united states The Unlikely Number OneBandon Dunes is the top golf destination in the United States.Its golf courses, according to a recent ranking, combine “beauty and challenge,” and playing any one of them “is sure to be a memorable experience...
Monday, April 30, 2012
Saturday, April 28, 2012
worth reading The Killers Elite
Now that economic sanctions are being lifted, will Myanmar emerge as a hot spot for golf development?Agence France-Presse is trying to make a case for golf’s future in the police state formerly known as Burma, contending that “an influx of investment”...
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
india Getting Served in Delhi
Will this be the year that the Delhi Development Authority finally breaks ground on its third golf course? DDA Dwarka Golf Course, the first “international-standard” track in metropolitan New Delhi, is having a better-late-than-never moment. The Phil...
Monday, April 23, 2012
The Week That Was, april 22, 2012
vietnam The Next War?First, the good news: The golf population in Vietnam may be growing.A government official recently told the Vietnam Investment Review that the nation these days has as many as 8,000 players. This feels to me like a somewhat soft...
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Following the Money
China, Brazil, Argentina, and India – those nations, Greg Norman believes, are golf’s future development hot spots. “We are really focused on emerging markets in developing countries,” the West Palm Beach, Florida-based designer said in a recent interview...
Thursday, April 19, 2012
england Harry Colt, Railroaded
A recently approved railway in England is going to destroy a Harry Colt-designed golf course.The track is the centerpiece of Whittington Heath Golf Club in Lichfield, a northern suburb of Birmingham. A rail line linking London to Manchester, Leeds, and...
Monday, April 16, 2012
The Week That Was, april 15, 2012
talking points The Coore of the ArgumentThe best golf courses, Bill Coore believes, bear a resemblance to the best songs, in that they reveal more of their complexity and depth during repeated play.“It's like a really good essay or poem,” the Texas-based...
Saturday, April 14, 2012
thailand Drive, He Said
A car nut and a golf nut -- that’s Prachin Eamlumnow in, well, a nutshell.Prachin, the CEO of Bangkok-based Grand Prix International Corporation, publishes some of Thailand’s most popular car magazines and organizes Thailand’s biggest auto show, the...
Thursday, April 12, 2012
australia Virginia Will Get a Makeover
Wayne Grady, a winner of PGA championships in the United States and Australia, has been tapped to oversee a renovation of Virginia Golf Club in suburban Brisbane. The club’s centerpiece is an 18-hole, 6,728-yard “championship” course that opened in two...
Monday, April 9, 2012
The Week That Was, april 8, 2012
united states Looking on the Bright SideBloomberg has taken the temperature of the U.S. golf business, and it believes the patient is recovering.The industry is “growing for the first time in five years,” the news agency reports, based on its analysis...
Thursday, April 5, 2012
slovakia Creating a Golf Destination?
A Bratislava-based developer aims to build a 27-hole golf complex in the foothills of the High Tatras mountain range near Kezmarok, in northeastern Slovakia.The complex will be the featured attraction of Royal Valley, which will include 66 single-family...
Monday, April 2, 2012
The Week That Was, april 1, 2012
morocco Tony Jacklin’s Marrakech ExpressA year or so from now, Tony Jacklin expects to debut his second golf design in Morocco, at a U.S.-style resort community in suburban Marrakech.Jacklin’s 27-hole complex will serve as a drawing card for Argan Golf...
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