{"id":29705,"date":"2025-04-23T10:09:05","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T10:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/?p=29705"},"modified":"2025-11-25T13:04:54","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T13:04:54","slug":"from-drought-to-disease-rethinking-grass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/en\/from-drought-to-disease-rethinking-grass\/","title":{"rendered":"Test field of the future: Which grasses can defy climate change?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-668xds-04cb746566920009c49dc4fcfafe330d\">\n.avia-image-container.av-668xds-04cb746566920009c49dc4fcfafe330d img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-668xds-04cb746566920009c49dc4fcfafe330d .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-668xds-04cb746566920009c49dc4fcfafe330d 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-29711 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-29711 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Design-ohne-Titel-97.jpg\" alt='Tuft of grass with a pink question mark in front of it.' title='What is the grass of the future?'  height=\"924\" width=\"1643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Design-ohne-Titel-97.jpg 1643w, https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Design-ohne-Titel-97-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Design-ohne-Titel-97-1030x579.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Design-ohne-Titel-97-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Design-ohne-Titel-97-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Design-ohne-Titel-97-1500x844.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Design-ohne-Titel-97-705x397.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1643px) 100vw, 1643px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1y66rq-fc5292dbee48b249096e7b62440e2a48\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-1y66rq-fc5292dbee48b249096e7b62440e2a48{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-1y66rq-fc5292dbee48b249096e7b62440e2a48 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-1y66rq-fc5292dbee48b249096e7b62440e2a48 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-1y66rq-fc5292dbee48b249096e7b62440e2a48 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 '  >From drought to disease: Rethinking grass in the age of climate change<\/h1><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div  class='av-post-metadata-container av-m9pqrvlq-8a283b764f68615abb197d255c1ed8f1 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-modified\"><span class=\"av-post-metadata-modified-date\" >25. November 2025<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-k8ycpuk2-7346ebfddcb3b1befdc54074201b5725 '  ><div class='avia_textblock' ><p>Anyone talking about the challenges of climate change for golf takes a look down &#8211; at the grass. Grass is the essence of this sport. Healthy grass is the foundation of a high quality playing surface, which keeps the customers coming.<\/p>\n<p>Climate change is accompanied by increasingly extreme weather in many parts of Europe: sometimes there are long periods of drought, sometimes extremely heavy rainfall, then flooding again. Grass doesn&#8217;t particularly like any of this. Added to this are warmer winters and more humid air. All of this combined is not good for golf: no matter where you look, the challenge of guaranteeing a consistently good playing surface is becoming greater because the consequences of climate change also encourage the emergence of diseases on golf courses. The dollar spot fungus has kept the golf industry on tenterhooks in many countries over the past year.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time as climate change, the authorities are tightening regulations: Water abstraction quantities are being reduced and the use of pesticides is being more strictly regulated. Grass, which is already on the defensive, needs different practices than those that Europe&#8217;s greenkeepers have used for decades.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-30vm9y-9775d1d62fd4aa46260341e6cd05c41e '  ><div class='avia_textblock' ><p>Two European countries are particularly in the spotlight when it comes to adapting to climate change and reorienting grass selection and maintenance: <strong>Italy and France<\/strong>, two strong golfing nations that have a lot in common. Top-class sport is a top priority here and tourism plays an important role. This goes hand in hand with the need to deliver top quality playing surfaces. Cool-season grasses have prevailed in both countries for decades. Here and there, water shortages are a problem. In France, the use of pesticides could be completely banned because of the tightened <strong>Labb\u00e9 law<\/strong> in 2022. &#8220;This was a wake-up call for everyone,&#8221; summarizes <strong>R\u00e9my Dorbeau, President of the French Greenkeepers Association<\/strong> and one of the leading experts when it comes to the transformation process towards sustainable greenkeeping.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-m9tqjfvb-d712f3414abc4e277559a56891aa1d72\">\n.avia-image-container.av-m9tqjfvb-d712f3414abc4e277559a56891aa1d72 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-m9tqjfvb-d712f3414abc4e277559a56891aa1d72 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-m9tqjfvb-d712f3414abc4e277559a56891aa1d72 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-5  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_103846-1030x773.jpg\" alt='R\u00e9my Dorbeau' title='R\u00e9my Dorbeau'  height=\"773\" width=\"1030\" srcset=\"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/20240527_103846-1030x773.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/20240527_103846-300x225.jpg 300w, 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: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/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-m9tqkhk4-896934b855cb2327005c8e8179beacb2 '  ><div class='avia_textblock' ><p>What unites him with <strong>Alessandro de Luca, Head of the Green Section of the Italian Golf Federation<\/strong>, is their belief in scientific test series. At Golf de Chantilly, where he worked as General Manager until 2025, Dorbeau tested the suitability of countless trial fields with a wide variety of grass mixtures Alessandro de Luca carried out an initial series of tests with Bermuda grass in Montecchia in 2010 and then set up a longer series of tests together with the University of Pisa. Bermuda grass has been tested on the greens at Golf de Montecchia since 2016.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Many other golf courses in northern Italy have since followed this example and this in turn has meant that the world of football is now also starting to use Bermuda grass,\u2019 de Luca summarises with satisfaction. The training centres of Juventus Turin, Verona and FC Bologna now use it.<\/p>\n<p>According to de Luca, the advantages are obvious at: water savings of 40 to 70 5, 30 to 80 % less fertiliser use, no need for pesticides, better playing quality and often better drainage.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-m9vd96zs-a1b4f7191d46c99650c1f2b1d75da82b\">\n.avia-image-container.av-m9vd96zs-a1b4f7191d46c99650c1f2b1d75da82b img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-m9vd96zs-a1b4f7191d46c99650c1f2b1d75da82b .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-m9vd96zs-a1b4f7191d46c99650c1f2b1d75da82b av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-7  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-29722 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-29722 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Warmseason-plots-Montecchia-3-1280x630.jpg\" alt='Testfield at Golf de Montecchia' title='Warmseason plots Montecchia (3)'  height=\"630\" width=\"1280\"  \/><\/div><small class=\"avia-copyright\">Golf de Montecchia also worked with different testfields (Image: Golf de Montecchia)<\/small><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-m9tqlygi-70b9833e24575785657abd47627e1b6a '  ><div class='avia_textblock' ><p>In France, Dorbeau sees \u2018Bermuda grass coming, especially on the fairways\u2019, but points out that the future probably lies in customised grass mixtures for each individual golf club. &#8220;We have different soils in France, different climates. So we are talking about very specific requirements for the grass.&#8221; His advice to golf clubs is that the answer can also only be specific. \u2018I would advise every greenkeeper to create their own test fields.\u2019 In his opinion, further developed Tall Fescue varieties, which are significantly less susceptible to disease and also use less water, are part of the solution, as are Bermuda grasses.<\/p>\n<p>The future of grass is exciting for Dorbeau. The openness to all sides also allows him to take a look at Zoysia grasses too, which are not uncommon on golf courses in Asia and Australia and are also highly salt-tolerant. In view of the fact that recycled water is also becoming more and more of an issue for the golf industry on golf courses in Central Europe, this is not an insignificant feature.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who talks to de Luca and Dorbeau will recognise: The topic of grass in golf has become a field for explorers. Climate change demands innovation from golf. 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