Tad King, our construction supervisor at our El Ein Bay project, 100km East of Cairo on the Red Sea, sent us some pictures of the construction and grow in development yesterday. Please see below.
Andrew Goosen and Tim Lobb will be onsite next week and will update our readers further.
Additionally we will be visiting our new project called Barwa New Cairo. Further information to follow.
The par 3, 8th hole growing in nicely.
The par 4, 4th hole is fully grown in now and ready to see some play.
9th green, with clubhouse in background in construction
Par 3, 5th hole. Difficult hole over bunkers.
We look forward to updating you on the progress of our various Egyptian projects after we return from our site trips.
Written on September 1st, 2010 by Tim and stored in Andrew Goosen, Our projects, Tim Lobb, Travels
Peter Thomson, Ross Perrett and Tim Lobb hosted the 4th Annual Thomson Cup at The Berkshire Golf Club this week – July 20th.
Very warm weather welcomed the participants with firm and fast conditions on the brillant Red Course.
Below are a couple of pictures from the day.
Participants at the 4th Annual Thomson Cup.
Peter presenting the Thomson Cup to winner, Sir Rocco Forte
Get practising for next year…..
Thanks to The Berkshire Golf Club for allowing us to play our event on their fine heathland course.
Written on July 21st, 2010 by Tim and stored in Andrew Goosen, Peter Thomson, Ross Perrett, Tim Lobb
http://www.tpl.eu.com/peter-thomson-video.php
Click on link above to see original footage of Peter winning the 1955 Open Championship at St Andrews.
Written on July 13th, 2010 by Tim and stored in Peter Thomson
July 13th, 2010
As the golfing greats gather at St Andrews for this years Open Championships Peter, Ross and Tim make the annual journey to attend the Championship.
Peter Thomson is captaining the team of Tiger Woods, Sir Nick Faldo and Mark Calcavecchia at Wednesday’s Champions Challenge.
Click on the below link to watch a video on Peters thoughts of St Andrews.
http://www.tpl.eu.com/library-old-course.php
Peter won the 1955 Open Championship at St Andrews.
Tim, Peter and Ross at the famous Old Course in St Andrews
Drop Tim an email if you are attending and want to meet up
Written on July 13th, 2010 by Tim and stored in Peter Thomson, Press Releases, Tim Lobb, Travels
See below YouTube coverage on what the experts say about Peter Thomson’s swing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhzjyFSCc4Q
What a swing.
Written on July 2nd, 2010 by Tim and stored in Peter Thomson, Philosophy
Tim and Andrew visited The Richmond Golf Club for a design meeting today (June 30, 2010). The pilot hole bunkers on hole 11 are well grown in now and looking fantastic.
Well done to Les Howkins, Jaey Goodchild and all the groundstaff at The Club for their committment to fulfilling the design philosophy of these bunkers.
See below for pictures taken today – 30 June, 2010
Some of the new fairway bunkers created last year
The edges have grown in very well and looks very natural
The cross bunkers at the second landing zone provide a great strategic challenge
Love the fluffy edges
We have finished the design for the renovation of the course now and look forward to breaking ground on phase 1 in September. Watch this space.
Written on June 30th, 2010 by Tim and stored in Andrew Goosen, Our projects, Tim Lobb
Tim and family were lucky enough to be invited to a weekend at the glorious Linna Golf in Finland. Whilst employed at European Golf Design Tim was fortunate enough to work on this project. The course opened in 2005 and has since hosted a European Challenge Tour Event in 2009 and consistently ranks as one of the nations top courses. The owners, Mika and Pekka are very passionate about the golfing experience at Linna Golf and continue to strive for excellence on the course, clubhouse and overall journey from arriving in the car park to leaving the clubhouse contented with a great day at the course.
Golf in Finland is very much a family sport and shows how the game should be played and approached for more traditional golfing countries. Golf is still growing at 10% per year in Finland where as it is probably declining by that amount in tradtional golfing regions.
