Golf Pirkkala, one of the most successful and dynamic golf clubs in Finland, is to extend its facilities from eighteen to 27 holes, and has hired a team led by Tim Lobb of Lobb + Partners to design the new course.
Lobb + Partners has assembled a team for the project comprising Minnesota-based golf course architect Kari Haug, plus already appointed Kai Hulkkonen and Jim Ferguson of development and project management consultancy Turnkey Golf.
Pirkkala is located some ten miles south-west of Tampere, Finland’s second city. The club was founded in 2007, and is wildly successful, with a huge membership.
Most notably, it has Finland’s largest junior golf programme, with 500 junior members, of whom 200 are involved in organised coaching. Consequently the club’s existing eighteen hole course had become insufficient; it needed to grow. #Magazine #Groundskeeping #Journal #Golf #Greenkeeper #GolfCourse #TopDressing #SportsPitches #TurfCare #Lawn #GKJ
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