Zeon Zoysia

When the owner of an upscale estate in Bluffton, South Carolina, asked for a “special” lawn, his landscape contractor installed Zeon Zoysiagrass, calling it “a 10 — winter, spring, summer and fall.” Touting Zeon’s aesthetics, drought tolerance, shade tolerance and low-maintenance qualities, the contractor told his story (below) to Turf magazine.   Exceeding a Homeowner’s…

Four golf courses grassed with Zeon Zoysiagrass were named in Golfweek’s 2014 list of the Top 100 Residential Golf Courses. This environmentally friendly turf was developed by Bladerunner Farms in Poteet, Texas. November 18, 2013, Poteet, Texas:When Golfweek magazine announced its list of the Top 100 Residential Golf Courses for 2014 late last fall, David…

By John KimPGA.com There are some serious questions that are lingering in my mind about how golf is going to work in the Olympics. How will teams be established? What will the format be? What about the alligators on the course?! But one topic that seems to be a sure hit will be the turf used…

Rio Olympics course to use Zeon Zoysia.  The golf course being planned for the 2016 Rio Olympics will feature Zeon Zoysia. The announcement of the turf was made during the recent Golf Industry Show in San Diego and confirmed by Dr. Frank Rossi, associate professor in the Department of Horticulture at Cornell University. Rossi is serving…

A sigh of relief went up this morning in Rio de Janeiro. Golfweek has learned that field work for the Rio 2016 golf course started today. Paulo Goulart, executive director of Tanedo S.A., the Brazilian land-development company that owns the site and is paying for course construction, confirmed this morning that the long-delayed project is…

Have you heard? One of the biggest announcements of the season is that the golf course being planned for the 2016 Rio Olympics will feature Zeon Zoysia on its tees, fairways and roughs… yep, you heard right. Check out the full article for more details about the design plans. Read the article!  

This past Thursday, at the Golf Industry Show, the news finally broke concerning the Rio Olympics and the cultivar decisions that had been made for the course.  Zeon Zoysia will be the golf course fairway and rough grass for the Olympic venue as golf makes this historic return to the games.  Not only will the…