Running 2024 golf thread

Sigh. There are so many misconceptions about golf and the environment. It's a battle we fight at the admin level all the time. There have been so many advancements in pesticide science and water conservation that it's silly for people to take the myopic view that golf is terrible for the environment. Many golf courses also serve as bird sanctuaries and are Audubon certified. Almost all use non-potable recycled wastewater for irrigation purposes. No one in Arizona is losing drinking water because of golf courses.

 

"Almost all..."

USGA says 12%.

But then, 41% of golfers polled think climate change is a myth, according to Golf Digest.

 

Should have said almost all in my state. That USGA number is surprisingly low.

 

Let’s give it up to Frank Bensel Jr, who made back to back fucking aces in the U.S. senior Open today but managed to miss the cut by seven strokes. Eek.

 

That's entirely more awesome than if he'd made the cut. "For 20 minutes there, I was the greatest golfer who ever lived!"

 

Someone give Tron Carter some salt peter.

 

Fuck that. If I'm Bland I'm playing the major and telling LIV to fuck way off. Let's let them try to hold him to the contract.

 

A flamethrower on the environment, Carl Hiaasen, wrote a book on becoming closer to his father later in life by playing more golf with him ("The Downhill Lie"). I did a review of the book and the publisher got Hiaasen to call me. Aside from the honor of talking to a guy whose every word I have devoured, it was interesting to hear his take on golf course and what they do for the environment. Essentially, he said it was way better than paving over greenspace for a shopping mall, parking lot or development.

 

"Biggest waste of real estate, cemeteries and golf courses."