zambia TPL, On the Hunt

To service its growing portfolio in Africa -– two golf courses in Egypt and another in Zambia –- Thomson Perrett & Lobb has opened a design office in Cape Town, South Africa.

The office will be manned by Andrew Goosen, a native South African who’s worked with Tim Lobb in the firm’s U.K. office for the past four years.

Goosen’s first order of business will be to oversee the construction of the Egyptian courses, El Ein El Sukhna Beach Resort and New Giza Golf Club. The former is expected to open in 2012, the latter in 2013.

Also on his plate is a just-commissioned course in Zambia that will serve as a drawing card for a 125,000-acre hunting lodge.

“There has been noticeable growth and significant investment in the golf and tourism industry in Africa,” Goosen said in a press statement, “and the prospects for the sport are very strong."

TPL is headquartered in in Melbourne, Australia and also has an office in Beijing, China.