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July 29, 2008
Krasnodar Discovers Golf

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Logo of Orange Golf, Krasnodar Krai, Russian Federation

On June 17, 2008, we opened the Orange Golf Driving Range in the village of Yablonovsky in New Adigeya. The driving range is the first step as we continue to move forward with our project of building Krasnodar’s first private country club community.

Since the actual golf course will not be open for another two years, we built Orange Golf as a place for people to learn golf now and improve their skills. We hope that many Krasnodarians will use our facility to learn the basics of golf and then on their next trip abroad try the game at the resort where they might be staying.

Click on the extended post to see photos from the grand opening of the driving range.

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Timothy Post (left) looks on as Sergey introduces Orange Golf to the media

If you happen to be in Krasnodar, we warmly invite you to stop by and hit a bucket of balls. We charge 300 Rubles ($12.80) for a full bucket in the evenings. We have golf clubs (lefty and righty) for you to use, free of charge. There are private 45 minute lessons available for 1,000 Rubles ($43).

The URL for our website is www.orangegolf.ru.

For more background on the game of golf in Russia, click here to read Vladimir Kuznetsov's excellent Russia Blog post from June 2007.


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A reporter gets a golf tip


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Food and drinks


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A new golfer


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Timothy Post takes a swing for the first time in Krasnodar

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Timothy Post, a native of Boston, Massachussets and an MBA graduate of Babson College, is a private equity and real estate developer in Krasnodar Krai. You can read more on Tim's blog, Inside Krasnodar. If you have questions about doing business in Krasnodar, you can email him at email@timothypost.com .



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