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.

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.

Click on link above to see original footage of Peter winning the 1955 Open Championship at St Andrews.

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

tlobb@tpl.eu.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhzjyFSCc4Q

What a swing.

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.

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.

www.linnagolf.fi

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.

www.stokeparkclub.com

By the way. John and Paul beat Tim and Andrew 2&1.

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.

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.