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Kunstrasen im Golf – eine nachhaltige Alternative?

Ist die Verwendung von Kunstrasen eine nachhaltige Lösung im Golfplatzbau? Bis dato war die Verwendung des künstlichen Materials auf großer Fläche schwer vorstellbar. Der Einsatz beschränkt sich derzeit weitgehend auf Trainingsflächen, Indoor-Golfbereiche, Putting-Bereiche oder Kunstrasen-Tees. Golfplatz-Architekten sehen bis dato keine Verwendung von Kunstrasenflächen im großen Stil. „Im Freien macht Kunstrasen in Mittel und Nordeuropa nur auf einzelnen Trainingsflächen Sinn, wenn man ganzjährig spielen will“, erklärt der deutsche Golfplatzdesigner Thomas Himmel. Gleichzeitig erlebt Kunstrasen aber durchaus einen Boom, „weil er in Gegenden, wo es mit natürlichem Gras schwierig ist, qualitative Lösungen zu schaffen, einen Bedarf befriedigt“, stellte Haaye de Jong, Managing Partner von Southwest Greens Construction gegenüber der Zeitschrift Golf Course Architecture fest. Southwest Greens hat zum Beispiel ein Trainingsareal aus Kunstrasen für den Golf Club Eichenheim im österreichischen  Kitzbühel gebaut.

Investoren im Golfbereich verweisen zum Teil sogar auf ökologische Argumente, wenn sie für die Auswahl von Kunstrasen als alleinigem Spieluntergrund plädieren. Schließlich, so die Denkaart, brauche Kunstrasen keine Düngemittel, weniger Pflegeaufwand und habe gleichzeitig längere Nutzungszeiten pro Jahr. Selbst Wasser ließe sich damit einsparen.

St. Andrews Links Trust schafft mit siebtem Platz mehr Spielmöglichkeit

Keine Studien zum Thema

Wie nachhaltig ist die Verwendung von Kunstrasen im Golfsport tatsächlich? Eine Frage, auf die es derzeit keine einfache Antwort gibt. Auch deshalb, weil sich die Wissenschaft noch nicht mit dieser Frage auseinandergesetzt hat. Während diverse Studien untersuchen, wie künstliche Fußballfelder im Hinblick auf das Thema Kreislaufwirtschaft, Spielbarkeit oder Einfluss auf die Gesundheit der Spieler zu bewerten sind, gibt es keinerlei umfassende Bewertung zu den Auswirkungen von Kunstrasen im Golfsport. Auch von den beiden Architekten-Organisationen American Society of Golf Course Architects und European Institute of Golf Course Architects gibt es keine Bewertung zu dem Thema.

Tatsächlich erleben Kunstrasenflächen im Sport aber einen Boom, seitdem 1965 mit dem sogenannten Astrodome, einem Baseball- und American Football Stadium, in Texas 1965 zum ersten Mal Kunstrasen zum Einsatz kam. Der Synthetic Turf Market Report des Synthetic Turf Council kam 2020 allein für Nordamerika auf eine Kunstrasenfläche von 24.6 Millionen Quadratmeter. Laut Data Bridge Market Research wird der globale Kunstrasenmarkt im Jahr 2031 ein Volumen von 19,58 Milliarden Dollar haben, verglichen mit 4,75 Milliarden im Jahr 2023. Der Einbau von Kunstrasen in Fußballstadien, auf Hockeyfeldern, im Baseball, American Football oder eben auch im Golf ist Big Business.

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Auch Kunstrasen braucht Wasser

Wie aber ist die Nachhaltigkeit von Kunstrasen im Golfsport zu bewerten und welche Fragestellungen sind relevant? Aus ökologischer Sicht sind Bewässerung, Hitze,  Düngung, Pestizideinsatz, Einfluss von Mikroplastik sowie Bodenversiegelung die größten Themen.

Falsch ist die Annahme, dass Kunstrasenflächen keinerlei Bewässerung benötigen. Die Studie Water Requirements for Cooling Artificial Turf, die 2020 im Journal for Irrigation and Drainage Engineering veröffentlicht und an der New Mexico State University verfasst wurde, zeigt auf, dass „in ariden und semiariden Klimazonen, die Oberflächentemperatur von Kunstrasenflächen während des Sommers auf über 80 Grad Celsius steigen kann und Bewässerungs- und Drainagesysteme erfordert, um sie für die Benützung zu kühlen.“ „Stell Dich bei 90 Grad Fahrenheit in die Mitte eines Fußballstadiums und Du weißt, warum es nie Kunstrasen -Fairways geben wird. Fake Gras verstärkt die Hitze“, erklärte der amerikanische Golfplatzdesigner Michael Hurdzan 2020 gegenüber der Fachzeitschrift Golf Digest.

