China’s fast-growing thirst for prestige wine has made wineries in Bordeaux some of the hottest real estate on the planet. Over the past year or so, Chinese buyers have snapped up more than a dozen wineries, most of them in a region called Entre-deux-Mers,...
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Monday, May 14, 2012
The Week That Was, may 13, 2012
united states Back in the Swing of Things?Slowly but surely, the bad-news stories about our business are disappearing. While the Great Recession isn’t yet completely dead and buried, it appears that happier days are here again for the owners and operators...
Saturday, May 12, 2012
talking points Lee Trevino, Design Critic
“The Merry Mex” isn’t very happy about the current state of golf design.Lee Trevino thinks today’s golf courses are too long, too hard, and too expensive to maintain. He thinks designers and developers have regrettably strayed from traditional values,...
Thursday, May 10, 2012
china A Moratorium To Dye For
A question regarding China’s moratorium on golf construction: Exactly how meaningless is it?I ask because Dye Designs Group recently secured permission to start building not just one but two golf courses in the People’s Republic. “Two of our China projects...
Monday, May 7, 2012
The Week That Was, may 6, 2012
scotland The Verdict on Trump’s “Irish-style” LinksTrump International Golf Links Scotland opens in just two months, and one of golf architecture’s foremost opinion-makers has concluded that it’s “one of the most polarizing courses in all of golf.”Donald...
Saturday, May 5, 2012
india Unhappy Days Are Here Again
More and more people in India now have money in their pockets, but it isn’t making them happy.Despite a solid economy, a Gallup poll has determined that Indians have become “much more unhappy about their lives” over the past four years. As a result,...
Thursday, May 3, 2012
wales A Makeover for Brynhill
In an attempt to shore up its balance sheet, one of the oldest golf clubs in Wales has decided to give itself a dramatic makeover.Brynhill Golf Club, a fixture in Barry since 1921, plans to sell part of its property to a residential developer intent...
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