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One of the most ambitious golf courses in Germany is currently under construction at Wittenbeck on the Baltic coast.

Anthony Edgeworth is one of golf's bestrespected photographers.

Veteran golf architects and historians Geoffrey Cornish and Michael Hurdzan, between them the designers of hundreds of courses and the authors of dozens of books, have produced this bibliography with the backing of all the world's four major group

The tenth anniversary edition of the Peugeotbacked guide to Europe's 'top 1,000' golf courses follows the well-proven format established by the previous books – a Michelin guide for golf courses, if you like.

Thomson Perrett & Lobb is designing a heathland style course on Turkey's Mediterranean coast.

At the recent Golf Business Forum, KPMG's Andrea Sartori invited visitors to look at the website www.golfbenchmark.com for information on the firm's golf benchmarking survey.

Golf in Scandinavia is on the up.

Set on a hillside a few miles inland of the Home of Golf, the Duke's Course has, since its opening a decade ago, been something of an outlier in St Andrews' golfing circles.

Turf manufacturer Ransomes Jacobsen has signed a three-year agreement to become the official supplier of turf maintenance equipment and vehicles to Golf Environment Europe.

Site clearance has started at Cabot Links on the Canadian island of Cape Breton (see GCA issue 3), the proposed course at Inverness, which stands to be one of the most important developments in the history of Canadian golf.

The first conference of the recently established European Golf Course Owners Association (EGCOA) will take place in Amsterdam from November 23-25.

Faldo Design is starting work on a new course at Ponta do Pargo on the north western tip of the Portuguese island of Madeira.

The Golf Consultants Association says that it expects the 2006 Business of Golf conference, being held at Celtic Manor in Wales from 29-31 October, to be its biggest event yet.

UK Architect Simon Gidman has recently completed a project to rebuild all 18 greens at Northenden GC in Manchester.

Italian magazine Il Mondo del Golf has voted Le Madonie in Sicily the best new course in Italy.

UK-based golf simulation specialist Sports Coach Systems has recently completed simulating two courses for Oceanico Developments in Portugal.

Having completed a rebunkering project last year, Swan Golf Designs has started work on the second phase of renovation at Bundoran Golf Club in County Donegal, Ireland.

Sanctioned by both the Australasian and European Tours, the New Zealand Open heads back to Gulf Harbour, on the Hibiscus Peninsula near Auckland, at the end of November.

A new handheld GPS device for golfers has been launched by joint developers Golf Plus and the Australian firm Tee2Green Technologies.

Roger Jones Golf Design is starting a 30-week programme of upgrading to Balcarrick Golf Club outside Dublin."

Along with Peter McEvoy and a little further back Michael Bonallack, Gary Wolstenholme is among the greatest amateur golfers Britain has produced in the modern era.

Born in 1901, Bernhard von Limburger learned the game of golf as a young boy in Scotland.