I've written this answer to a question I received last month about grasses for the Olympic Course in Rio de Janeiro.

The GEO Sustainable Golf Development Guidelines give a simple criterion for grass selection:

Sustainable grassing plans are based on the use of the most drought-tolerant and disease-resistant turfgrasses for the locality.

Read the question and my answer to learn more about expected performance of manilagrass and seashore paspalum.