Argentario Golf Club plays host to the Italian Challenge Open this week, and does so as a leading light in sustainable practices.
The course, which will host the Italian Open on the DP World Tour next year, is the latest venue to put sustainability at its heart, tying in with the European Tour group’s Green Drive.
The Tour’s Green Drive is an integral part of Golf for Good, a commitment to Driving Golf Further in an environmentally and socially sustainable way and making a positive impact around the world.
That takes place in abundance at Argentario, with the course receiving the BioAgriCert environmental certification for sustainability and water management in recent years.
It is fully maintained with natural products, with the 77 hectares of estate the home to cork-oak woods and centuries-old olive trees, as well as hares, deer, squirrels, wild boar, and various birds species.
Agentario Golf Club Golf Manager, Ottavio Coppola, is proud of the work that has gone into the ongoing project in Tuscany.
“On our golf course everything must be natural,” he said. “We are incredibly proud of our work in sustainability.
“Our BioAgriCert environmental certification is one that is important to us and our vision for what we want to do. Our processes get checked every six months to make sure that we’re maintaining our standards which is a good thing.
“It’s our philosophy. We have hybrid machines to cut the grass with. We make olive oil and honey, grow tomatoes, and all of the vegetables in the restaurant come from here, within 500m of where it is served.”
The golf club is just one part of the Argentario Golf & Wellness Resort, with 300,000 new plants introduced onto the land 16 years ago when it was first opened.
Thermal solar panels are used for hot water, low-energy LED lamps are used within the hotel rooms and water is reused water for watering the gardens that surround it.