Ein Modellversuch der New Mexico State University, der die Bewässerung untersuchte, kam zu dem Ergebnis, dass „über einen Zeitraum von 24 Stunden die benötigte Menge an Wasser (3.00 mm bis 5.00 mm) vergleichbar mit der von natürlichem Gras war.“ „Wenn sich die Investition des Kunstrasens lohnen soll, muss der Spielbetrieb gewährleistet sein und der Kunstrasen muss dann eben gekühlt werden“, resümiert Prof. Dr. Bernd Leinauer, Extension Turfgrass Specialist an der New Mexico State University und einer der international anerkannten Spezialisten für Golfrasen.

Für ihn ist auch das Argument des fehlenden Pestizideinsatzes auf Kunstrasen nur bedingt überzeugend, da der Pestizideinsatz international auf Rasen ohnehin eingeschränkt oder ganz verboten werde.

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Golfplatz mit künstlichem Gras
Sind Golfplätze aus reinem Kunstrasen in der Zukunft vorstellbar? (Foto: Shutterstock?)

Mikroplastik bleibt ein Problem

Leinauer verweist stattdessen auf die Tatsache, dass Kunstrasen zum gegenwärtigen Zeitpunkt aus Polypropylen- oder Polyethylenfasern, also Plastik, bestehe, und deshalb der Eintrag von Mikroplastik in den Untergrund eine beachtenswerte Rolle spiele. Wie lange diese Produkte für die Herstellung von Kunstrasen noch verwendet werden dürfen, ist allerdings unklar, da inzwischen von Sportverbänden wie der UEFA der Ruf nach einem Ersatz der Stoffe  laut werden.

Keine Bodenverdichtung

Eine Verdichtung des Bodens ist durch Kunstrasenflächen nicht gegeben. „Die Produkte sind wasserdurchlässig und haben als Unterbau eine Mineralschotterschicht“, erläutert Volker Sternberg, Inhaber der Firma Private Greens, die in der D-A-CH Region zu den führenden Anbietern gehört.  Er verweist auch auf die lange Lebenszeit der Beläge, die nicht unter 25 Jahren liege und auf die Tatsache, dass bei Private Greens kein PU-Klebestoff verwendet werde.

Sternberg sieht eine Zukunft des Kunstrasens vor allem im Bereich von Grüns, Tees und Trainingsflächen, weil hier bei normalem Gras die höchsten Pflegekosten anfallen. „Über den Daumen gerechnet, liegen die Pflegekosten bei Kunstrasen bei etwa zehn Prozent von natürlichem Gras“, stellt er fest. Nicht nur, dass der Zeitaufwand für das Greenkeepingpersonal geringer sei, auch der Maschinenpark werde reduziert. Gleichzeitig ist die Erst-Investition in Kunstrasenflächen aber deutlich höher als bei normalen Grüns oder Abschlägen.

CO₂-Footprint und Entsorgung

Rechnet man die Fläche von neun durchschnittlichen Grüns und jeweils zwei durchschnittlichen Abschlägen pro Spielbahn hoch, so ergibt sich trotzdem eine Kunstrasenfläche von etwa 8000 Quadratmetern. Alles in allem also eine beträchtliche Fläche. Aufgrund der Tatsache, dass Plastikherstellung auf fossilen Brennstoffen basiert, ist der CO₂-Footprint von Kunstrasen ein negativer Aspekt, der auf natürlichen Rasen nicht zutrifft. Auch die Entsorgung beim Ausbau des Materials muss bedacht werden, während beim Umbau eines natürlichen Grüns alle Stoffe wiederverwendet werden können.

