Golf courses, landscapes and renovations
Landscapes designed, built and managed
Meet the founder
Tyrone Yates
Founder, Yates Landscapes
Tyrone Yates founded Yates Landscapes in 2013 from a yard on Piesang Valley Road in Plettenberg Bay. A qualified draughtsman, he is hands-on with every project, from the first site walk to the final handover, and his name is on every garden and build the team delivers.
His experience reaches well beyond the home garden. Tyrone began as a course superintendent at The River Club in Sandton, studied turf grass management at Pretoria Technikon and Michigan State University, and spent time at Augusta National before installing South Africa’s first sub-surface aeration system. He has project managed and built courses designed by Gary Player, Ernie Els and Greg Norman, and has built a World Cup football pitch. That same precision with levels, drainage and turf now goes into every home, estate and renovation across the Western and Eastern Cape.
Customer satisfaction, quality workmanship and attention to detail guide every job, and each landscape is shaped around the specific needs of the client.
Tyrone Yates, founder of Yates Landscapes
Golf course construction
Golf estate landscaping
The Yates yard, Piesang Valley Road
What we do
One team, from concept to completion
Golf course design
Landscape design and installation
Building and renovation
Maintenance and after-care
Golf course design division
Golf courses designed, built and managed since 1995
On Course Project Consulting is Tyrone’s golf course design and project management division. One of the first independent golf course project managers in South Africa, it works solely for the developer, never the contractor, so every option and every decision is weighed in the client’s interest. Courses have been designed, project managed and built across Africa, with consultancy as far afield as Brazil, Dubai and São Tomé.
For developers and estates
Worked alongside Gary Player, Ernie Els, Greg Norman, Retief Goosen and Peter Matkovich.
Selected courses Blair Atholl Golf Estate (International Golf Estate 2009), Pinnacle Point, Simbithi Eco-Estate, Highland Gate, Eye of Africa, Zebula and Hermanus Golf Estate.
Courses on which On Course was appointed project manager or head consultant.
Not building a golf course?
You still get the pedigree. The discipline that brings golf estates in on time and on budget, from levels, drainage and irrigation to earthworks and tight control of contractors, is the same discipline Tyrone brings to every garden, renovation and build, whatever its size.
Planning a new course, an estate or a renovation of an existing layout? Speak to Tyrone directly.
Building and renovation
Managed from groundworks to handover
- Renovations and restorations
- Interior design and finishing
- Pools, demolition and earthworks
- Project, contractor and budget management
Plans drawn in-house
You don’t always need an architect
Tyrone is a qualified draughtsman. For most renovations and alterations, Yates Landscapes can do it all: the measured drawings and plans, the project management, the build itself and the garden around it.
One team and one point of contact, from the first drawing to handover.
Opening up an old farmhouse
Exterior restoration and replastering
Demolition and site clearance
Pool excavation
Earthworks and site preparation
Farmhouse kitchen - renovation and interior finishing
Selected work
Recent gardens
Formal topiary garden
Clipped domes and Italian cypress
Fire-pit courtyard
Gravel, paving, planting and lighting
Stone trough water feature
Dry-stone walling and shade planting
Mature tree installation
Craned in and planted by our crew
Pool terrace
Herringbone paving and open lawns
Karoo farmhouse estate
Gravel courts, reflection ponds and hedging
Water rill and aloe bank
Stonework, water and waterwise planting
Boundary hedging
Hedging, lawns and ongoing care
“If you can book Tyrone, book him. We have worked with Yates Landscapes on several building and landscaping projects, and his foresight makes everything simpler. It is the small things that make the difference: a quick WhatsApp here, a decision between three options rather than ten there, and the judgement to make the right call on site without needing a meeting. He also has a natural instinct for saving costs. If a brief is adding unnecessary expense, he will flag it and find a more affordable solution. For busy people, that is invaluable.”
Will Mellor, Du Cap Collection
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