Shameless Self-Promotion, july 2011

Clear your desks, boys and girls. It's time for a pop quiz.

1. Gil Hanse has been hired to design two golf courses in what emerging golf market?

a) India
b) China
c) Bulgaria
d) Moldova

2. Who believes that “championship” courses “have already ruined the game in most emerging golfing markets”?

a) Gil Hanse
b) Jack Nicklaus
c) Peter Harradine
d) Donald Trump

3. Royal Melnik Country Club in the Czech Republic is being developed by:

a) Krassimir Guergov
b) Ludwig von Beethoven
c) the president of a powerless and soon-to-be defunct political party
d) Evian Mineral Water Company

4. A retirement community in Australia has hired which minimalist team to redesign its course?

a) Coore & Crenshaw
b) Suny & Zokol
c) Ogilvy & Clayton
d) Newman & Redford

5. After more than two years' worth of delays, it appears that ground will soon be broken on the former Legacy Club project in British Columbia. What's the project's new name?

a) Windmill Club
b) Bordeaux Club
c) Harmony Club
d) Copithorne Club

6. Terry Matthews wants to build a fourth course at Celtic Manor because:

a) “The billion viewers-plus who watched the Ryder Cup have really put us on the map.”
b) “Whoever said I'd take a back seat after the Ryder Cup is nuts.”
c) “Once I commit to something, I don't back down.”

7. Who's been hired to design the second course at the Nuevo Vallarta resort in Mexico?

a) Greg Norman
b) Greg Norman & Lorena Ochoa
c) Greg Norman, Lorena Ochoa, & Eduardo "El Gato" Romero
d) Jose Valdez

8. What do Rio de Janeiro International Golf Club in Brazil and St. George's Golf Course in Bermuda have in common?

a) Both will have 36 holes
b) Both will be funded with Chinese money
c) Both will break ground later this year
d) Both will be co-designed by Nick Faldo and Steve Smyers

9. When Gary Player saw the site for Thracian Cliffs Golf Resort in Bulgaria, he said:

a) “We are going to change things pretty dramatically.”
b) “I've been playing golf for 56 years and have never seen a site like this anywhere in the world.”
c) “We hope to design and build a golf course that blends with the surrounding natural beauty and looks as though it has been there forever.”

10. The clubhouse at India's “first world-class golf luxury resort” will be:

a) tailored especially to the desires of “India's super-rich”
b) a “unique blend of self-indulgent features”
c) maintained to “international standards”
d) managed by Troon Golf

Don't look for me to give you the answers. If you want to know your score, you'll have to read July's World Edition of the Golf Course Report.

If you'd like to get your hands on July's World Edition, give me a call at 301/680-9460 or send an e-mail to me at WorldEdition@aol.com.