Graham Cooke is keeping his fingers crossed, but he believes work on his long-delayed golf course in Finland could start this year.
Cooke, who’s based in Hudson, Quebec, was hired to design St. Nicholas Golf Club years ago, with a ground-breaking set for 2005, but the construction has been held up because flying squirrels make a home on part of the golf course site.
Last year, finally, the developers -– a group led by Janne Virtanen, a Finnish movie actor -– appeared to be making some progress in getting approvals and permits. Maybe it’s because Virtanen has some celebrities as partners, including Teemu Selanne, the hockey star who plays for the Anaheim Ducks; auto racers Marcus Gronholm and Sebastian Lindholm; and pop singer Timo Kojo.
The course will be built in Inkoo, a coastal city that’s 40 miles southwest of Helsinki.
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
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