Another organization, Audubon International, certifies golf courses in the U.S. by charging course owners fees for a certification of environmental sustainability.
Still, progress is happening far too slowly. And besides, most golfers still want eye-popping, carefully manicured greens—not the weed-strewn hills and unpredictable bounces of Scotland circa the Middle Ages. But it will take a shift in perception for golfers to begin embracing a more natural, less artificially vibrant game.
The truth is probably in the middle: building new courses that avoid the mistakes of their predecessors and retrofitting existing courses to use less irrigated water and swap out water-intensive crops for native plants.
morgfair Do you seriously expect Country Club Republicans to make sacrifices for the environment? What a quaint, but tragically misguided belief!
Most of the water constrained states like CA, use grey water for golf courses. Not potable water like we use in the Midwest.
Eventually, all golf courses will become giant sand traps. Might actually be fun to watch.
morgfair Fine with it perishing Let nature have the green
morgfair perish.
Might not survive in AZ, CA, or NV, but in NY we have plenty of water!
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Good! Golf is such a waste of resources and time.
The sun causing climate change now
Where are there water shortages?
Plus, it's super boring as F.
They could pretend to be playing golf like trump does.
This is a wildly inaccurate article. Over the last 2-3 decades the primary focus of most course has been sustainability and minimal land movement to maximize harmony with surrounding environment.
A pile of Horse pucky class envy.
I resent golf courses and industrial agriculture for gratuitous water consumption.
Mini golf should be called golf, and golf courses should be called high-density mixed-use.
Lots of wildlife on my neighborhood golf course, should I remind them to be disturbed?