We posted a story a few weeks ago on architects supporting GEO guidelines for sustainable golf. The story generated a lot of response – some very heated.
While responses ran the gamut, here are three responses that stuck out:
“These proposed big and beautiful "natural courses", still use massive amounts of water, require lot's of dangerous chemicals that leach into the environment and occupy far to much land. Try a new approach, "thinking inside the box", creating a more practical & appealing venue for the average golfer, then you can honestly use the "sustainable" word and maybe help grow the game.”
“While I hope this is a step forward to reduce the impact of development on the environment, but I fear this will only add to the expense and increase the cost for players.”
“Although the GEO's environmental guidelines are a step in the right direction, they fall well short when applied to the term "sustainable facilities". Instead of addressing "sustainable golf" with some topical application fluff, try designing to a more practical growth initiative.”
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May 15, 2010 3:59 pm GMT
You miss the point by only addressing the physicality of your golf course. What's really being said here in a figurative sense, is that sustainability and growth of the game are synonymous. You can't successfully address one without the other.
Actually, the use of the word "sustainable" in this context, is just another attempt to placate the public into thinking that this is a new age in course design. In reality it's the same old grand scale thinking wrapped in a new green package, which runs counter in a new culture of practicality.
May 14, 2010 11:11 am GMT
On our Golf course we have 3 man-made lakes that provide us with all of the water needed for irrigation, so that would alleviate the "massive amounts of water" being used. We work very closely with the Audubon Society and as far as the chemicals are concerned, we are very concerned about the environment (we live in it too!) and we are very careful with the chemicals that we use on our golf course.
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