Slow golf news day, so let’s watch the grass grow
Not much going on out there, so let’s look at an article from a couple weeks back. SeaIsle grass is a type of grass that can actually be irrigated with salt water, making it an ideal grass for oceanside courses. Golf courses in Australia are considering planting the grass in an effort to maintain a [...]
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Trump shot down in Scotland
The on-going saga of golf course architect Donald Trump’s quest to build “the greatest golf course in the world” in northeast Scotland hit a serious shank.
RSPB Scotland, one of the main conservation organisations consulted on the American tycoon’s scheme to transform the Menie Links into a £1 billion golf resort, has called for the massive [...]
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Is climate change the reason Maidstone needs to water fairways?
The Maidstone Club is one of America’s oldest and best golf courses. Designed in 1922 by Willie Park, the club is part of the East Hampton community in New York.
The club is so old and has stuck to tradition - it actually does not have irrigation for its fairways. It only has irrigation for its [...]
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Florida drought puts end to golf course’s construction
The drought in Florida has claimed its first golf victim - the Osprey Point Golf Course in Boca Rotan. Osprey Point is to be a 27-hole municipal golf course owned by Palm Beach County and part of the South County Regional Park.
The suspension of the permit to water the course resulted in the county stopping [...]
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More than a Gathering Storm
Robert Thompson, who has a great golf blog, wrote an article for the May/June issue of Travel + Leisure Golf magazine titled, “A Gathering Storm”. Robert brings to attention something that has long been an impact to seaside golf courses - the loss of land from erosion.
Robert highlights what some courses are constructing, and paying, [...]
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