If Spain is selected to host the Ryder Cup in 2018, the matches will be played on a Robin Hiseman-designed golf course in a northern suburb of Madrid.
Spain and five other nations -– France, Germany, Holland, Portugal, and Sweden -– have bid to host the Ryder Cup, with the winner to be announced sometime next year, probably in the spring.
The Royal Spanish Golf Federation aims to build a new track on property known as Valdeloshielos Farm in Tres Cantos. The federation’s idea is to build two 18-hole tracks, one tough enough to challenge the world’s top professionals, the other suited to everybody else.
Hiseman, who works at European Golf Design in Berkshire, England, plans to design a “classic” course with viewing areas for spectators and space for corporate hospitality tents. The federation has identified a site for a hotel.
Hiseman has designed a “personal” golf course for Terry Tai-Ming Gou, the chairman of Foxconn, in the Czech Republic, but he’s probably best known for “ghost-designing” Colin Montgomerie’s “signature” course at Royal Golf Club in Bahrain. (It’s part of the Riffa Views planned community.) These days, he’s also working with Montgomerie at the Palm City golf resort in Frederikshavn, Denmark.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
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