Wildbienen fördern: So geht’s

Prof. Dr. Johannes Kollmann, der die Professur für Renaturierungsökologie der TU München innehält und sich seit Jahren mit der Ökologie von Golfplätzen auseinandersetzt, verweist mit Blick auf Kunstrasen auch auf den „Nachteil der fehlenden Kühlung und Kohlenstoffbindung, der geringeren Versickerung, des reduzierten Bodenlebens und der Freisetzung von Mikroplastik.“

Außerdem kommen auch die Reinigungsqualitäten des normalen Bodens ins Spiel: „Natürlicher Boden und Erde dienen auch der Filterung von Wasser, bevor es in unterirdischen Aquiferen (Gesteinskörper Anm. d. Red.) oder Wasserkörpern ankommt“, gibt David Bily zu bedenken, der als Landschaftsarchitekt und Golfplatzdesigner auch Erfahrung mit Kunstrasen aus dem Fußballbereich mitbringt.

Frankreich verweist auf Plastikverschmutzung

Der französische Golfverband ist angesichts der Diskussion um die Folgen des Einbaus von Kunstrasen bereits einen Schritt weitergegangen und empfiehlt auf den Einbau zu verzichten. Er verweist auf die negativen Effekte der Hitzeentwicklung und die Verschmutzung von Wasser durch Mikroplastik mit Verweis auf die Studie The dark side of artificial greening: Plastic turfs as widespread pollutants of aquatic environments  aus dem Jahr 2023. Hinzu kommt, dass die Europäische  Kommission ohnehin ein Verbot für die Verwendung von Gummigranulaten auf Kunstrasenflächen ausgesprochen hat, das ab 15.10.2031 gilt. Hier weist der Französische Golfverband darauf hin, dass der Einbau von Kunstrasen mit diesem Material ohnehin nicht empfehlenswert sei.

Leidet das Umweltbewusstsein?

Dass Kunstrasen verglichen mit natürlichem Gras die nachhaltigere Lösung sei, ist angesichts all‘ der Argumente von Experten extrem unwahrscheinlich. Zumal noch die Frage hinzukommt, wie derartige Flächen denn überhaupt auf das Umweltbewusstsein von Sportlern wirken. Ein Thema, mit dem sich die drei skandinavischen Wissenschaftler Erik Backman, Daniel Svensson und Itai Danielski in der Studie The Changing Landscape of Sport Facilities  – Consequences for Practioners and the Environment auseinandergesetzt haben. Sie weisen darauf hin, dass „die Landschaften, in denen wir uns bewegen, unsere Aufmerksamkeit gegenüber der natürlichen Welt verringern oder erhöhen können“. Das wiederum könne die Ausübung nachhaltiger Handlungen positiv oder negativ beeinflussen.

Auf den Golfsport angewandt, stellt sich damit die im Moment noch hypothetische Frage: Welches Gefühl für die Natur würde ein Golfer überhaupt entwickeln, wenn er sich auf einem rein künstlichen Golfplatz bewegen würde? Ein Szenario, das derzeit noch nicht real ist, weil es aufgrund der aufgezeigten Grenzen der Realisierung durch die Themen Kosten und Hitze nur sehr wenige Golfplätze mit großen Kunstrasenflächen gibt.

Andererseits: Wer hätte vor 20 Jahren gedacht, dass Skigebiete, die weitgehend mit Kunstschnee versehen sind, jemals real werden? Sollte sich die Bespielbarkeit von Kunstrasen den Bedürfnissen des Golfers weiter anpassen und damit die Möglichkeit bestehen, die Ausübung des Sportes ganzjährig auch in Regionen zu ermöglichen, in denen dies nicht möglich ist, wären 9-Löcher-Plätze aus Kunstrasen durchaus denkbar. Schließlich wird in Dubai ja auch in einer riesigen Halle Ski gefahren.

Die Frage, wie nachhaltig die Anwendung von Kunstrasen im Golfsport ist, wird also bleiben. Geht es um die heutige Beurteilung der Frage, wie nachhaltig die Anwendung von Kunstrasen auf größeren Golfplatzflächen ist, fällt die Bilanz wohl negativ aus.

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⚡️ Can a world-class golf tournament run without d ⚡️ Can a world-class golf tournament run without diesel? The 2026 Genesis Scottish Open is proving that it can.

The DP World Tour is taking one of its biggest steps yet towards decarbonising tournament operations by replacing conventional diesel-powered infrastructure with an integrated renewable energy system at The Renaissance Club.

Here's how it works:

🔋 Two 250 kWh Green Hydrogen Power Units (HPUs), each equipped with an integrated Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), form the heart of the tournament's new energy infrastructure. Positioned between the 1st and 15th holes, they provide reliable power for one of the busiest areas of the championship site.

