Clube De Golfe, Nurmo, Finl��ndia  

When South Ostrobothnian Golf Ry (SOG) was founded in May 1986, the sport of golf was at a whole different level in the country than what it is now. There were four completed 18-hole courses in the country (Tali, Esbo, Åbo, Sarfvik) as well as 13 courses with at least nine holes.

The same spring, the number of members in Finland's 26 golf associations reached 6671. In the neighboring country Sweden there were 184 courses and about 123.000 players at that time. Today there are 90 classified courses in Finland. The number of players is approximately 55.000. SOG:s first chairman of the board of directors was Antti Peltoniemi. Kyösti Kaminen handled the secretarial work and Timo Peltokoski was the captain of the association. The activity plan of the young golf association handled two matters for several years. These were the recruiting of members and training, as well as handling the process of creating a golf course of its own. In the beginning we held swing practices behind the public pool in Seinäjoki and on the horserace track. Winter practice was held in a bubble-hall. During the last 10 years the practices have become very popular.