China Golf, 中国高尔夫 » Hong Kong golf http://china-golf.us China Golf Tours: Omega Golf Tour, China Golf Course Course Information, China Golf Vacations China Mon, 19 Apr 2010 07:26:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Norman plots design of 20 golf courses in China http://china-golf.us/2009/07/04/norman-plots-design-of-20-golf-courses-in-china/ http://china-golf.us/2009/07/04/norman-plots-design-of-20-golf-courses-in-china/#comments Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:27:35 +0000 Paul http://china-golf.us/?p=638 Greg Norman is in talks with China to develop 20 new golf projects throughout the country. He is also considering moving other parts of Great white Shark Enterprises to China. Norman is chief executive officer of Great White Shark Enterprises Inc., a closely held company that lists course design, apparel, golf equipment, wine and residential development among its activities. In recent years, he has focused more on business and less on golf.

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Norman plots design of 20 golf courses in China – The China Post.

]]> http://china-golf.us/2009/07/04/norman-plots-design-of-20-golf-courses-in-china/feed/ 0 Golf in U.S. Slows, China rising http://china-golf.us/2008/12/05/china-golf-courses/ http://china-golf.us/2008/12/05/china-golf-courses/#comments Sat, 06 Dec 2008 06:55:44 +0000 admin http://china-golf.us/golf-in-china/?p=312 According to the National Golf Foundation, the number of new courses expected to open in the United States in 2008 is the smallest in 20 years. More courses are scheduled to close this year (nearly 100) than the 80 expected to open, though the closures have fallen since almost 150 were shut down two years ago. The golf construction boom of the 1990s – when about 2,500 new courses (mostly daily fee ones) were added to the 13,000 or so already extant in the U.S. – is not only over; it’s stuck in reverse.

Rick Jacobson is a golf course architect in Libertyville, Ill. For nearly two decades, the founder of Jacobson Golf Course Design designed and renovated courses in Chicago suburbs, such as Bloomingdale and Winnetka, as well as nationally. But in the last few years, Jacobson – who has worked with Jack Nicklaus on a number of projects – has focused on a new market: China.

Last month, Jacobson agreed to design a 27-hole course in Hong Kong. It’s his third venture in China, following the 36-hole Lion’s Lake Resort course near Guangzhou and Chaozhou, an 18-hole resort course.

Hundreds of courses have been built in China in the last quarter-century with at least 20 more expected to open in the next few years.

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