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Setting the Par with the “Greenest Show on Grass”
The golf industry need not look further than the first tee to find one of the world’s leading sustainability champions, the PGA TOUR’s WM Phoenix Open. Recognized as one of the five oldest tournaments on the TOUR (the first Phoenix Open was in 1932) and annual host to over 700,000 fans, title sponsor WM has led the Phoenix Open to be the world’s largest zero waste event.
Bee the Change - An Earth Day 2021 Special Report
At least 35% of the food we eat is directly dependent on the pollination services of bees. With their numbers in decline, might a symbiotic relationship with golf be the change needed to restore their numbers?
Is Biochar “Shovel-Ready”? Unpacking Key Facts
We continue our exploration into biochar and unpack the key facts beneath the surface of this soil-amending bio-filter.
How Duffers Could Save the Planet
Here’s a thought for how the golf industry might rapidly and seamlessly “go lower on the carbon scorecard” – or in other words, improve its carbon footprint: What if every divot came with the opportunity to improve soil and sequester carbon?
Biochar: How Golf Courses Can Mimic Natural Grasslands to Save 30% in Water Consumption
Can the secret ingredient to fertile grasslands be the key to golf courses creating engineered carbon sinks? Will Bowden of New Zealand Turf Management Solutions seems to think so.
Circular Economy: Driven by Public Golf Lands
When a municipality is faced with the challenge of a struggling and at times unusable public golf course, the solution is not typically a conversion to anaerobic digestion of food waste in its place. However, that is the case in Madison, Wisconsin.
PGA TOUR Sustainability: Coming out of COVID-19 at the 2021 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am
A firsthand account of sustainability on the PGA TOUR during the time of Covid-19 brings optimism as the sports world prepares for the return of fans.
Sustaining a World Class Golf Resort: A Conversation with Paul Wilson of Laguna Resorts & Hotels
After sharing a story on success story of Laguna Lăng Cô, we bring you a follow up interview with Paul Wilson of Laguna Resorts & Hotels to learn more about the philosophy of sustainability embedded into organizational culture.
How the Most Sustainable Golf Facility in Vietnam Plans to Spread Its Impact: Might this model apply in the US?
Little known to the Western World, Laguna Lăng Cô Golf Club of Vietnam represents a leading example of sustainable and even regenerative golf design. This “edible” golf design of Nick Faldo and Paul Jansen restored 5 hectares of fallow rice paddy in its conception.
The “Short and Sweet” of Golf and Sustainability
Paul Jansen describes the keys to golf design as one might describe the keys to a great golf swing: less manipulation -- and more simplicity -- generally produces better results. If the goals of golf design include creating simplicity and variety, then following nature is perhaps one’s safest bet.