The new restaurant Victoire
This Thursday, October 3, 2024, Laurent BOISSONNAS,President of Resonance Golf Collection, inaugurated in the presence of many guests and local elected officials, the restaurant “Victoire” of the Grande Bastide Golf Course in the town of Châteauneuf de Grasse in the Alpes-Maritimes.
He was accompanied by Alexis DAVET, Project Manager of Resonance and Director of the Grande Bastide Golf Course.
From left to right: Emmanuel Delmotte, Mayor of Châteauneuf, Cécile Mul (CEO of the Mul group), Thierry Occeli, Mayor of Opio, Alexis Davet, Laurent Boissonnas, Jérôme Viaud, Mayor of Grasse and Sébastien Roussellet, CEO of the Résonance Golf Collection
A short game area
The “old” hole number 16 has given way to a short game area while keeping the green in natural grass.
La Grande Bastide? A bulwark against the development of urban planning
In his inaugural speech, the General Manager of Resonance Golf did not limit himself to the “Victoire” restaurant, but to the ecological and economic impact of his golf course, the educational and societal role of this sport as well as the discovery and protection of local biodiversity.
He asks the question: “What would have become of these 50 hectares if they had not been a golf course?” To repeat: “It is a bulwark against the development of urban planning and a refuge for biodiversity!”
Smart water management
The climate is also at the center of the speech, especially with the recent periods of drought and water shortages making golf courses the bad students of its management. He specifies that new grasses are now sown, more resistant and less water-consuming.
Nearly €5 million have been invested in the last three years, a significant part of which for the renovation of the irrigation network.
This work generates intelligent water management that allows the system to be supplied sprinkler by sprinkler according to needs, reducing the irrigated surface area to 12 hectares out of 42.
In the long term, like other golf courses in the area, recycled water will replace water drawn from the ground.
Its proximity to the city of Grasse, City of Perfumes, commits the golf course to 3 hectares that will be dedicated to perfume plants from next year.
He would like to thank all the people who made the project possible and a reality, and in particular his right-hand man, Alexis DAVET, for his commitment to presenting the site as it is proposed today.
Like any good time, the event ended with a magnificent buffet…
Rédaction: LJA – Golf Méditerranée