📺 The hydrogen units supply electricity for the hospitality facilities around the 15th hole, the Genesis Public Lounge, the merchandise area and the large LED video screens—critical infrastructure that has traditionally relied on diesel generators.

☀️ For the first time, the Fan Village's main stage and the merchandise shop are powered entirely by solar energy, demonstrating how temporary event infrastructure can successfully transition to renewable electricity.

🔋 The integrated battery storage balances demand peaks, stores excess renewable energy and ensures a stable electricity supply throughout the tournament while reducing the need for backup generators.

🌍 The impact is measurable:
• Approximately 16,200 kg of CO₂e are saved compared with a conventional diesel-powered energy system.
• Even compared with the tournament's 2025 setup, emissions are expected to be reduced by around 600 kg CO₂e.
• At the point of use, green hydrogen produces zero carbon emissions—its only by-product is water.

The Genesis Scottish Open is demonstrating that renewable energy is no longer a concept for the future—it is ready to power major international sporting events today. 
Foto: DP World Tour

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From groundwater to reclaimed water: Since July 8, From groundwater to reclaimed water: Since July 8, the Evian Golf Resort has been completely self-sufficient when it comes to water management. 

Through a partnership with Danone’s Evian bottling plant, treated industrial water is pumped via a five-kilometer pipeline to the Golf Academy and the golf resort, where it is used for irrigation. 

“We made this decision 18 months ago,” explains Franck Riboud, Honorary President of the Danone Group, which also owns the Evian Golf Resort. “We wanted freedom, and now we have it.” When Riboud speaks of freedom, he is referring to the increasingly strict French regulations governing the use of groundwater for irrigating sports fields. 

By installing a completely closed-loop system—which ensures full self-sufficiency for the golf courses—the golf club is no longer dependent on government regulations.

Fotos: The Amundi Evian Championship /Philippe Millereau, Petra Himmel
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The overall project is called “REUT” (Réutilisation des Eaux Usées Traitées)
At the Amundi Evian Championship meadows create ha At the Amundi Evian Championship meadows create habitats for insects between the playing area. This is the backdrop of hole No. 18.
This is history: A winner's cheque worth 1,950.000 This is history: A winner's cheque worth 1,950.0000 US dollars for Hae-Ran Ryu. The KPMG Women's PGA Championship has made a statement: Equal pay and gender equality are relevant topics in golf. 

Yes, there are still differences between the payouts for male and female golfers, but especially at the Majors, the gaps are closing. The KPMG Women's PGA Championship is the most recent striking example.

🔹 For the 2026 season, the prize money for the KPMG Women's PGA Championship has surged to $13.1 million. For context, the purse was just $10.4 million in 2025.

🔹 Narrowing the Divide: The men's PGA Championship currently sits at $20.5 million. While a gap still exists, it is shrinking at a record pace. At $13.1 million, the pay gap has been reduced to approximately 1.56x.

🔹 Equality by Exception: Unlike the regular tour, where the structural gap remains wider, these Majors are closing the gap massively.  The Amundi Evian Championship has also increased the prize money to $ 9,1 million. 

#Golf #KPMGWomensPGA #PGAChampionship #SportsBusiness #EqualPay #Leadership #LPGA #GenderEquality #womeningolf #femalegolfer #golf #prizemoney #golfsustainable

Foto: Scott Taetsch/PGA of America

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Prepared for extreme heat? Here’s what’s really ha Prepared for extreme heat? Here’s what’s really happening out here - some personal impressions from the last days in Munich: 

🤣 During my fitting session, the portable TrackMan keeps breaking down. At one point, we’re cooling it down with a wet towel just to get through. Poor thing. 

😉 The early morning round starts at 6:30. The temperature is perfect, and the course is surprisingly busy. But once you finish, don’t expect coffee—like always, the club restaurant doesn’t open until ten.

😅 Wednesday’s tournament? The organisers wisely moved the start-up to 11 am instead of noon. That hour makes really all the difference in beating the heat.

🙁 The club secretary’s phone won’t stop ringing with buggy requests. The only snag: most of the clubs don't have enough buggies to go around.

😩 Water stations on the course are another story. On most courses, you only find a refill station after nine holes. If you want more, you’d better pack an extra bottle or two. 

