The True Face Of Golf Courses

"With all their open spaces, green grass, and generally pleasant- looking roughs, golf courses would seem to epitomize the principles of conservation and ecological design. Unfortunately, that perception is deceiving. Golf course developers tend to over-landscape. They remove too much natural habitat, introduce nonnative vegetation, draw too much water from aqueducts, and maintain properties with chemical fertilizers and pesticides. The idea that golf courses could be what they appear to be, conservation habitats, has been percolating through the development community for the past decade. In fact, in some areas of the country, polluted, discarded, and stripped lands have turned to golf course development to repair the damage done by mines, landfills, quarries, or industrial waste. However, they represent only a small part of the golfing industry. Most courses are private developments associated with clubs, resorts, and, increasingly, master-planned communities." -The full text is only availble to ULI members

Thanks to Christian Peralta