Interviews

Oakmont: An interview with Gil Hanse

With the 2025 US Open arriving at Oakmont, Richard Humphreys spoke with the architect, who renovated the course in 2023, about what to expect

Martin Ebert: Design journey

With a portfolio that includes eight of the ten Open venues, Mackenzie & Ebert occupies an enviable position in the golf design industry. Adam Lawrence spoke with principal Martin Ebert to learn how they got there

Designs for the big screen

Chad Goetz and Agustin Piza discuss their design decisions for the virtual holes that featured in the first season of TGL

Bob Harrison: Wizard of Oz

The Australian designer has had a long career and, like many of his countrymen, has spent much of it away from home. Adam Lawrence listened to his tales from the road

Ben Cowan-Dewar: Shock and awe

Golf development firm Cabot now has properties in six countries. Richard Humphreys speaks with co-founder and CEO Ben Cowan-Dewar about what makes a great site, selection of golf course architects, and more

Team building

Turfgrass has launched its US arm with the appointment of John Lawrence, Adam Moeller and Brad Owen. Richard Humphreys speaks with them, Turfgrass founder John Clarkin and director of agronomy Julian Mooney to find out more

Brian Curley: Life of Brian

The designer has surely clocked up more air miles than anyone else in the business. Adam Lawrence caught up with him in between flights to discuss his career and his new venture with Jim Wagner

Oakmont: An interview with Gil Hanse

With the 2025 US Open arriving at Oakmont, Richard Humphreys spoke with the architect, who renovated the course in 2023, about what to expect

Martin Ebert: Design journey

With a portfolio that includes eight of the ten Open venues, Mackenzie & Ebert occupies an enviable position in the golf design industry. Adam Lawrence spoke with principal Martin Ebert to learn how they got there

Designs for the big screen

Chad Goetz and Agustin Piza discuss their design decisions for the virtual holes that featured in the first season of TGL

Bob Harrison: Wizard of Oz

The Australian designer has had a long career and, like many of his countrymen, has spent much of it away from home. Adam Lawrence listened to his tales from the road

Ben Cowan-Dewar: Shock and awe

Golf development firm Cabot now has properties in six countries. Richard Humphreys speaks with co-founder and CEO Ben Cowan-Dewar about what makes a great site, selection of golf course architects, and more

Team building

Turfgrass has launched its US arm with the appointment of John Lawrence, Adam Moeller and Brad Owen. Richard Humphreys speaks with them, Turfgrass founder John Clarkin and director of agronomy Julian Mooney to find out more

Brian Curley: Life of Brian

The designer has surely clocked up more air miles than anyone else in the business. Adam Lawrence caught up with him in between flights to discuss his career and his new venture with Jim Wagner

First Secret Valley course to open
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First Secret Valley course to open

A new 18-hole golf course at Secret Valley, part of the Venus Rock Resort development in Cyprus, is set to open soon.

The Venus Rock project, which will include two golf courses, a five-star hotel, two community sports centres, a commercial and leisure component, as well as luxury private homes, aims to become one of Europe’s largest luxury beach-front residential developments.

The banking crisis in Cyprus had put the project in jeopardy, but a recent deal has been negotiated between the initial investors Dolphin Capital Investors, comprised of the Aristo Developers and Venus Rock Estates subsidiaries, and China Glory National Investment, to allow construction to continue.

While the first course is entering the final construction phase, plans for the second course have now been finalised and are ready for tender. Both courses, which will replace the existing Secret Valley course, have been designed by Golf & Land Design’s Hans-Georg Erhardt and Snorri Vilhjalmsson and will be branded as Tony Jacklin signature designs.

An existing clubhouse will serve the first new course, and a brand new luxury clubhouse will be built to serve the other. Other features of the project include a floodlight 3-hole loop designed for evening play, which will be located at the lower end of the courses where the beach development and the courses meet.

A soft opening of the first course is expected to take place later this summer, with a grand opening scheduled for September. Construction of the second course is set to begin next spring.

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