Shameless Self-Promotion, august 2011

This month's World Edition of the Golf Course Report has news about the revival of a time-share club for billionaires, a new course in China being designed by graduates from the Greg Norman School of Architecture, and even an Olympic moment.

What it doesn't have is a pop quiz. That's what this blog is for.

Do you know the answers to these 10 questions?

1. An “exclusive club for hedonists” is to be built in

a) Monaco
b) Russia
c) Thailand
d) Serbia

2. Who said, “If we are to create better golfers in China, we need better courses”?

a) David Chu
b) Brian Curley
c) Harley Kruse
d) Chiang Kai-shek

3. The richest man in the Philippines wants to build a golf course in

a) Tagaytay City
b) Inner Mongolia
c) Scottsdale, Arizona
d) his back yard

4. The golf course that will host the matches of the 2016 Olympics is to be built on a site in Rio de Janeiro called Riserva Uno. Which architect has already done a routing for a golf course at Riserva Uno?

a) Martin Hawtree
b) Eduardo “El Gato” Romero
c) Edison Arantes do Nascimento
d) Rees Jones

5. Tony Jacklin has been hired to put his “signature” on two golf courses in what country?

a) Morocco
b) Mexico
c) Malaysia
d) Montenegro

6. Which designer has eight courses ranked among Golfweek's top 30 modern courses in Canada?

a) Stanley Thompson
b) Tom McBroom
c) Doug Carrick
d) Les Furber

7. A golf course once described as “the remotest of the remote links courses” was recently sold. Name it.

a) Barnbougle Dunes Golf Club in Tasmania
b) Machrie Golf Links in Scotland
c) Laucala Golf Course in Fiji
d) Cabot Links in Nova Scotia

8. The first female member of the Australian Society of Golf Course Architects is

a) Alice Dye
b) Jan Beljan
c) Kristine Kerr
d) Lisa Maki

9. Banyan Tree Holdings' next golf resort will likely be built in

a) St. Helena
b) Sri Lanka
c) Serbia
d) Seychelles

10. Who said, “It should be a prerequisite to play Castle Stuart before you're allowed to design courses nowadays”?

a) Gil Hanse
b) Mark Parsinen
c) Phil Mickelson
d) Tom Morris

How'd you do? If you want to check your answers, you'll need to read August's World Edition. To get your copy, give me a call at 301/680-9460 or send an e-mail to me at WorldEdition@aol.com.