Conclusion: Extreme heat isn't just a health issue but also a management question. Clubs in cooler countries, which aren't used to heat,  have to adapt to different playing times and consumer needs in the future.
 Yes: This is also a business opportunity. 

📷 Generated by AI

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What happens when world-class links golf meets a p What happens when world-class links golf meets a perfectly closed ecological cycle? 🌿⛳️🌊

At Prince’s Golf Club on the Kent coast, they aren't just maintaining a stunning 27-hole Open Qualifying course—they are developing new dune habitats. 

Course Manager Aaron Launchbury and his team excavate and reuse sand directly from the site. By removing invasive species, they create moist microhabitats in the winter and nutrient-poor havens in the summer. The result? An ecosystem where 100 of their 134 hectares are reserved entirely for nature, welcoming rare orchids and specialized wildlife. 🌸🦅

👉 Link in the first comment: Read the full story on Golf Sustainable!
📺 Watch the breakdown: Head over to our YouTube channel for more expert insights on the future of sustainable golf, and make sure to subscribe!
Fotos: Prince's Golf Club, Petra Himmel
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Is your golf course ready for the climate of tomor Is your golf course ready for the climate of tomorrow? 🌡️⛳️ TV weather expert Karsten Schwanke shares a clear forecast – and concrete solutions.

In an exclusive interview with leading sustainability consultant and golf strategist Petra Himmel, Schwanke breaks down exactly what changing weather patterns mean for the sport. With 2027 projected to be the hottest year on record globally, the DACH region needs to prepare for a Mediterranean climate: significantly drier summers, more intense thunderstorms, and much higher evaporation rates.

For regions like the Berlin area , which are already experiencing enormous drought stress, it is high time to act. Schwanke strongly warns against letting drainage water simply flow into the sewage system – calling it the "greatest sin." Instead, clubs need intelligent water retention strategies, fully in the spirit of the Sponge City concept, to capture heavy winter rainfall in storage ponds for the dry months. Furthermore, we must protect existing, often older tree populations from unprecedented heat.

The good news? The solutions for climate adaptation are already here; we just need to implement them much faster. 🌍💧

Read the full interview on Golf Sustainable to find out how to future-proof your course. Link in bio! 🔗

Foto: Ralf Wilschewski

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Get on your bike for the Solheim Cup 😃 With fewer Get on your bike for the Solheim Cup 😃

With fewer than 90 days to go until the 2026 Solheim Cup, European PING Junior Solheim Cup Captain and Solheim Cup Vice Captain Anne van Dam completed the fan cycle route today in The Netherlands.

The Dutch star is back on home soil this week for the Dutch Ladies Open on the Ladies European Tour (LET) taking place at Goyer Golf & Country Club .
Get on your bike for the Solheim Cup

Van  Dam cycled from ’s-Hertogenbosch (known as Den Bosch) station to Bernardus Golf alongside Eva-Lotta Strömlid, Head of Client Partnerships at the LET, to replicate the scenic 9km route that fans will be completing in September.

Van Dam said: “As we get closer to the 2026 Solheim Cup, it’s great to be back in the Netherlands this week and to visit Bernardus. Cycling is such a key part of Dutch culture, I love being on my bike and I hope fans will take the option to cycle to Bernardus from Den Bosch station. It’s going to be an unforgettable week, and I can’t wait to have you all there with us.”

This journey is also a follow-up ride to the Road to Bernardus, which saw Strömlid complete a 1,000km journey from her home in Sweden to Bernardus Golf to mark one year until the 2026 Solheim Cup and showcase smarter eco-friendly travel options, as part of the LET Sustainability Initiative (LETSI).

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🏌️‍♀️ Elite Sports and Climate Action – An Unsolva 🏌️‍♀️ Elite Sports and Climate Action – An Unsolvable Conflict? 🌍

"I see myself as a bridge builder," says German professional golfer Celina Sattelkau in her new interview with Golf Sustainable. As an EcoAthlete she proves that high-performance golf and environmental awareness don't have to be a contradiction. 🌱

From offsetting her travel emissions through wind power projects in India to driving an EV on the Ladies European Tour – Celina is leading the way. But she also addresses the hard truth: our sport is already feeling the massive impacts of climate change, particularly through extreme weather. We simply can't afford to ignore this topic!

