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Rio 2016 Olympic Golf Course Architect Discusses His Inspiration and Concept for the Rio 2016 Olympics Golf Course
In a longer, videotaped interview with golf architect Gil Hanse, CNN reporter Shane O’Donoghue led the designer to share his inspirations and his thought process for the creation the 2016 Olympic Games’ golf course in Rio de Janeiro. [The course will be largely grassed with Zeon Zoysia, one of The Turfgrass Group’s top sellers here…
Read More2016 Rio Olympic Golf Course on Track, But It’s Going to be Tight
Early last year, as posted on the website of the Back 9 Network (the Golf Lifestyle Network), CNN correspondent Shane O’Donoghue reported on the progress being made in the construction of the golf course being built for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, to be grassed largely with Zeon Zoysia. O’Donoghue interviewed Gil…
Read MoreTifGrand Surrounds Work Perfectly with New Champion Greens at Cuscowilla
Last September, the Cuscowilla golf course in Georgia reopened after a two-month renovation project that entailed replacing the putting greens with Champion ultradwarf bermudagrass, as well as regressing the green surrounds with TifGrand Bermudagrass. According to the project’s architect, TifGrand was chosen to replace the former Tifway 419 surrounds in order to accommodate a lower…
Read MoreZoysia’s Future Arrives and Looks Brighter Than Ever
Increasingly, Americans are drawn to products that are easy on the environment, while also enhancing the quality of life. Quite likely, though, few people think of grass as a product until they decide to renovate or replace their lawn and then must choose a turfgrass “product.” At that time, homeowners are wise to select a…
Read MorePark in Waikiki Reopens Its Parking Lot with 66,000 Square Feet of TifGrand
As a featured element of a $2.77 million project to renovate the parking lot at Kapiolani Park in Honolulu, TifGrand Bermudagrass was selected largely due to its shade tolerance, key to the project because of the large trees in the park. “I am proud to provide TifGrand as a part of this very important project…
Read MoreCBS Sports Touts Zeon Zoysia at the 2016 Olympics
Zeon Zoysia isn’t making big news only in the turfgrass world: it’s also catching the attention of sports fans on CBSSports.com. When the announcement was made that the 2016 Olympics golf course would feature the same turfgrass — Zeon Zoysia — that covers most of the playing surfaces of Cordillera Ranch, CBS Sports deemed it…
Read MoreAuburn Research Trial Confirms TifGrand’s Superior Shade Tolerance
In a shade-tolerance study that compared TifGrand Bermudagrass to Celebration, Patriot, TifSport and Tifway, TifGrand had increased turfgrass quality under both 30% and 60% shade compared to the other cultivars. TifGrand pigment concentration also increased with increasing shade levels. These findings were reported at the November 2014 International Annual Meeting of the American Society of…
Read MoreGolfdom Interviews the Superintendent Growing Zeon Zoysia Fairways for the 2016 Olympics Golf Course
Last year, Stacie Zinn Roberts with Golfdom magazine interviewed Neil Cleverly, the golf course superintendent growing in the Zeon Zoysia on the golf course under construction for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. In the interview, Cleverly updates listeners on the course’s construction, which grasses were selected for the various playing surfaces and how it…
Read MoreThe Better World Project Spotlights TifGrand Bermudagrass as a Green Solution to a Number of Problems
The slogan for The Better World Project is “Advancing Discoveries for a Better World.” Launched in 2005 by the Association of University Technology Manager, The Better World Project highlights technological advances that “make the world a better place.” One of those advances, as posted recently on the project’s website, is TifGrand Bermudagrass, a “phenomenon” that…
Read MoreNGCOA Names Course with Zeon Zoysia the 2014 Golf Course of the Year
The National Golf Course Owners Association has named the Clubs at Cordillera Ranch its 2014 Golf Course of the Year. Zeon Zoysia grasses every surface of the course except for the putting greens. “The course developers selected Zeon Zoysiagrass for its playing surfaces to create not only a beautiful, highly playable golf course but also…
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