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Regenerative Being: Five Connections as the Cultural Essence of Regenerative Golf
The Five Connections (Summarized):
Awareness (Mind and Psyche), Fitness (Embodiment and Physical Health), Relatedness (Heart-Centered Living and Relationships), Wilderness (Nature), and Wholeness (Being-in-Flow and Living with Integrity).
When you root your awareness in the present moment (no longer separated from thoughts of the past or future), you find that time feels more abundant (Awareness). Life flows easily and free from mental dis-ease. Connecting with your physical body shows the miracles it performs every day to keep you alive (Fitness). Spending time with loved ones reveals the love that’s in you (Relatedness). By being in nature, you see the abundance of life around you and within you (Wilderness). If you have an abundance of conscious attention, time, health, and connection, then what could you possibly “lack”? Regenerative Golf offers these precious and abundant resources to everyone, making wisdom the perennial crop of golf, planted through the seeds of intention and attention.
Wholeness integrates all of it into Well-Being. Integration is the verb of integrity, which is the holy grail of golf – a game and sport designed around a ruleset of integrity and etiquette. To not only learn golf, but to fully immerse oneself in it, is to be in flow with these Five Connections. To be in flow is to lose oneself, but to lack nothing, and to gain everything.
Celebrating MLK and Civil Leadership Through Golf
Each team member of Driving the Green shares what MLK Day means to them, along with their experiences of how golf brings that value to life, carrying forward the legacy and dream of MLK.
Golf as an Integral Community Space
Providing equity-focused, eco-driven, and exceptional golf is the mission of Corica Park Golf Course (municipal golf course for the City of Alameda just outside of Oakland, CA). Andre connected with Tamara Sabella, Director of Community Engagement for Greenway Golf, to discuss how golf plays a role in leading the integration of urban communities.
Eco-logical Design for Green Infrastructure in Cities
As the following conversation discusses, ecology and economy share the root word “eco”, which means “home” or “place to live”. At the root of municipal systems and urban environments is the shared desire among stakeholders to collaborate on more harmonious ways of living. Green Mechanics uses data and natural flows to facilitate life in urban environments. Enjoy Andre’s conversation with Larry Davis of Green Mechanics!
Advancing Gender Equity in Golf
Wouldn’t it be great if more people could benefit from playing golf? In the U.S., still only 25% of on-course golfers are women. Katie Veasey shares her firsthand perspectives on gender equity in golf as a female golfer.
Healing Systems (and Self) through Golf
The game of golf trains us in the paradigms and mindsets needed to solve global challenges and heal systems at scale. It’s taught me lessons that remain practical, personal, relational, as well as spiritual.
Environmental Stewardship STEMs from Golf’s Status as a Living Classroom
Langston Golf Course in Washington, D.C. hosted a GCSAA First Green event in conjunction with National Golf Day. The program is an innovative educational initiative that combines golf and environmental stewardship to provide hands-on learning experiences for students. Through field trips to local golf courses, students get the opportunity to learn about various aspects of golf course management and environmental sustainability. They participate in activities that showcase the tools and methods used by golf course superintendents to manage golf courses while emphasizing the importance of environmental conservation and the role golf courses play in preserving natural resources, managing ecosystems, and promoting biodiversity.
Sustainability Spotlight: The PGA Works Program
The PGA of America is one of golf’s biggest and oldest governing bodies and with over 29,000 worldwide members (about 23,000 in the US) who manage and operate golf courses while growing participation in the game. However, of the 29,000 members, fewer than 10% of them are women and less than 1% are African American. In this issue of Sustainability Spotlight series, we dive into the PGA of America’s initiatives to build a more diverse and inclusive golf professional workforce.
A Racial Gap You Might Not Know About
Golf can address a key disparity among Black and White Americans. The COVID pandemic resulted in hospitalization rates among African-Americans more than double that of the overall population. Golf can address (and already does address) key factors that lead to general health disparities among racial groups in America.
Building Dr. King’s ‘Beloved Community’ Through Municipal Golf
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is the only federal holiday dedicated as a National Day of Service. Volunteering and offering community service functions as a tangible way to celebrate the life and legacy of one of our country’s most important civil rights leaders. In Washington, D.C., we are bringing Dr. King’s vision of The Beloved Community to life through acts of service at municipal golf courses.