👉 Read the full, in-depth interview with fascinating insights now on golfsustainable.com! (Link in Bio 🔗)

Fotos: LET / Tristan Jones 

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Which golf club knows its carbon footprint? In gen Which golf club knows its carbon footprint? In general, the topic of the golf industry's carbon footprint is difficult, as there are few published numbers and only a few event hosts, federations, or tour officials have developed strategies to reduce their emissions. 

GC Kitzeberg in Germany is a well-known but not very big club whose board members decided to act positively: They commissioned a report from a credible external consultancy, realised that "we have to become better," and started working on the first projects. Buying some new electric mowers is one of the steps. Communication with the membership was important, but successful. 

The journey isn't finished; many projects remain for the future. But what we like is the commitment to improve. Good luck for the next steps. 
#golf #greenkeeping #golfer #co2 #carbonemissions
☀️ Golf in extreme heat is becoming the new realit ☀️ Golf in extreme heat is becoming the new reality.
Yesterday, London recorded its hottest May day ever with temperatures reaching 34.8°C — a dramatic new heat record for the British capital.

For golfers, greenkeepers and wildlife on the course, rising heat means much more than just “summer weather”:
🏌️ Increased health risks for players
🌱 Heat stress and drought damage on turf
🐝 Pressure on biodiversity and ecosystems

Our latest article explores how climate change is already reshaping golf — and why adaptation is becoming essential for the future of the game.

Read more via Golf Sustainable

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One glance across the fairway, and it’s clear: Nat One glance across the fairway, and it’s clear: Nature thrives here! 🌿✨

GC Feldafing, situated in historic Lennè Park,  beautifully demonstrates that golf courses are far more than just sports venues—they are intricate mosaics of vital ecosystems. What looks like a pristine playing surface at first glance is actually a network of crucial habitats:

🪵 Deadwood providing shelter for insects & small mammals
🦅 Perches designed for birds of prey
🌸 Species-rich meadows bustling with pollinators
💧 Natural waterways serving as thriving aquatic habitats
🌳 And the ultimate highlight: A true natural monument – the majestic oak tree!

Today, sustainability and modern golf course management go hand in hand. Want to bring this expertise to your home club? The Golf Sustainable Academy offers webinars for free 🎓⛳️

🔗 Link to the Academy & website is waiting for you in our bio! (@golfsustainable)

What does your home course look like? Do you have designated eco-zones or natural monuments on your fairways? Let us know in the comments below! 👇

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🌿✨ **Bois d’Arlon – Europe’s Living Lab for Next-G 🌿✨ **Bois d’Arlon – Europe’s Living Lab for Next-Gen Golf Resorts** ✨🌿

Nestled across 220 hectares of untouched nature in Belgian Luxembourg, the Bois d’Arlon Golf & Resort is more than just a golf destination – it is emerging as a future blueprint for sustainable, high-end golf resorts in Europe.

We visited the project, which was opened in 2024, to talk with the greenkeeping team and the investor Robert Schintgen about their vision of a high-end golf resort in Wallonie, where pesticides aren't allowed, and the rules for irrigation only allowed the use of collected rainwater and recycled water from the hotel. 

With two distinct courses – a challenging 18-hole Heathland layout and a scenic 9-hole Parkland course – the resort combines **world-class design, biodiversity-rich landscapes, and year-round playability on sandy soil**. The vision blends sport and nature seamlessly, creating an immersive experience for golfers of all levels. ⛳🌱 

But Bois d’Arlon goes far beyond golf. The 4-star château hotel with 64 rooms, spa, restaurant, and event spaces positions the estate as a **fully integrated luxury ecosystem** where hospitality, wellness, and outdoor sports meet. 🏨🌳

What makes it stand out is its positioning as a future laboratory for sustainable resort development – demonstrating how modern golf destinations can evolve with nature rather than against it, while still delivering premium guest experiences.

Bois d’Arlon isn’t just a resort. It’s a model for how European golf destinations can redefine luxury through sustainability, landscape design, and long-term environmental thinking.

📍 Belgium | Luxembourg province
⛳ Golf | 🌿 Nature | 🏨 Luxury | ♻️ Sustainability

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What happens when a golf club completely stops usi What happens when a golf club completely stops using fungicides over the winter? 🚫🍄 The result might surprise you.
With pesticide regulations tightening across Europe (including strict bans in Switzerland, France, and Belgium), the question for greenkeepers is no longer if chemical restrictions are coming, but when.

Michael Scheffold, Head Greenkeeper at GC Wörthsee (Germany), decided to do a real-world test run. This past winter, he completely dispensed with fungicides on his greens to see how they would react.

