Annika Sorenstam was in
The award came from KPMG’s golf advisory practice, which asked Sorenstam to headline its golf development bash in Belek. In recent years the Swedish golf legend has branched out into Annika-branded clothing, perfumes and wines – not to mention financial services and online retailing – and that was more than enough reason for KPMG to name her Golf Entrepreneur of the Year.
Like Greg Norman, who appears to be her role model, Sorenstam has also branched out into golf design – a venture that’s picked up steam of late. So far, Sorenstam has completed two new courses, one at the massive Mission Hills complex in
Now Sorenstam has picked up her first project in
The resort is being developed by Bekay Property Partners, an Istanbul-based hotel developer. Bekay owns at least a half-dozen hotels in
Bekay expects to break ground on Sorenstam’s course in the spring of 2011. The track is being ghost-designed by Stan Eby of European Golf Design, a firm based in
Sorenstam is represented by IMG World, the Cleveland, Ohio-based golf conglomerate. IMG and the PGA European Tour co-own European Golf Design.