By Katya Shtamburg, Nova Mova staff writer, from Internet sources.
Golf seems to gain more and more popularity in Ukraine. Several facilities are springing up in major cities like Kyiv and Kharkiv.
The course architects at Golfplan-Fream, Dale and Ramsey will break ground in 2009 on a new golf course project in Kyiv. The 18-hole resort track is planned for the shores of Doboletsky Island, one of a series of islands in the Dnieper River some 150 feet below the golden domes rising above Kyiv's Old Town.
Dnipro Plaza is the local company developing the Doboletsky Island project, with Russian financial support. Course construction will begin in the spring of 2009, but that is but one portion of this ambitious development, which also includes a five-star hotel and spa, 30-40 villas, public recreational space, and sizeable retail components.
Golfplan has designed more than 150 original golf projects in 65 countries. This company has introduced golf to a dozen different nations, including Tunisia, Nepal, Brunei and Poland.