WRITTEN ON Monday, July 25th, 2011 BY Tim AND STORED IN Golf News, Philosophy, Press Releases, Tim Lobb
PRESS RELEASE – 22 July 2011 Golf seminar planned for Marrakech The team behind the successful ‘Golf in the Middle East – The Next Generation’ seminar, run in Abu Dhabi last September, has announced its second event. The seminar, entitled ‘Golf in North Africa – Setting The New Standards’, will take [...]
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WRITTEN ON Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011 BY Tim AND STORED IN Philosophy, Tim Lobb
Google Earth is a free software package which allows users to very satellite images from around the world. Prior to Google Earth our industry used to have to rely on expensive aerial photographs to get such images. Often our clients were not in a position for such an expense and they were rarely available. Now [...]
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WRITTEN ON Friday, July 2nd, 2010 BY Tim AND STORED IN Peter Thomson, Philosophy
See below YouTube coverage on what the experts say about Peter Thomson’s swing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhzjyFSCc4Q What a swing.
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WRITTEN ON Friday, June 4th, 2010 BY Tim AND STORED IN Andrew Goosen, Golf News, Philosophy, Tim Lobb, Top Courses
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 [...]
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WRITTEN ON Friday, March 5th, 2010 BY Tim AND STORED IN Golf News, Philosophy, Press Releases, Tim Lobb
On February 25th 2010, Thomson Perrett & Lobb hosted a bunker seminar with various industry professionals at Burhill Golf Club in Surrey. Please read below for further details PRESS RELEASE TPL host industry leaders to talk bunkers (London, United Kingdom – March 5, 2010) Thomson Perrett & Lobb, the golf course design practice [...]
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WRITTEN ON Wednesday, February 10th, 2010 BY Tim AND STORED IN Our projects, Peter Thomson, Philosophy, Press Releases, Tim Lobb, Top Courses, Travels
Tim Lobb reports on his travels to Malaysia and Australia during February 2010. In these times of glossy magazines and seductive/ touched up photos of exotic golf courses it got me wondering – has golf lost its ‘fit for purpose’ importance. Is the golf industry really creating golf courses that fit into each and every [...]
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WRITTEN ON Thursday, January 21st, 2010 BY Tim AND STORED IN Golf News, Our projects, Philosophy, Tim Lobb, Top Courses, Travels
Tim Lobb reports on his experiences of playing the newly opened – Greg Norman Design – Fire Course at Jumeirah Golf Estates in Dubai. January 19th, 2010. During our trip to Dubai this week to review the design for Emirates Golf Club and visit Dubai Golf City we were fortunate enough to enjoy the hospitality of [...]
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WRITTEN ON Wednesday, January 6th, 2010 BY Tim AND STORED IN Philosophy, Tim Lobb
Recent heavy snow in the UK has lead to these thoughts from Tim Lobb on January 6th, 2010. In Surrey we have had a good fall of snow in the last 12 hours. We probably have about 8-10 inches on the ground and roads are impassable. Working from home today and below is the [...]
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WRITTEN ON Saturday, December 5th, 2009 BY Tim AND STORED IN Our projects, Philosophy, Press Releases, Tim Lobb
Article published in Issue 17, July 2009 – Golf Course Architecture (www.golfcoursearchitecture.net) A sustainable approach to golf and the cultural landscape Tim Lobb of Thomson Perrett & Lobb, the golf course design practice founded by five-time Open champion Peter Thomson, shares his ideas on how a correctly used natural landscape can transform a [...]
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WRITTEN ON Saturday, December 5th, 2009 BY Tim AND STORED IN Peter Thomson, Philosophy
BOBBY LOCKE was a fabulous character, his life a fable. I met his aged mother and father and had Christmas dinner with them in 1952. He had his 21st birthday in New Zealand in 1938, so he was a lot older than me. He spent four years flying with the South African Air Force during [...]
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