A Tribute To Our Partner and Friend Dave Pelz
With heavy hearts, we acknowledge the passing of our friend and trusted advisor, Dave Pelz — a true pioneer in the world of golf and a cherished member of our Himalayas Golf family. Our deepest sympathies go out to JoAnn, Eddie, and the entire Pelz family.
As a renowned short game coach, thought leader, and innovator, Dave brought unmatched insight and inspiration to every project we shared. He was the genesis of our company’s mission.
His work changed the way players train, think, and perform — from Tour champions to everyday golfers around the world. His selfless dedication touched countless lives, and we will continue to benefit from his vision and passion for the game.
Rest in peace, Dave. Your legacy lives on in every green we build, in every putt we make, and in every player that strives for greatness.
“The World’s Greatest backyard.”
- The Wall Street Journal
Fifteeen years ago, Dave Pelz and his son Eddie Pelz, began a three year project to build their backyard training and research facility. It resulted in the development of several game changing synthetic turf products and systems made to perform like real grass for golf putting greens, fairways, rough, and collars.
Today these same synthetic turf products are being used for the first time in a Tour event played on by the best players in the world at the TGL golf league founded by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy. Himalayas Golf is proud to carry on the Pelz tradition of innovation and creativty used in the development of Dave’s iconic backyard training and research center with the same synthetic turf and patented underlayment system used in our Pelz Player Greens.
Himalayas Golf Completed 50+ projects
in more than 10 countries.
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Your trusted golf design and construction firm focused on golf entertainment and practice.
Himalayas Golf is a global golf design and construction company whose mission is to grow the game of golf sustainably across the globe. With over 50 years of combined experience working on projects across North America, Europe, Australia, Asia, and Africa, the company partners with a network of professional golfers, golf coaches, and businesses in the artificial turf and golf industry to create sustainable golf facilities.
Global Golf Expertise
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We are market leaders in designing and constructing golf entertainment systems such as mini putts and driving ranges.
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We deliver practice facilities with the assistance of legendary short-game coaches Dave Pelz and Gareth Raflewski to assist golfers in developing their most important short-game skills, help them practice with purpose, lower their scores, and improve on the golf course.
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We have designed, renovated, and built many award-winning golf courses across the globe including with professional golfers such as Sir Nick Faldo.
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Testimonials
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“We had a pretty dynamic project at Stockton Golf and Country Club and Rob at Himalayas Golf gave us a great pitch. The plan was to add an artificial tee line, expand the practice green, and build a multi-use artificial turf area that we could use for events or golf practice. Himalayas Golf did a great job on the entire buildout and the practice facilities turned into a hub of activity for the club.”
— Rick Schultz, General Manager, Rogue Valley Golf Club (formerly of Stockton Golf & Country Club) -
“The putting course that Himalayas Golf built here has been a huge hit. Not only has it been financially successful, but it’s been a great hook for our food and beverage offerings. We liked the team so much that we signed them on to do a master plan and some consulting work on the golf course. They’ve been invested, passionate, creative, and great to work with on both projects.”
— Kristine Bothelo, Owner of St Croix National Golf and Event Center -
“We’re very keen to start on-site with Himalayas Golf this year. Their pitch for our 30,000-square-foot community use putting green at our new HQ at TPC Toronto was by far the most creative.
You can tell straight off the bat that Himalayas Golf are experienced golf course architects and product experts, not just artificial turf installers. This will be a hugely innovative project for Golf in Canada that we believe can be a pilot for communities across the country.”
— Garrett Ball, Chief Operations Officer, Golf Canada -
“The Himalayas Golf team has been a huge help to our operating capacity in the last few years. They renovated our tee line to add more hitting locations and built a fun-focused artificial green to act as a home base for our junior programming. We look forward to more projects with them in the future adding even more golf entertainment elements for the membership.”
— Michael Horsley, General Manager, The Donalda Club -
“We recently converted our curling building into a year-round, indoor golf facility and called on Trackman and Himalayas Golf to do the buildout. This included four simulator bays, a 5,000-square-foot short game area complete with a real sand bunker as well as a dedicated hitting area.
Our facility now allows us to provide a unique golf experience, twelve months out of the year for our membership.
Our timelines from the start of the project to completion were aggressive, however, the team at Himalayas Golf delivered their finished product on time. Everyone involved – from our membership to our Golf Professionals – are very pleased with the final results.”
— Jeremey J. MacRae, General Manager, Bayview Golf and Country Club -
“Paul and his team of builders and installers worked tirelessly to get our Putting Zoo facility open within a tight deadline. Since its opening the facility has been a great success and very well received by the community””
— Vyvyan Campbell, The Putting Zoo
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“The new mini golf at Oxley GC has acted as a pathway to those wanting to get into golf and has changed the vibe and demographic of the club in a very positive manner.”
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“Himalayas Golf came in during my time at Cedar Brae to totally revamp our practice facilities with the help of Gareth Raflewski. Cedar Brae is a players club, they place heavy emphasis on their practice. Gareth and Himalayas pitched the idea of building specific practice modules into the green to aid with player performance. The members loved the idea, and they loved the finished product even more. Their work was a great addition and sparked a ton of new member interest in the club.”
— Justin O'Leary, Head Golf Professional, St. George's Golf and Country Club
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I’m really thrilled with the way the putting green turned out. The entire design process was smooth and overall the layout of green gives me a variety of different shots I can hit.
The green has Shotstopper technology below the turf and reacts very similar to a real green. It’s been awesome to hit different types of shots with how realistic the green receives balls and rolls.
— Corey Conners, Professional PGA Tour Player
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This was possibly one of the most exciting/challenging/fun projects I have ever worked on, and with your team it was an absolute walk in the park. Their dedicated support, leadership, assistance and trust has helped tremendously in completing this project. Need to add that we were R140k under budget, which has allowed us to commence with the enlargement of the practice greens.
As a golfer I think this concept on the range is at another level, it is something I always lacked in practicing. I support this 100% and look forward to working with you again soon.
— Jerry Steyn, Course Manager, Royal Johannesburg Golf Club
Our Professional Partners
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Dave Pelz
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Sir Nick Faldo
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Gareth Raflewski
SHORT GAME EXPERT
TOUR PLAYER COACH
