Do Golfers Really Care About Sustainability?

[beansbeansbeans]

I’ve been thinking a lot about sustainability in golf lately—how much do we, as golfers, actually care about it? It’s a topic that seems to be growing, with things like second-hand clubs, recycled golf balls, and eco-friendly course management getting more attention. But when it comes down to it, does it actually influence how we play or what we buy?

are golfers really making an effort to be more sustainable, or is it just something we like the idea of?

Curious to hear what others think. Have you made any changes to be more sustainable on the course? Or is it just not something that factors into your game?

 

[LincolnShep]

If you want to promote your blog - just say so. Might be a good idea to introduce yourself first.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Original point edited. Be honest about your post, engage, then see about posting your blog up.

In answer to the question, not massively. I use Bamboo tees, take my own drinks bottle so from that perspective I'm reducing plastic wastage.

I buy second hand clubs but that is for financial reasons, not ethical.

The biggest steps are really in the hands of the club, how they manage the course. I'm not pretending my actions are changing the world, although every bit helps.

 

[Parsaregood]

Absolutely not. There is almost always an underlying motive with these things just like your post

 

[Bunkermagnet]

I’ve been thinking a lot about sustainability in golf lately—how much do we, as golfers, actually care about it? It’s a topic that seems to be growing, with things like second-hand clubs, recycled golf balls, and eco-friendly course management getting more attention. But when it comes down to it, does it actually influence how we play or what we buy?

are golfers really making an effort to be more sustainable, or is it just something we like the idea of?

Curious to hear what others think. Have you made any changes to be more sustainable on the course? Or is it just not something that factors into your game?

So what do you think then firstly?

 

[IanM]

Saunton has a sustainability plan made in conjunction with English Nature.

Two immediate initiatives I can think of have been to make sustainable pathways, these are rolled sand rather than grass. The don't need reseeding, cutting or watering and fit in with the links land.

Secondly set up a turf nursery that can be used to repair the course without buying and transporting turf from outside sourcres.

Good for the environment and saves the club real cash. Win win.

 

[Orikoru]

This golfer doesn't. Never once thought about it.

 

[MACM85]

Only thing I wish was sustainable was the golf ball. They seem to go missing far too much for my liking. Trees, Water, etc etc

 

[SocketRocket]

My club has banned plastic tees. I use my own water bottle and irrigate a few trees.

 

[Tashyboy]

Beans beans beans for me means more methane going into the environment. It’s not sustainable.

 

[KenL]

Saunton has a sustainability plan made in conjunction with English Nature.

Two immediate initiatives I can think of have been to make sustainable pathways, these are rolled sand rather than grass. The don't need reseeding, cutting or watering and fit in with the links land.

Secondly set up a turf nursery that can be used to repair the course without buying and transporting turf from outside sourcres.

Good for the environment and saves the club real cash. Win win.

Our club tries hard to support the wildlife. We have bug habitats at the back of our pond. Wild flowers grow in the rough. We have bird and bat boxes on the course. The green keepers help prepare a sand bank in our sand quarry for sand martins.
I love stuff like this.

 

[Slab]

I think as people we probably all care to some degree for our home/work lives and as golfers we hope our club/course are doing their part for the 'property' (clubhouse, course and grounds) we use every week, whether that's plastics, irrigation, pesticides, recycling, wildlife etc etc etc etc

 

[3 jabber]

My club has banned plastic tees. I use my own water bottle and irrigate a few trees.

 

[Tashyboy]

Personally i think the op (who has not responded in three days) don’t know what he is talking about. Golf courses are a haven for wildlife which finds more and more of its natural habitat destroyed. As already explained steps have been taken to be sustainable.But for the OP golf is more than sustainability, keeping mentally and physically fit amongst others.

 

[Arthur Wedge]

Golf clubs will over the next 12 months have to do a bit more for sustainability and even more over the next ten years

From small things like recycling bins on the course etc

To having sustainable water supplies for the golf course

Golf as a sport does do very well but there is more to do

Sustainable Golf

Golf has a unique relationship with the natural environment and a responsibility to ensure that future generations are able to enjoy the game.

www.randa.org

 

[Orikoru]

Personally i think the op (who has not responded in three days) don’t know what he is talking about. Golf courses are a haven for wildlife which finds more and more of its natural habitat destroyed. As already explained steps have been taken to be sustainable.But for the OP golf is more than sustainability, keeping mentally and physically fit amongst others.

I think this whole topic was just an advertisement for his website, which a mod edited out, so he won't be back.

 

[Orikoru]

My club has banned plastic tees.

I still find this silly. Plastic tees can be reused until the cows come home. I last bought pink castle tees about six years ago, I find more than I lose. We're on teeing mats like most places - behind our 4th tee is a slope with long grass on it - I went looking for my tee there on Sunday and found about six other pink castle tees lying there, so in my bag they went. If I had to buy tees again maybe I would get bamboo ones or whatever, but the chances are I'll never need to! And I'm not sure how a club polices what tees you're using.

 

[Arthur Wedge]

I still find this silly. Plastic tees can be reused until the cows come home. I last bought pink castle tees about six years ago, I find more than I lose. We're on teeing mats like most places - behind our 4th tee is a slope with long grass on it - I went looking for my tee there on Sunday and found about six other pink castle tees lying there, so in my bag they went. If I had to buy tees again maybe I would get bamboo ones or whatever, but the chances are I'll never need to! And I'm not sure how a club polices what tees you're using.

What about the broken plastic tees that are all over the place

 

[Orikoru]

What about the broken plastic tees that are all over the place

I can count on one hand the number of plastic castle tees I've ever broken - whereas wooden ones break constantly.

If golf shops stop selling the plastic ones then they will be phased out eventually, no doubt. But it will take a long, long time due to how reusable they are, that's all I'm saying. I'm not going to chuck 50 perfectly good tees in the bin so I can spend money buying wooden or bamboo ones instead.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

I think this whole topic was just an advertisement for his website, which a mod edited out, so he won't be back.

What always disappoints me, how naive, is that why doesn't the op engage on the subject? That way people might visit his blog of their own volition. By simply giving up it tends to show they were not that bothered in the first place. Not just this poster, it happens quite often.