Go and see Linna Golf for yourselves – www.linnagolf.fi
The family enjoying some practice putting before dinner. The greens were in superb shape.
The putting course is 120m long and alot of fun for all to enjoy.
Playing the 8th hole at 10pm. We were there on the mid summer holiday weekend with almost continual sunshine
Strong contours entering the 12th green
The clubhouse is a superb barn renovation. Just fantastic
The adjoining 'castle' style hotel oozes charm and class
Tim and father on 9th tee. A proud moment. This hole was voted best par 4 in Finland.
Linna Golf is golf how it should be – relaxed, in harmony with nature and a family activity.
Written on June 29th, 2010 by Tim and stored in Tim Lobb, Top Courses, Travels
Tim and Andrew played golf at Stoke Park today (4 June, 2010) with Paul Thomas and John McGuiness.
The original 18 hole course was laid out by Colt in 1908 and is set amongst a 18th Century Capability Brown/ Humphrey Repton Landscape. Additionally the magnificent 18th Century Mansion House has been the scene for many movies including Goldfinger (James Bond), Layer Cake and Brigitte Jones Diary.
Stoke Park is a great golfing adventure, subtly integrated into this important landscape.
See below some pictures of the journey undertaken:
Some of the interesting bunker detailing at Stoke Park
John McGuiness, Paul Thomas and Andrew Goosen in front of the splendid clubhouse
Looks like a newly built bunker. There were some disparities in the style and playability of the bunkering
Golf in a grand landscape. Perfect subtly and respect.
John putting on the short par 4, 20th hole. The new nine was done by Donald Steele and fits in well with the spirit of Stoke
Golf can be a great driver to create revenue and finance to help restore historic destinations. Lets hope that planning authorities can hear this
Stoke Park is a great golfing and historic experience. Go play and enjoy the afternoon exploring the Clubhouse, afternoon tea on the lawn and photos in locker room.
By the way. John and Paul beat Tim and Andrew 2&1.
Written on June 4th, 2010 by Tim and stored in Andrew Goosen, Golf News, Philosophy, Tim Lobb, Top Courses
Tim Lobb visited El Ein Bay, May 24-27 to inspect holes 2 – 5 for grassing preparation and grow-in. Also we spent alot of time discussing landscape planting palette and density. We try to be very flexible in this approach and consider what is locally available and thriving in this harsh environment.
Chris Geraghty, golf professional at nearby Stella Di Mare Golf and Country Club strikes one off hole 3
Tim Lobb, a very un golf professional strikes one off same hole
We have sodded around the bunker edges to give stability
Tree and palm planting has started on hole 4
We have worked hard to create natural looking streams. Great job guys
El Ein Bay is coming together really well and we look forward to posting more progress pictures. During the site visit we approved hole 2, green 8 and tee 5 for grassing to commence. Look forward to seeing those green.
Written on May 31st, 2010 by Tim and stored in Our projects, Tim Lobb, Travels
Andrew Goosen and Tim Lobb visited The Richmond Golf Club today (May 13, 2010) to update the Club on our design progress and review the bunkers built on the pilot hole, number 11. The pilot hole bunkers were built Spring 2009. Please see below.
The new bunkers at the first landing zone on hole 11
We have used the Sportcrete product in the construction of these pilot hole bunkers and they are performing very well from a technical and playability perspective.
The softer edges with the 'fluffy' grass has developed well over the past year
We are in the process of completing the detail design for the remainder of the bunkers with construction commencing for the next phase of the works from September 2010. This phase will be approximately 50% of the total bunker re-build.
The second landing zone at hole 11 with cross bunkers to avoid
The bunker programme is scheduled to be completed over two winters, 2010 + 2011.
The fluffy bunker edges blend well with this parkland setting
Keep an eye out for further updates on this exciting renovation project that we are undertaking.
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