19 Photos: Rob McCallum Photo: Sports Turf Solutions Chhun On Golf Resort in Cambodia is set to open the Palms course, designed by Curley-Wagner Golf Design, joining the Lakes layout that opened in 2024. “We decided on Lynkz Zoysia from Sports Turf Solutions,” said Fabrice Ho, general manager at Chhun On, on the choice of grass. “The results with the Lynkz greens are simply amazing. In the last five months, we’ve done almost nothing to them. yet they are already performing exceptionally well. “Mowed at three millimetres (mm) with a triplex, they easily reach a Stimpmeter of 10.5 with an incredible roll. We can’t wait to see the results at 2.5mm. The smaller leaf means almost no grain, combined with a dark green colour and a smooth, consistent surface. We truly can’t wait to host our guests on these greens.” Grassing has comprised of about 40 acres of sprigs and 40 acres of sod. The large slopes around tees, bunkers, greens and drain basins were sodded, and the flatter areas sprigged. The overseeded Tahoma 31 dormant sod was laid in January 2025. “On tees where people are going to take divots, it will grow back quickly,” said Jordan. “If you do get damage, either from traffic or mechanical injury in the growing season, it will fill in rapidly, which is big. “It over-winters well and wakes up and survives the transition back into spring. It’s not like we did the bulk of work in the winter, but if you can put the sod down, you can lock in your bunkers and greens and you can loop everything just to hold it in place so that if we had a big rain event in March, it’s not just a bunch of dormant grass that can just be washed away, you’ve got something there holding it up.” By spring 2025, investors and prospective members saw how the golf course was growing in. “In April, the azaleas were blooming, and all the green surrounds were a dark, beautiful green and striped up,” said Jordan. “It has got people pretty excited about the opening of Olde Eight.” The April 2025 issue of Golf Course Architecture featured a Q&A with Drew Rogers about the project. Tees, fairways and rough have been grassed with Tahoma 31 Photo: Brian Curley Cambodia resort prepares to open second course
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