Golf Courses

A former industrial corridor in Benton Harbor, Michigan is being transformed into a resort community complete with golf course.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is urging for golf courses to be expropriated for other uses, and calling on citizens to make use of abandoned land.

As water resources dwindle, golf course managers are becoming go-to experts on conservation.

Underground water sensors that monitor and display moisture and soil conditions on computers are saving millions of gallons of water at golf courses.

The uber-wealthy are still buying homes on luxury golf course developments, but the rest of the market is hurting as courses close and projects stall around the world.

Stakeholders in Austin debate the future of a public golf course in the center of town while the University of Texas, owner of the land, debates whether to seek greater profits off the land. Neighbors champion the course as vital open space.