New Recruits At The European Institute Of Golf Cou

Three new Members and four new Associates joined the ranks of EIGCA at their Annual Meeting held in St Andrews in April.

Jeff Howes from Ireland; Volker Püschel from Germany; Jorge Santana da Silva from Portugal became Members. Peter Fjällman from Sweden; Rolf-Stephan Hansen from Germany; Libor Jirasek from Czech Republic; Edwin Roald from Iceland became Associates.

Seven student members: Gary Johnston, Ying Kang, Jari Koivusalo, Cees Van Nieuwenhuizen, Brian Noble, Jose Agustin Pizá and Stephen Ridgway, joined the Institute as Graduates having successfully completed their Masters programme.

Rainer Preissmann, Chairman of EIGCA’s Membership Committee, said
“We are simply delighted to have more professional architects joining us. The strength of EIGCA lies in the contributions of its membership and it is reassuring that that is growing steadily. Our recruits are coming from our student education programmes as well as directly from the practising profession itself.”

Some 16, from 11 different countries – Bulgaria, Canada, India and the low Scandinavian countries – join the Institute as they prepare to begin EIGCA’s Post Graduate Diploma in Golf Course Design next August.