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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.

Following more than three years of planning, construction has finally started at Sagebrush Golf and Sporting Club, some three hours drive east from Vancouver, in British Columbia's unique, desert-like interior.

The best way to find a solution to your water quality problems is to obtain a better understanding of the components that impact the delicate balance of a pond's ecosystem.

The traditional approach to golf housing has been to line the fairways with as much housing as possible to maximise the bottom line.

A year after formally retiring and passing most of his interests in course design to his long-time associates Tom Mackenzie and Martin Ebert, veteran British golf architect Donald Steel has begun a new project.

Golf clubs, golf shoes, passport! Well, not quite, but playing on a golf course that spans two countries must be quite an exciting and unusual experience.

Golf courses rarely remain unchanged for many years. But should courses be altered to match the modern game?

The influence of CAD has touched most parts of the design process.With computerised flythroughs and 3D visualisations commonplace, Mark Alexander looks at pros and cons of going digital.

On the southwest coast of Ireland, Dooks GC has gained a reputation amongst the lucrative American tourist market as something of a hidden gem.