Greenkeeping
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club, official venue of the 2023 Ryder Cup, makes a choice of sustainability by using a warm season turfgrass such as Paspalum, more suitable for the Mediterranean climate, which have a greater resistance to the annual thermal excursion and which require less use of water for irrigation. When temperatures drop during the winter period, Paspalum begins the dormancy phase, a period in which the development of the plant stops and the vegetative restart begins when the soil temperature rises.
Occasionally in this winter 2022/2023 overseeding hasn’t been carry out saving water and other resources during winter time. Due to this in the months between December and March the turf is dense and compact with the typical yellow/brown colour with consequences on the aesthetic aspect of the course but not on the gameplay.
Greenkeeping
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club, official venue of the 2023 Ryder Cup, makes a choice of sustainability by using a warm season turfgrass such as Paspalum, more suitable for the Mediterranean climate, which have a greater resistance to the annual thermal excursion and which require less use of water for irrigation. When temperatures drop during the winter period, Paspalum begins the dormancy phase, a period in which the development of the plant stops and the vegetative restart begins when the soil temperature rises.
Occasionally in this winter 2022/2023 overseeding hasn’t been carry out saving water and other resources during winter time. Due to this in the months between December and March the turf is dense and compact with the typical yellow/brown colour with consequences on the aesthetic aspect of the course but not on the gameplay.
