German architect Rolf-Stephan Hansen has finished the build of the Budersand golf course on the island of Sylt, close to the country's border with Denmark.

The late Fred Hawtree, a golf architect since 1938, edited the second volume of this anthology in 1999, towards the end of his life.

Not a golf architecture book, it's true, but Bob Labbance, who has coauthored this volume with Brian Siplo, has written extensively on the subject in the past, as, for example, in his history of golf course management, Keepers of the Green.

Plans are in place for a new golf and country club in County Cork, Ireland.

The Indoor Golf Arena, the world's largest indoor golf centre, is expected to be open in the Netherlands by 2010, with a number of local councils showing interest.