O golf courses ever built has had its long-awaited grand opening on the Caribbean island of Saint Lucia , and Pure Dynasty seeded seashore paspalum , developed by Pure- Seed Testing , Inc . and supplied by Atlas Turf International and Pure Seed , has been used to grass the entire course .
GOLF COURSES
Pure Dynasty plays key role at Cabot Saint Lucia
Seeded paspalum is used to grass entirety of massively dramatic Coore & Crenshaw Caribbean course
ne of the most dramatic
O golf courses ever built has had its long-awaited grand opening on the Caribbean island of Saint Lucia , and Pure Dynasty seeded seashore paspalum , developed by Pure- Seed Testing , Inc . and supplied by Atlas Turf International and Pure Seed , has been used to grass the entire course .
The Point Hardy Golf Club at the Cabot Saint Lucia project was designed by Coore & Crenshaw and is wrapped around the rocky coastline , featuring an amazing sequence of clifftop oceanside holes . However , building the Point Hardy course was a massive challenge , even for Coore & Crenshaw ’ s hot-shot team . The Covid-19 pandemic hit the world just after construction started , meaning that lead shaper Keith Rhebb remained on the island for more than 250 days , for most of that time working alone on the course .
The rocky nature of the site necessitated capping , but shipping sand to the island would have been prohibitively expensive , so the playing surfaces were formed from a volcanic pumice sand sourced from the island . Unfortunately , this sand had poor drainage characteristics so both carefully planned surface drainage and the right grass choice were essential . Along with superintendent Damon Di Giorgio , who had managed the grass previously at Playa Grande
Photos : Jacob Sjöman
28 GroundskeepingJournal . co . uk | March / April 2024