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LIV Golf Miami Recap
Andre describes his general sense impressions of LIV Miami: what he witnessed, saw, heard, smelled, tasted, and touched at the LIV Golf Miami event in October. As a no-cut exhibition event, LIV may lack in sporting drama on the course, but it certainly makes up for it in spectacle (and drama provided off the course). It engages the senses with plenty of spectacle. Andre also gives a short playbook of possibilities for the competing tours to take advantage of sustainable innovation opportunities.
Sustainability Spotlight: National Links Trust Materiality Assessment
Municipal golf can become an inspiring cornerstone of how municipalities meet the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. In the latest edition of our Sustainability Spotlight Series, we are excited to share the process, results and methodology behind the National Links Trust’s first materiality assessment and stakeholder survey, and how we used the UN SDG framework to prioritize NLT’s current and future sustainable development programs in Washington, D.C.
Sustainability Certification Series: GEO Foundation for Sustainable Golf
In the next issue of our Sustainability Certification Series we profile the non-profit organization based in North Berwick, Scotland that has, alongside experts from many backgrounds, facilitated the international voluntary standards for sustainability in golf for over 16 years, the GEO Foundation for Sustainable Golf.
Is a “Civil War” Developing in Pro Golf?
Thanks to $2.4 billion of Saudi-backed funding, LIV Golf has already disrupted the PGA Tour. This article explores the founding, funding, format, and future of the new golf tour, along with how it might co-exist with the PGA Tour and “traditional” golf.
Sustainability Spotlight: EcoAthlete Inja Fric
Inja Fric is a rising senior on the NC State Women’s Golf Team. She is also an EcoAthlete and leader of the NC State student-athlete sustainability group. We invited her to share her sustainability story and how she is working to make a difference in her community.
Can Golf Courses Achieve a “Real Zero” Carbon Footprint?
For golf courses, optimal efficiency means providing the best possible experience to golfers using minimal inputs and costs. Golf’s major inputs (irrigation, energy, and chemicals) ultimately run up the score on golf’s carbon scorecard… only when this scorecard gets high it will be melting snowmen by causing higher temperatures (rather than just penciling snowmen on the golf scorecard as most of us do).
Sustainability Spotlight: The 150th Open Championship at “The Home of Golf”
Andre recaps the 150th Open Championship, sharing its sustainability initiatives along with his experience of The Old Course at Saint Andrews.
USGA “Deacon” Maps Golfer Traffic and Guides Resource Management
USGA Deacon can help golf courses provide better golfer experiences while at significantly lower costs to the bottom line and the environment.
Sustainability Spotlight: The 122nd U.S. Open at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts.
The U.S. Open is America’s oldest golf championship and operated by America’s oldest governing golf body, the United States Golf Association. It is usually one of, if not THE, toughest tests of golf each year and features 156 of the best golf professionals and amateurs in the world. For our next installment in our Sustainability Spotlight series, we examine America’s national golf championship from our Driving the Green perspective and shed some light on the great things going on behind the scenes at this year’s tournament as well as some of the amazing golf history that has taken place at the host golf course.
Sustainability Spotlight: Callaway Golf Company's Inaugural Sustainability Report
Callaway Golf Company, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of golf equipment, apparel and entertainment, produced their first ever 2021 Sustainability Report two months ago. For the next installment of our Sustainability Spotlight Series, we dive into that report and offer our Driving the Green takes on what we would like to see in future reports.