The Week That Was, february 26, 2012

croatia Hollywood on the AdriaticMy research is still a little spotty, but I can’t resist reporting that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have apparently become investors in a golf resort that will be built along Croatia’s Adriatic coast.The resort, to be...

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china Jones, Jr.: Back to Shanghai?

Sometime this year, the real estate affiliate of a powerful Chinese multinational hopes to start building an 18-hole golf course on an island along the Yangtze River in Shanghai.The course has been designed by Robert Trent Jones, Jr., one of his profession’s...

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The Week That Was, february 19, 2012

canada Revelstoke: A Job or a Snow Job?Is it possible to read too much into a want ad? I ask because Northland Properties is searching for “an environmental specialist” who can go to work on a “subdivision and golf course project” at Revelstoke Mountain...

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talking points Dana Garmany on Golf’s Future

Dana Garmany knows golf, particularly the management side of it, as well as anyone. His company, Troon Golf, reportedly manages more than 130 U.S. golf courses and something like 65 others in 23 foreign nations. If you’re wondering, roughly a quarter...

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china The Sundance Kids

The crackdown on golf construction in China is starting to spread pain among course architects everywhere.The latest one to feel the pinch is Bob Cupp, an Atlanta, Georgia-based designer who has three projects in the People’s Republic -– two in Yunnan...

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The Week That Was, february 12, 2012

united states The Cliffs & Other DangersThe first Tiger Woods-designed golf course in the United States is now officially on the endangered list.Cliffs Communities, the course’s developer, has decided to file for bankruptcy protection and sell its...

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worth reading Is There a Path to Growth?

Jack Nicklaus may not play much golf anymore, but he still serves as an effective spokesman for the sport. Lately he’s been promoting Golf 2.0, the PGA of America’s latest plan to put golf on a path for growth. In his mind, the program “promotes out-of-the...

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great britain Castletown Gets a New Owner

An ancient, historic golf club on the Isle of Man has found a deep-pocketed owner who promises to move its 18-hole course up the ranks of the United Kingdom’s top 100.The new owner is Philip Vermeulen, a South African investor who’s said to own a home...

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The Week That Was, february 5, 2012

Because it’s Super Bowl Sunday, America’s favorite non-holiday, here’s a collection of all-American news tidbits. Special bonus: This week only, my blog has been declared a Trump-free zone!. . . the problem Americans don’t play enough golf. And when...

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worth reading Brazil 2016: The Road to Rio

February 3, 2012: This was the day that the deciders in Rio de Janeiro were supposed to announce the winner of the design competition for the Olympics’ golf course. Like so many of our days, however, this one ended not with a bang but with a whimper.No...

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india Close Encounters of the Golf Kind

India’s golf industry has been invaded by aliens –- aliens who hope to have very close encounters with the nation’s upwardly mobile home buyers.No, they’re not extraterrestrials. They’re Hari and Venkat Challa, the principals of Hyderabad-based Aliens...

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