WRITTEN ON Tuesday, June 29th, 2010 BY Tim AND STORED IN Tim Lobb, Top Courses, Travels
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 [...]
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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 including Goldfinger [...]
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WRITTEN ON Wednesday, May 12th, 2010 BY Tim AND STORED IN Our projects, Top Courses, Travels
PRESS RELEASE
Challenge Tour impressed with TPL’s Carya course
Players describe heathland course as ‘probably the best we’ll play all year’
(London, United Kingdom – May 06, 2010) European Challenge Tour players and representatives have lavished praise on Carya Golf Club, designed by Thomson Perrett & Lobb, the golf course design practice founded by five-times Open Champion [...]
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WRITTEN ON Wednesday, April 14th, 2010 BY Tim AND STORED IN Our projects, Tim Lobb, Top Courses
Thomson Perrett & Lobb has been appointed to consult on and oversee important design work on two historic courses close to London – The Berkshire Golf Club, one of the UK’s Top 100 Courses.
The Berkshire, which features two of the finest, traditional heathland golf courses, with 69 bunkers in total, has appointed TPL to analyse [...]
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WRITTEN ON Friday, April 2nd, 2010 BY Tim AND STORED IN Our projects, Top Courses
Our new heathland inspired golf course in Belek, Turkey called Carya Golf Club opened in November 2008.
From our first visit to site it was our design intent to create a traditional heathland inspired golf course. Five years on from that initial site visit to walk the site it is pleasing to see our design intent [...]
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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 golfing [...]
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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 Jumeirah [...]
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WRITTEN ON Wednesday, December 9th, 2009 BY Tim AND STORED IN Andrew Goosen, Our projects, Press Releases, Tim Lobb, Top Courses
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TPL appointed to modernise Emirates Golf Club’s flagship Majlis Course
Bunkers to be repositioned and reconstructed for 2011 Dubai Desert Classic
(London, United Kingdom – December 7, 2009) Thomson Perrett & Lobb, the golf course architecture practice founded by five-times Open champion Peter Thomson, has been appointed by Emirates Golf Club to [...]
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WRITTEN ON Monday, November 9th, 2009 BY Tim AND STORED IN Peter Thomson, Top Courses
A racing of the heart
Golf Digest, July 1984
No-one who enjoys a game of golf could tee off at St Andrews on that first tee at the foot of the steps from the house without a racing of the heart. When I first looked out in September of 1954 it seemed like heaven. All my imaginings [...]
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WRITTEN ON Wednesday, October 28th, 2009 BY Tim AND STORED IN Andrew Goosen, Tim Lobb, Top Courses
28th October 2009
Tim Lobb and Andrew Goosen were invited to play at Huntercombe Golf Club today by Robert Clive and Mel Thomas of 360 Golf. A foursome format was adopted and the boys at 360 Golf had an easy win of 4 & 3 over the lowely TPL teaming.
Huntercombe Golf Club, in Oxfordshire, is a Willie [...]
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