The verdict? Better than expected! Despite a little more snow mold, the greens recovered beautifully and by mid-May, they were almost as good as usual. 🌿

This success didn't happen by accident. It is the result of years of prioritizing Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and mechanical measures to build robust, naturally resilient soil and grass. Supported fully by Club Managing Director Sven Hilgenberg, GC Wörthsee is actively future-proofing its course.

Proactive greenkeeping beats waiting for the ban! 📈⛳️

Call to Actions:
🔗 Read the full case study: Tap the link in our bio to read the detailed interview on Golf Sustainable.
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🚨 What does Donald Trump's new ballroom have to do 🚨 What does Donald Trump's new ballroom have to do with the environmental problems of East Potomac Golf Links? 

A growing environmental controversy is unfolding at East Potomac Golf Links: according to reports by the New York Times and the U.S. National Park Service, thousands of cubic meters of soil and construction debris from the demolition work at the White House East Wing were deposited on the public golf course — including material reportedly contaminated with lead, chromium, pesticides, and other hazardous substances. 

The site is planned to become part of a future championship golf course redevelopment. Environmental groups and local residents, however, are raising serious concerns about potential impacts on ecosystems, waterways, and public access to one of Washington’s most historic municipal golf facilities. 

What makes the case especially sensitive: the golf course sits directly along the Potomac River and has long served as an accessible public space for golfers, walkers, and families alike. Critics warn the project could come at a high environmental and social cost. 

💬 The story is another reminder of how closely golf, urban development, and environmental responsibility are connected — and why transparency and sustainable land management matter for the future of the game.

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Mauritius, the island in the Indian Ocean, is firs Mauritius, the island in the Indian Ocean, is first and foremost a dream destination for many golfers. For Philippe Espitalier-Noël, who, as CEO of the ER Group, is also responsible for major golf destinations such as Beachcomber and Heritage Resorts, among others, this dream destination is extreme pressure. A recent report by the World Bank Group on climate and development on the island of Mauritius entitled CCDR has prompted him to call for significant changes in the direction of tourism on the island.

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Copernicus has published the European State of the Copernicus has published the European State of the Climate Report. The golf industry must learn from data and scientific research, as outdoors sports are challenged by the resulty of climate change.
New competition for Bavarian golf clubs 🌿🦋 The 'B New competition for Bavarian golf clubs 🌿🦋

The 'Blühpakt Bayern' has launched a new competition specifically for golf clubs, that have combined a biodiversity project with a successful communication idea.  This isn't just about aesthetics; it's a critical move to boost biodiversity and protect our essential insect populations on golf. 

Golf Sustainable founder, Petra Himmel:

"This competition is a great motivator. However, the real success lies in long-term strategy and understanding ecological systems. Communication is an important part of a successful biodiversity strategy. 

All information about the enrollment in the first comment. 

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Burgenland in Austria is now the first region to b Burgenland in Austria is now the first region to be certified with the Austrian Environmental Label.
International Day of Orchards. There are so many o International Day of Orchards. There are so many orchards and fruit trees on golf courses. As an important habitat for insects, birds and even bats, they are so much more than just a wonderful aesthetic element for our sport. 
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Yes, the Masters Tournament and Augusta National G Yes, the Masters Tournament and Augusta National Golf Club are all about exclusivity. But it is important to realise that the whole town of Augusta has to agree with this concept and tradition. 

There is a huge economic value that comes with the tournament week, but there are other soft factors that secure the acceptance of The Masters in the town. 

The renovation of the municipal course at The Patch, plus the opening of The Loop at The Patch, is good news for the local community. Affordable, good golf is important to grow the game. Here, the Masters Charity Funds, First Tee of Augusta, and Augusta Technical College have teamed up to finance this important project. 
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Golf without the use of #pesticides? This is the s Golf without the use of #pesticides? This is the scenario the Swiss golfing community will face from January 2027. Due to a new classification of land use, the use of herbicides will be completely banned, whilst other plant protection products will be subject to much stricter regulations. 
The issue of #health protection is becoming increasingly important on sports grounds. This development is also relevant for golf courses in Germany and Austria. Here too, plant protection products are often the last resort in combating fungal diseases on greens.
We have talked to experts in Switzerland. The good news: some agronomists also see positive consequences arising from the regulation. 
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