NEWS!!! . . . Will this finally be the year when the Canyons builds its long-awaited golf course? The 3,700-acre ski resort in Park City (it's the largest ski resort in Utah) is owned by a Canadian firm, Talisker Corporation, which owns one golf course in Utah and plans to build another just outside Park City, in Kamas. Talisker could break ground on the course at the Canyons as early as this summer. . . . The Crow Tribe needs to overhaul the casino on its 2.2 million-acre reservation in Montana, so it figures it might as well add a 100-room hotel, an entertainment venue, meeting space, an RV park, and an 18-hole golf course. . . . CALL 301/680-9460 FOR NEWS ABOUT GOLF DEVELOPMENT AROUND THE WORLD! . . . India's premier golf community, DLF City in Gurgaon, has hired Gary Player to design its second golf course. Player's course, his first in India, will take shape on part of a 350-acre parcel, along with some houses, a hotel, and a sports complex. DLF City's first course, an Arnold Palmer-designed track, is one of India's top golf venues. . . . A Korean developer, M Castle Company, plans to build a 1,500-acre resort community along Subic Bay in the Philippines. The community will include villas and condos, a 2,400-room waterfront hotel, a marina, a medical center, a water park, a shopping mall, and a 36-hole golf complex. . . . Roy Bechtol will design a golf course for a 1,600-acre planned community in Granite Shoals, Texas. At build-out, the community is expected to consist of single-family houses and other housing types, a retail/commercial area, and a waste-water treatment plant. It's being developed by an investment group led by Todd Fox. . . . Dave Kitzan hopes to build a nine-hole executive-length or par-3 course as part of a golf community in Dickinson, North Dakota. Besides the golf course, Kitzan aims to build 210 single-family houses on his 104-acre property. . . . DEVELOPMENT NEWS FROM THE UNITED STATES AND AROUND THE WORLD! . . . The second golf course at Bahia del los Suenos, on Baja California Sur in Mexico, will be designed by Gil Hanse. The walkable, 18-hole track will join the resort community's existing course, an 18-hole track designed by Tom Doak. At build-out, Bahia del los Suenos will have 818 single-family houses, 1,143 condos, eight hotels, a beach club, an equestrian center, and a private airport. . . . Sometime this summer, Dye Designs Group expects to start building an 18-hole course in New Caledonia, an island chain in the South Pacific. The course will be built on a beachfront site in Bourail, on the western coast of the main island. For now, New Caledonia has three golf courses. . . . PAM Development plans to build a nine-hole golf course in its Wild Point Ranch community in Ridgecrest, California. At build-out, the 179-acre community is expected to consist of 223 single-family houses. . . . Next year, a development group led by Matt Boeger expects to break ground on a Jack Nicklaus "signature" golf course in Lakeport, California. The course will be the centerpiece of Cristallago Golf Club, which was recently approved by local officials. The club will be part of an 862-acre planned community that's to include 650 single-family houses, 325 condos and time-share units, a resort-style hotel with a spa and meeting space, a village center, a marina, and other attractions. . . . INTERNATIONAL NEWS FROM THE WORLD EDITION OF THE GOLF COURSE REPORT! . . . Annika Sorenstam will design an 18-hole golf course for the Olivion Golf Resort in Belek, Turkey. At build-out, the resort is expected to consist of a boutique hotel, a village square, and a sports academy. Bekay Property Partners hopes to break ground on the course next year. Sorenstam's design partner is Stan Eby of European Golf Design. . . . The developers of Glenaviland Estates in Drayton, Ontario have added a nine-hole golf course to their wish list. The 3,165-yard track will be designed by David Moote, a second-generation golf architect and the president of the Stanley Thompson Society.