CCA Acquire First German Course

CCA, the owners of Brocket Hall in Hertfordshire, have stepped up their European expansion programme by securing their first acquisition in Germany. Dieter Klostermann, the chairman of CCA who hails from Germany, has taken
over the Berlin Golf & Country Club in Motzen from Philip Holzman, one of the country's leading construction companies.

The club, which opened in 1993, has played host four times to the German
Masters on the European Tour, producing such notable winners as Severiano
Ballesteros, Darren Clarke and Bernhard Langer. Designed by Kurt Rossknecht and built by British company Southern Golf, the course is set in pine woodland some 25 miles south-east of Berlin and features an 18-hole course, a nine-hole par -threelayout and a driving range incorporating nine covered bays, grass tees and three target greens.

CCA will retain the existing management team at the club who will be brought
to Brocket Hall to participate in the company's training programme. Klostermann said: "I'm pleased to have been able to acquire such an important golf club in my home country and look forward to making it a real success under CCA's management."

Michael Longshaw, managing director of Brocket Hall who also heads up the new
European operations department for CCA, added: "CCA's European portfolio is
impressive. In three years we have both acquired and secured agreements to
operate in no fewer than eight countries including England, Scotland, Malta,
Egypt, Italy, Moscow, France and, of course, Germany."