The German professional golfer Alexander Knappe has signed with the management company Sportyard International AB.

Stockholm, Sweden/Lahti, Finland – January 10, 2020

Finland’s greatest golfer of all times and successful Sportyard (formally Sportyard International AB | www.sportyard.com) client since the beginning of the Millennium, Mikko Ilonen, has assumed the operational role as Client Ambassador.

Mikko retired from his active playing career in March of last year. He has five victories on the PGA European Tour and several as an amateur. The height of his amateur career was his victory in the Amateur Championship in the year 2000.

The 2017 European Challenge Tour winner, Tapio Pulkkanen, has turned to Sportyard for career management and advise. Tapio is thereby joining the same management team as his fellow country man and the Finnish golfing icon Mikko Ilonen.

The 11 time PGA European Tour winner, Robert Karlsson, has returned and resumed his partnership with the Swedish management agency, Sportyard.

The Swedish European Tour and Asian Tour member Rikard Karlberg and the Stockholm based management agency Sportyard have decided to join forces.

We have an unique combination that comes from experiences gained by individuals within Sportyard who have either played professional golf thus developing insights in to how relationships between managers, the athletes and the property owners could be improved. Or worked at a senior levels in the world of communication thus gaining insight in to the world of brands and how equity is established and nurtured to ensure a lasting emotional connection - in our case between the athlete, the property owner and the public.

We have an unique combination that comes from experiences gained by individuals within Sportyard who have either played professional golf thus developing insights in to how relationships between managers, the athletes and the property owners could be improved. Or worked at a senior levels in the world of communication thus gaining insight in to the world of brands and how equity is established and nurtured to ensure a lasting emotional connection - in our case between the athlete, the property owner and the public.

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