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Driving the Green Recap: 1st Annual NLT ‘Symposium on Municipal Golf’
The first annual National Links Trust ‘Symposium on Municipal Golf’ was held November 8-9, 2021 in Washington, DC. This exclusive recap discusses the takeaways, obstacles and goals emerging from this inaugural event as the golf industry works hard to preserve and reimagine the possibilities for municipal golf facilities.
Across the Pond: Australia’s First 100% Organic Golf Course
We spoke with Andrew Glen, Superintendent at KDV Sports Complex on the Gold Coast of Australia to learn more about his one-of-a-kind, 100% organic golf course and how to make organic golf scalable across the industry.
Sustainability Spotlight: National Links Trust’s ‘Symposium on Municipal Golf’
In this edition of our Sustainability Spotlight series, I share the story of the National Links Trust, why Municipal Golf is the key to the golf industry’s future and what it's like to assemble a sustainability super squad for the NLT’s ‘Symposium on Municipal Golf’.
A Call for Co-Operation: How Golf’s Equipment Manufacturers Can Save Municipal Golf… and Themselves!
Golf's equipment manufacturers spend roughly $3B combined on selling-related activities (a simple projection based on publicly available financial data). What if they all agreed to reallocate just 1% (still a whopping $30M) toward investing in golf's future? This article highlights both why and how that should happen.
Sustainability Spotlight - The 43rd Ryder Cup @ Whistling Straits
Nothing stokes the fire within a sports fan’s heart more than playing against a rival, where every aspect of the game is magnified by the added desire to not just win, but to beat the snot out of your opponent. For this edition of the Sustainability Spotlight, we turn our attention to focus on the sustainability issues involved in golf’s biggest rivalry, the Ryder Cup.
Diving Deep with Award-Winning Golf Architect, Philosopher, and “Interpreter of Nature”, Agustín “Auggie” Pizá
We recently connected with Agustín Pizá, world-renowned and award-winning golf course architect. He’s a heart full of fire and passion, unafraid to put some soul into his work. He also has a head full of knowledge, expertise, and ideas, so we considered ourselves fortunate to pick his brain on topics like the accessibility of golf, oneness with nature, and the future of the game.
Behind the Ropes: At This Week’s Korn Ferry Tour Finals at Hillcrest Country Club
We go ‘Behind the Ropes’ with Parker Cohn of Performance Resource Management at the Korn Ferry Tour’s Boise Open to uncover the strategies and solutions he is implementing to provide Hillcrest Country Club with premium agronomic services.
Sustainability Spotlight - PGA TOUR FedExCup Playoffs
Over the next three weeks, the PGA TOUR 2020-21 season will come to a close with the postseason tournament series known as the FedExCup Playoffs. So for the next installment of our Sustainability Spotlight series, we shed light on and dive into the sustainability successes and struggles of each of the three tournaments within this end of the year playoff series.
Agroforestry and Golf: Maximizing Land Use Efficiency for Golf Operations
Afforestation sequesters 4.7 tons of CO2 per hectare per year and is one of the best proven methods of carbon capture. So how can golf and the agroforestry industry collaborate on carbon capture initiatives? We sat down with Audrey Epp Smith and Harrison Greene of Propagate Ventures to learn more.
Sustainability Spotlight - Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games - Golf Competition
With the 2021 Open Championship written in the record books, the golf world’s focus begins to shift to the Far East as Kasumigaseki Country Club prepares to host the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Golf Competition. In this sustainability spotlight, we examine the championship from a sustainability lens and a summary of who’s playing (let’s go Team USA!) and how they got there.