{"id":30814,"date":"2025-07-30T13:01:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T13:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/?p=30814"},"modified":"2025-11-25T11:40:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T11:40:21","slug":"solheimcup-and-sheep-grazing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/en\/solheimcup-and-sheep-grazing\/","title":{"rendered":"Between Solheim Cup and sheep grazing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-klozy9b5-2c8370e42403440318f95c14d02cb1c9\">\n.avia-image-container.av-klozy9b5-2c8370e42403440318f95c14d02cb1c9 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-klozy9b5-2c8370e42403440318f95c14d02cb1c9 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-klozy9b5-2c8370e42403440318f95c14d02cb1c9 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-30819 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-30819 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/WhatsApp-Bild-2025-07-29-um-09.07.58_fb7e87e4.jpg\" alt='GC St. Leon Red Sheep' title='Sheep at GC St. Leon-Rot'  height=\"924\" width=\"1232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/WhatsApp-Bild-2025-07-29-um-09.07.58_fb7e87e4.jpg 1232w, https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/WhatsApp-Bild-2025-07-29-um-09.07.58_fb7e87e4-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/WhatsApp-Bild-2025-07-29-um-09.07.58_fb7e87e4-1030x773.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/WhatsApp-Bild-2025-07-29-um-09.07.58_fb7e87e4-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/WhatsApp-Bild-2025-07-29-um-09.07.58_fb7e87e4-705x529.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1232px) 100vw, 1232px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-2jbyed-c0c5b6b63e52be4e617231f06e6e153d\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-2jbyed-c0c5b6b63e52be4e617231f06e6e153d{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-2jbyed-c0c5b6b63e52be4e617231f06e6e153d .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-2jbyed-c0c5b6b63e52be4e617231f06e6e153d .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-2jbyed-c0c5b6b63e52be4e617231f06e6e153d 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 '  >Between Solheim Cup and sheep grazing<\/h1><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div  class='av-post-metadata-container av-mcx0dfi9-325b6e83d5021c101da1db690c536288 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-kvgbg8sg-31977b9dd9d70dabc886ec63daf3f2f2 '  ><div class='avia_textblock' ><p>The<strong> GC St. Leon-Rot<\/strong> is known as host for major sporting events: Solheim Cup and European Tour tournaments have been held here. Numerous teams train on the course and an Olympic training center is also located here. You would not expect a sheep grazing project here. It is one of the unusual stories written by the exceptional German club.<\/p>\n<p>Sheep have been kept on the site since 2021, grazing a total of 25 hectares of compensation area. There are currently 122 sheep and lambs on the site, which belong to the club. &#8220;After an initial trial in 2021 with an external shepherd, we have now fully integrated sheep grazing into our operations,&#8221; summarizes <strong>Karsten List, who is primarily responsible for the project Golf &amp; Nature<\/strong> at GC St. Leon-Rot. Two shepherds, who are employed near the golf club in their main job, work part-time at the golf club and look after the animals on a permanent basis. They are on site all year round, and in winter, you can see the shelters for the animals on the golf course.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This saves us the time-consuming mowing of the rough areas, and the sheep are very popular with the members,&#8221; said List, explaining the switch to sheep grazing when it was introduced in 2021.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mdh6qn7r-6609dd3e7be0ec9963d3cfca946ce67a\">\n.avia-image-container.av-mdh6qn7r-6609dd3e7be0ec9963d3cfca946ce67a img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-mdh6qn7r-6609dd3e7be0ec9963d3cfca946ce67a .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-mdh6qn7r-6609dd3e7be0ec9963d3cfca946ce67a 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-30821 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-30821 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/WhatsApp-Bild-2025-07-29-um-09.07.58_02a00859-1500x630.jpg\" alt='Sheep and lambs' title='Sheep and lambs at GC St. Leon-Rot'  height=\"630\" width=\"1500\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-md4hkdqi-83cae7fd7c63c5d0914da7e43d44d841 '  ><div class='avia_textblock' ><p>The arguments in favour of sheep grazing are manifold: savings in workload when mowing, no accumulation of clippings, increase in member satisfaction, image gain in the region and increase in biodiversity are the most important. \u201cIn many places, grazing and the associated keeping of areas open is a prerequisite for certain species to settle and survive. They in turn promote the quality of the grassland,\u201d states NABU, for example.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Red List species on the golf course<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>GC St. Leon-Rot is now home to four sheep breeds that are on the Red List of endangered species in Germany: The German Karakul, the K\u00e4rtner Brillenschaf and the Pied Mountain Sheep belong to category 1, while the Coburger sheep belong to category 3. The category 1 species are even threatened with extinction. In the case of the German Karakul, the Pied Mountain Sheep and the Spectacled Sheep, the Golf Club is the only herd book breeder in Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg. This is another reason why the club is a member of the Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg and Saxony-Anhalt State Sheep Breeders&#8217; Association, the AG Fuchsschaf and the AK Karakul.<\/p>\n<p>For the GC St. Leon-Rot, this means that species protection is actively practiced on site while attention is paid to environmentally friendly grazing of the areas. To ensure that the sheep are not endangered by invasive species such as ragwort, the shepherds pull this out by hand on all grazing areas before the sheep are allowed onto the terrain.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_four_fifth-e8bcfb0dd38e4ffbb23d71c76efe0ae8\">\n@keyframes av_boxShadowEffect_av-av_four_fifth-e8bcfb0dd38e4ffbb23d71c76efe0ae8-column {\n0%   { box-shadow:  0 0 0 0 #ededed; opacity: 1; }\n100% { box-shadow:  0 0 10px 0 #ededed; opacity: 1; }\n}\n#top .flex_column.av-av_four_fifth-e8bcfb0dd38e4ffbb23d71c76efe0ae8{\nmargin-top:35px;\nmargin-bottom:35px;\n}\n.flex_column.av-av_four_fifth-e8bcfb0dd38e4ffbb23d71c76efe0ae8{\nposition:relative;\nleft:1%;\nbox-shadow: 0 0 10px 0 #ededed;\nborder-width:2px;\nborder-color:#e1e1e1;\nborder-style:solid;\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:30px 30px 15px 30px;\n}\n.avia_transform 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You definitely have to keep an eye on the animals, especially as they also like to escape when they get the chance. However, golfers have long appreciated the animals, especially as you can also sponsor sheep at GC St. Leon-Rot. This is also actively practiced by the club&#8217;s management: each department at GC St. Leon-Rot sponsors a sheep for 50 euros per year. 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