Justin Timberlake's golfing roots no longer up the Creek

At a time when the game is said to be in something of a recession, let's hear it for Justin Timberlake, whom I've just learnt has stepped into the fraught world of golf course ownership.

The singer stumped up to buy Big Creek Golf Club in Millington, Tennessee, on which his father taught him the game, when he discovered it was earmarked as a site for apartments by developers. Now, there's a major face lift under way which, as far as the environment is concerned, will all be in the best possible taste (though what the bejasus is a 'cart cottage'?).

There's an aerial of the course here, although if Justin's update is in any way inspired by his current club in Los Angeles (website here), regulars may not recognise it by the time he's done.