A new nine-hole golf course, academy and driving range is now under construction near St. Tropez.

“Once we started developing Golf Up, it became very clear that we had to do the entire project using synthetic turf,” said Robert Roussille, executive director of Golf Up. “Firstly, because of the positive impact on maintenance and operational costs, which was critical to the financial feasibility of the project, and secondly, it enables us to have our training centre and golf course open all year around with the same exceptional quality of turf.”

The facility has been designed by golf architect Jean-Claude Cornillot, and is set to open in spring 2017.

This news item originally appeared in Golf Course Architecture April 2016. To read more go to www.golfcoursearchitecture.net/.