Rio 2016 Olympics: Olympic Golf Course Media Fact Sheets & Press Room Now Online

RIO DE JANEIRO - Aug. 3, 2016 - PRLog -- As golf returns to the Olympics this summer after a 112-year absence, the Olympic Golf Course built especially for the 2016 Rio Games is ready for play after four years of planning, construction and conditioning. Members of the media covering the Olympics now have a comprehensive resource online for stats, facts, photos and background on the Olympic Golf Course, and the team that made it happen despite difficult logistical challenges.

Elements in Press Room:

• Fact Sheet (http://www.bladerunnerfarms.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/FACT-SHEET-Olympic-Golf-Course_rev1.pdf) with dates, stats, yardages, grass selection, bios

• Photos (https://www.dropbox.com/home/Olympic%20Golf%20Course%20Rio) of construction of the golf course from the first blades of grass to completion

• Archive of press releases documenting the project from selection of golf course architect to first test event

• Sustainability information on how the golf course was planted & managed to help the Olympic Committee achieve its goals for an environmentally friendly Games. (For example, no herbicide was used on the golf course. All weeds were pulled by hand. And the grass planted on the fairways, tees and rough, called Zeon Zoysia, uses up to half the water of other grasses used on golf courses.)

• Contacts for interviews with the team who built the golf course, both prior to the event and on-site in Rio during the Games

• Booklets (http://www.bladerunnerfarms.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2...)with detailed information on the history of the course, the grasses planted on all surfaces & how the Olympic Golf Course is leading the way for innovation in the golf industry

To access the press room directly, go to: http://www.bladerunnerfarms.com/news-events/zeon-zoysia-chosen-for-olympics/

For more information or to set up interviews, contact:

Stacie Zinn Roberts, What's Your Avocado? Marketing Agency, 360-941-4595, Stacie@whatsyouravocado.com