, creating a course that feels organic in its movement and varied in its demands," he said. "Lake Anna provides a remarkable setting for championship golf, and we're excited to see this design come to life in a way that fully reflects its sense of place."

The new course joins Cutalong Golf Club, Tributer's existing private layout, which Golf Digest named one of the Top 5 Best New Private Courses in the United States in 2023. That course was inspired by the Golden Age design principles of C.B. MacDonald, Donald Ross and Alister MacKenzie and has established Tributer's credentials as a serious golf destination rather than simply a residential amenity. Adding a TGR Design course as the second layout elevates those credentials significantly, given the commercial and reputational weight that Woods' name carries in the golf real estate market.

Reef Capital Partners is simultaneously expanding the resort's residential and hospitality offering around the two golf courses. The community already includes homesites, golf villas and cottages, all member-owned and available to guests through Stay and Play reservations. Four-bedroom Golf Villas feature spa-inspired bathrooms, open-concept living areas and private terraces overlooking the course. Two-bedroom Golf Cottages include chef-inspired kitchens and outdoor porches. Homesites run from one-third to two-thirds of an acre with golf course views. Once complete, the community will grow to approximately 900 residences alongside chef-driven dining, sports courts, wellness amenities, pool and lakeside recreation and trail systems. Jared Lucero, CEO of Reef Capital Partners, said the vision is a vibrant, enduring community where resort amenities are seamlessly integrated into everyday life.

Woods, 50, built his off-course business empire while remaining the most recognised name in professional golf for three decades. Forbes certified him as a billionaire in 2022, making him only the second active athlete after LeBron James to achieve that distinction. His current net worth is estimated at $1.5 billion, generated through endorsement deals across his career that Forbes estimates account for approximately 90 percent of his total earnings, tournament prize money of approximately $121 million which is a PGA Tour record, and a diversified portfolio of business ventures. Those ventures include TGR Design, the golf course design business behind the Tributer commission; PopStroke, the luxury putting entertainment chain he co-founded in 2019 that now operates 17 US locations; TMRW Sports, the tech-driven sports entertainment company he co-founded with Rory McIlroy whose flagship The Golf League launched its second season in 2026; and a luxury real estate partnership with Justin Timberlake and British billionaire Joe Lewis under the Nexxus brand.

The Tributer commission demonstrates that TGR Design's commercial momentum has not been affected by the turbulence in Woods' personal and sporting life in 2026. A DUI arrest following a rollover crash on Jupiter Island in March drew significant press attention and legal scrutiny. He declined entries to all four major championships this year and has not competed publicly since the crash. But the design business, run primarily by Bell under the TGR Ventures structure, operates on project timelines that extend years into the future, meaning the pipeline of commissions reflects the accumulated brand equity of a career that spans 15 major championships and 82 PGA Tour victories rather than any single news cycle.

Ian Sikes, general manager of Tributer Resort, called the new course announcement a major milestone in the evolution of the property. With two championship courses, a Shenandoah Green 18-hole putting course and a full residential and hospitality infrastructure under development around them, Tributer is positioning itself as one of the East Coast's serious golf and lifestyle destinations. Tiger Woods' name on the new course makes that positioning significantly easier to sell.