WRITTEN ON Tuesday, March 1st, 2022 BY Tim AND STORED IN Our projects, Tim Lobb
In the recent and highly regarded Golf World rankings for the Middle East and North Africa, NEWGIZA in Cairo was ranked #11th in the region and #1 in Egypt. Additionally El Ein Bay on the Red Sea also were prominently seen in the rankings and came in at #38 for the region. [...]
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WRITTEN ON Saturday, December 28th, 2019 BY Tim AND STORED IN Our projects, Tim Lobb, Uncategorized
Travel summary: Portugal, Scotland, Egypt (6 times), Turkey (7 times), France, Vietnam, Norway, Canada, Poland (3 times). 2019 has been a solid year for LOBB + PARTNERS with working on several new build projects in Europe and North Africa as well as consulting to numerous forward-thinking golf clubs in the Surrey/ Berkshire region who [...]
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WRITTEN ON Thursday, November 21st, 2019 BY Tim AND STORED IN Our projects, Tim Lobb, Top Courses, Travels, Uncategorized
In the summer Tim Lobb met with Producer and golf story teller Erik Anders Lang in Cairo to talk about golf in Egypt and visit the recently opened NEWGIZA Golf Course (designed by Thomson Perrett & Lobb). Click on the link below to watch the Skratch TV episode featuring the historic Gezira Sporting Club and [...]
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WRITTEN ON Thursday, April 11th, 2019 BY Tim AND STORED IN Tim Lobb
The final design of Thomson Perrett & Lobb (TPL) to open – NEWGIZA in Egypt’s capital Cairo – has been described as “instantly one of the elite courses in the Middle East and North Africa”. The golf course architecture firm – comprising the late Peter Thomson, the five-time Open champion, and his fellow Australians [...]
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WRITTEN ON Monday, December 17th, 2018 BY Tim AND STORED IN Golf News, Our projects, Tim Lobb, Uncategorized
Over the first weekend in November two TPL (now LOBB + PARTNERS) projects reached for the stars and gave us much satisfaction. Our new 18 hole design at the 600Ha + golf community of NEWGIZA in Cairo opened for play after a challenging yet rewarding construction period. The par 72, championship golf course has [...]
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WRITTEN ON Monday, December 4th, 2017 BY Tim AND STORED IN Tim Lobb, Top Courses
After an extremely complex, four year long build, the NEWGIZA course in Egypt is close to completion and will be ready for a soft opening in spring 2018. Designed by Thomson Perrett & Lobb, the course is part of an enormous real estate project by developer NEWGIZA. With views of the Great Pyramid [...]
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WRITTEN ON Wednesday, October 25th, 2017 BY Tim AND STORED IN Tim Lobb, Top Courses
For any golf project that is dependent on other amenities – housing, hotels and the like – for its success, the overall site masterplan is crucial, according to Lobb + Partners principal Tim Lobb. And, he adds, collaboration between everyone involved in the project is the best way to get a good result. Lobb [...]
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WRITTEN ON Sunday, May 7th, 2017 BY Tim AND STORED IN Tim Lobb, Top Courses, Travels
Tim Lobb recently visited the stunning new 18 hole golf course being developed within sight of the famous Giza Pyramids just west of Cairo. The NEWGIZA development is over 500 hectares in size and is a complex development including residential, retail, sports, education and medical components with an 18 hole championship golf course laid out [...]
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WRITTEN ON Wednesday, November 23rd, 2016 BY Tim AND STORED IN Tim Lobb, Top Courses
Tim Lobb visited the spectacular NEWGIZA golf development in Cairo last week to inspect progress to the grassing of the first twelve holes as well as inspecting the earthworks for the final six holes to be completed (3-8). Please see below some pictures of this wonderful project which is planned to open in 2017. [...]
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WRITTEN ON Tuesday, December 15th, 2015 BY Tim AND STORED IN Golf News, Our projects, Peter Thomson, Tim Lobb, Travels
Tally of international travels for TPL in 2015 Nigeria (5x), Egypt (4x), Turkey (4x), USA (2x), UAE, Ivory Coast, Ireland, Jersey As 2015 draws to an end it is always fun to reflect on another year gone by. We are fortunate enough to be working on both new build and renovation projects. The new [...]
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