{"id":26609,"date":"2024-11-24T06:00:18","date_gmt":"2024-11-24T06:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/?p=26609"},"modified":"2024-12-05T11:00:01","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T11:00:01","slug":"golf-de-chantilly-minimalist-approach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/en\/golf-de-chantilly-minimalist-approach\/","title":{"rendered":"Golf de Chantilly: Minimalist approach leads to top quality"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-668xds-55770f6d4ae62015421375b61be4d239\">\n.avia-image-container.av-668xds-55770f6d4ae62015421375b61be4d239 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-668xds-55770f6d4ae62015421375b61be4d239 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-668xds-55770f6d4ae62015421375b61be4d239 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_heading  avia-builder-el-first '  ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-26617 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-26617 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Longe\u2560Cres_Hole-28_DJI_0782-scaled.jpg\" alt='Blick auf die L\u00f6cher zwei und acht von Golf de Chantilly' title='default'  height=\"924\" width=\"1386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Longe\u2560Cres_Hole-28_DJI_0782-scaled.jpg 1386w, https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Longe\u2560Cres_Hole-28_DJI_0782-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Longe\u2560Cres_Hole-28_DJI_0782-1030x687.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Longe\u2560Cres_Hole-28_DJI_0782-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Longe\u2560Cres_Hole-28_DJI_0782-705x470.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1386px) 100vw, 1386px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-39e2nx-18b91a399052c2d56e6f28cc5d16e337\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-39e2nx-18b91a399052c2d56e6f28cc5d16e337{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-39e2nx-18b91a399052c2d56e6f28cc5d16e337 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-39e2nx-18b91a399052c2d56e6f28cc5d16e337 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-39e2nx-18b91a399052c2d56e6f28cc5d16e337 av-special-heading-h1 blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_image  el_before_av_post_metadata '><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag '  >Golf de Chantilly: Minimalist approach leads to top quality <\/h1><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div  class='av-post-metadata-container av-lwz2j3qw-40f3de8b22c8e6a71725c7ea827aaee3 av-metadata-container-align-left  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_textblock  av-metadata-container-1'><div class='av-post-metadata-container-inner'><span class=\"av-post-metadata-content av-post-metadata-meta-content\"><span class=\"av-post-metadata-content av-post-metadata-author\" ><span class=\"av-metadata-before av-metadata-before-author\">by<\/span><span class=\"av-post-metadata-author-link\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/en\/author\/petra-himmel\/\"  rel=\"author\">Petra Himmel<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-kou9nhs7-6dbea3f38dbb5c9b8c7d7ef13d866358 '  ><div class='avia_textblock' ><p>We talk a lot about time on this day at Golf de Chantilly &#8211; because it takes a lot of time and a lot of patience to turn golf course management on its head from a greenkeeping perspective. This is exactly what has happened at Golf de Chantilly: \u2018We have completely changed our approach to water, pesticides and fertilisers,\u2019 says <strong>Managing Director R\u00e9my Dorbeau<\/strong>, looking at the test areas for new grasses, which are located a little away from the historic clubhouse.<\/p>\n<p>The French golf course, around an hour from the centre of Paris, is one of the biggest names in golf in France. Opened in 1909, the <strong>Open de France<\/strong> has been held here eleven times, as well as countless prestigious amateur tournaments. Names such as <strong>Bobby Jones and Nick Faldo<\/strong> appear on the winners&#8217; plaques in the clubhouse. The clubhouse still retains the atmosphere of a traditional club; mobile phones are switched off, and the members know each other.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lwz2hnjx-12bf7f668eb6963cd0dfeefd3e588257\">\n.avia-image-container.av-lwz2hnjx-12bf7f668eb6963cd0dfeefd3e588257 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-lwz2hnjx-12bf7f668eb6963cd0dfeefd3e588257 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-lwz2hnjx-12bf7f668eb6963cd0dfeefd3e588257 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '  ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-26628 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-26628 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Vineuil_Hole-4_DJI_0787-1500x430.jpg\" alt='Drohnenbild des Vineuil Platzes' title='default'  height=\"430\" width=\"1500\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lwz2lry4-3c8c65067b9a16bc136d17ee82dd4a01 '  ><div class='avia_textblock' ><p>However, the environment and maintenance conditions have changed massively: \u2018When I started here in 2001, there was always frost. We haven&#8217;t had that for a long time now,\u2019 says Dorbeau. Back then, the course was maintained according to the guidelines of American golf courses: lots of water, lots of fertilisers, lots of pesticides if necessary. However, the rigid water restrictions imposed by the French authorities apply to all sports facilities whether it&#8217;s a polo club, football stadium or golf course. For Golf de Chantilly, the club can extract 55,000 cubic meters of groundwater for two 18-hole courses, a short course and the training areas. The regulations are similarly restrictive when it comes to the use of pesticides.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Transformation needs strong leadership<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2018Less is more\u2019 \u2013 or \u2018the less is the better\u2019 &#8211; this is the motto that the club management has been working to since 2001, at a time when the issues of climate change and sustainability were far less topical than they are today. \u2018Strong presidents who knew a lot about golf and were all behind the same idea of new care management\u2019 made the implementation possible together with the Executive Committee and pushed the measures through to the membership. \u2018Anyone tackling a change like this needs the political environment in the club, otherwise it won&#8217;t work,\u2019 summarizes R\u00e9my Dorbeau.