Providing sustainable world class golf venues whilst respecting local environments from tee to green.
SO Green works with the world’s best golf designers, builders, managers to elevate your course to the next level.
Management
SO Green achieves successful golf course maintenance through the application of agronomic knowledge, communication, and the optimal management of available means. We utilize an integrated approach to include climates, soils, budgetary and water resources to realize the maximum level of playing conditions with a minimum of inputs.
renovation
At SO Green, we believe that for every problem there is a solution, and this is especially true for existing golf courses which over time have degraded. Greens, bunkers, tees and other features on the course can be restored to the original grandeur and better through a trained eye and a deft touch.
construction
Based on practical background, and working in a team with architects and engineers, golf course construction will be planned and executed to the highest international standard. We have a proven track record of involvement in creating projects that are profitably operating today.
International Consulting
Consultant in Europe, Asia and Africa :
The Rock, Pickala, Finland - *TAS
Marco Simone Golf Club, Rome Italy - 2023 Ryder Cup Venue - *TAS / European Golf Design
Grand Saint-Emilionnais Golf Club, Gardegan-et-Tourtirac, France
Golf and Country Club Bucharest, Romania - *TAS
Golf d'Hossegor, Soorts-Hossegor France - *TAS
Golf de Seignosse, Seignosse France - *TAS
Minthis Golf Club – Paphos Chypre - *TAS
The Residence Resort - Tunis, Tunisie - *TAS
MVK Golf Course – Istanbul Golf Club, Turkey
Tunisia Ministry of Tourism, audit of multiple golf courses with IAGTO
National Golf Club, Belek, Turkey
Vipingo Ridge Golf Club, Mombasa, Kenya
Kiligolf, Arusha, Tanzania
Le Polo de Paris, France
*TAS - in collaboration with Turfgrass Agronomy Services (Alejandro Reyes et Sylvain Duval)
The Rock Pickala Finland
“The goal is to create the best par-3 course in the world”
The Rock course is designed by internationally renowned golf course architect Lassi Pekka Tilander. In bringing this ambitious vision to life, the project has used the expertise of top global specialists, including leading golf course agronomists and shapers.
Rock is built without compromising on quality. More time and money is spent on every detail and square meter of the golf course than has been spent on any other Finnish golf course. The course and its details are built in cooperation with nature, allowing the details of the environment to come to the fore. The challenge has been accepted and a masterpiece is being created, says course architect Lassi Pekka Tilander.
The Rock, Pickala, Finland
The Rock, Pickala, Finland
Marco Simone Rome - Ryder Cup Grow In
Marco Simone Rome
Marco Simone Rome
Golf de Joyenval
Management of 36 holes of golf, plus gardens, at an exclusive private club near Paris. Directed significant improvements to the two courses designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr., including faster green surfaces that set the level for the Paris region. Ongoing renovation of 134 bunkers, construction of greens, tees, bunkers, and cart paths, and up-graded irrigation control system all performed “in-house” by club employees. Successfully hosted the Vivendi Cup, a P.G.A. European Tour event, contested over 36 holes, in September of 2010 along with corporate golf days for top French and international companies.
Aerial photography by Fly Over Green
Joyenval for Vivendi Cup
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Golf Las Americas, Canary Islands, Spain
Managed an 18-hole resort course in arid, tropical conditions, overcoming salt affected conditions to provide superior playing surfaces.
Penina Hotel and Golf Resort, Portugal
Managed a 36-hole, five-star resort golf courses and landscaped grounds on the Algarve coast. Instrumental in Penina achieving rating in top 50 courses in Europe (Golfweek magazine, 1997).
National Golf, Antalya, Turkey
Directed the grow-in and initial maintenance set-up of the first 27-hole resort course on the Mediterranean coast. Pioneered the successful management of bermudagrass and winter over-seeding in an area where golf was previously unknown, assembling and training staff. Ongoing agronomy consulting support, staff training, project management and renovation in subsequent years.
Gary Player Design
On-site supervision for golf course construction and grow-in on behalf of Gary Player Design on projects in South Africa, Spain, and the Philippines.
