montenegro Up from Zero

A U.S. golf designer has been selected to create a golf development master plan for the country of Montenegro.

Igor Noveljic of the nation’s Ministry of Spatial Planning & Environment recently said the plan, which will be completed later this year, is “the best way to show potential in our country.”

That potential will be evaluated by Hurdzan Fry Environmental Golf Design of Columbus, Ohio, which has also been asked to identify 10 to 12 locations for golf courses.

At this time Montenegro has no golf courses, although three are in the works. Orascom HD plans to build a waterfront resort in Lustica; Peter Munk, a Canadian billionaire, wants to build a Jose Maria Olazabal-designed course at Porto Montenegro in Tivat; and a British firm, Cubus Lux, has secured a lease on a former military base near Uncinj where it aims to build a resort featuring a Robert Trent Jones, Jr.-designed course.

Mike Hurdzan, one of Hurdzan Fry’s principals, said Montenegro “has great potential for the development of golf.”

Did you expect him to say anything else?