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lwz2nsum-e8f3221c5eb869fd9379977a071f264b\">\n.avia-image-container.av-lwz2nsum-e8f3221c5eb869fd9379977a071f264b img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-lwz2nsum-e8f3221c5eb869fd9379977a071f264b .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-lwz2nsum-e8f3221c5eb869fd9379977a071f264b av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock  av-has-copyright av-copyright-always'  ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-26630 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-26630 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/20240527_103846-300x225.jpg\" alt='R\u00e9my Dorbeau' title='R\u00e9my Dorbeau'  height=\"225\" width=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/20240527_103846-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/20240527_103846-1030x773.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/20240527_103846-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/20240527_103846-scaled.jpg 1232w, https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/20240527_103846-705x529.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div><small class=\"avia-copyright\">R\u00e9my Dorbeau in front of some testing fields near Paris (Foto: Petra Himmel)<\/small><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lwz2vcbl-f50a7f555c0e67022eea8acadac8af32 '  ><div class='avia_textblock' ><p>The transformation at Golf de Chantilly involved a whole series of measures.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Trees<\/strong>: \u2018We must have felled 1,000 trees,\u2019 explains Dorbeau. \u2018Trees are great, but if there are too many of them fighting for too little water, you have to limit them. We now have the right trees in the right places and have focused on native trees.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Grass<\/strong>: R\u00e9my is the kind of superintendent who walks the course every day, looking at the grasses in the rough, the grasses on the fairways and greens. \u2018I noticed that sheep fescue developed very well in our rough.\u2019 He wanted to establish precisely this species on the fairways and set up trial areas. He started test plots with 40 species and cultivars in 2001 that the board inspected for four years. In 2005, the decision was made to completely overseed. \u2018We can&#8217;t see your fescue,\u2019 R\u00e9my heard again and again from the members in the following years. Ten years later, he was able to show a fescue content of 70 to 90 per cent. The Poa grasses, which were dominant on the greens when he took up his post, have now been reduced to less than five per cent on the greens. They did not like the rigid water deprivation. R\u00e9my is now even experimenting with Bermuda grass on his test areas. \u2018I found it on a fairway. It was a small patch, now it&#8217;s a few square meters.\u2019 It is quite possible that the fairways of the future will contain a mixture of Bermuda and fescue.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fertilization and plant protection<\/strong>: \u2018The lowest level is the best level\u2019 &#8211; at Golf de Chantilly, the idea that a good golf course has to look like a top American course from the 1990s has been completely abandoned. Thomas Meunier, Superintendent of the courses, can draw a comparison with top Australian and New Zealand facilities, where he worked for several years. \u2018They always sprayed immediately, and significantly more. The difference in pesticides is enormous.\u2019 The solution is clear to the greenkeeping team: the main diseases, especially dollar spot, must be massively reduced by selecting the right grasses and the right management.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Irrigation<\/strong>: \u2018Water is the key,\u2019 says R\u00e9my. In future, everything will revolve around this resource. On the Long\u00e8res course, fairway irrigation has long since been switched off, while on the Vineuil championship course, it is very sporadic. Now that the construction of storage ponds is prohibited, water concepts are being developed with the neighbouring sports facilities. The construction of a cistern is in the pipeline. The aim is to collect 15,000 cubic meters of water per year via the roofs and runoff water from parking aeras. At Golf de Chantilly, water is a valuable resource that is treated with care. The fairways are wide from the tee, but all areas that are not necessarily part of the game are full of tall grasses. There are plenty of balls there.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Communication<\/strong>: Why the rough is high, the fairways brown depending on the weather and the greens hard has been explained to members time and time again over the past 20 years. For the past two years, the club has organized a guided tour once a month for twelve people at a time. \u2018If we want the members to be part of the project, we have to explain it to them.\u2019 It&#8217;s no different with the green fee players, explains Dorbeau: \u2018We do have guests who tell us that the 140 Euro green fee is too high because the course is brown. We explain our strategy to them and give them the address of green courses in the neighbourhood.\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the end, the realization is that the future viability of the course depends on the \u2018less is more\u2019 project being carried through in the long term. It is a different golf course that R\u00e9my Dorbeau is looking at almost 20 years after his first day of work. Vast areas of natural grass, interspersed with fairways and greens, stretch across the 160-hectare site. Various shades of green change colour, and giant trees come into view. Flat and subtly undulating, the huge greens mark the end of the courses. The courses are striking, but they do not impose themselves on the surroundings. 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