Cordillera Ranch now using same turf as Rio Olympics course

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…

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Zeon and the Olympics Press

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…

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Work Finally Starts on Rio 2016 Course!

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…

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Grass Selections for Rio Olympic Course Revealed!

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…

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