Pin-seeker
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Morally wrong or just plain wrong… or not wrong at all?
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huds1475
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Shame on you for palming off non-premium balls on those poor kids
Capella
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I just found this article and it made me remember this thread from a while ago:
https://medium.com/s/story/how-golf-is-polluting-our-oceans-eddb8b59ddc9
https://medium.com/s/story/how-golf-is-polluting-our-oceans-eddb8b59ddc9
clubchamp98
Journeyman Pro
Some bad golfers there .
If they are just bad shots ok.
But if people are deliberately hitting into the ocean that’s wrong .
I have seen people do this they take some range balls just so they can hit them in the water .
howbow88
Hacker
As that article alluded to - bio-degradable plastics on golf balls will happen one day properly across the board.
Roops
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When I was about 14, a mate and I used to go to an old gravel pit near us, that had very high banks (50 - 60 feet down to the water). There were semi submerged sandbanks in the lake. We would take an old driver and a load of old shonkers and try and reach the sandbanks. Great fun (we never did reach the sandbanks......), but had loads of laughs trying. The good old days, when saddo/killjoys hadn't inherited the earth........
Khamelion
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Jacko_G
Blackballed
Flip sake.
Why not tackle environmental issues created by numerous multinational companies, countries still dumping raw sewage at sea, nuclear waste still seeping into waterways.
I'm not saying we as golfers can't assist by trying to reduce our impact on the environment but I'm sure there are far greater and more pressing environmental issues that governments the world over need to tackle and tackle yesterday!
Always pick on the "easy" target.
Why not tackle environmental issues created by numerous multinational companies, countries still dumping raw sewage at sea, nuclear waste still seeping into waterways.
I'm not saying we as golfers can't assist by trying to reduce our impact on the environment but I'm sure there are far greater and more pressing environmental issues that governments the world over need to tackle and tackle yesterday!
Always pick on the "easy" target.
Sports_Fanatic
Assistant Pro
Video looked good to me, two teenagers clearly with a passion for the ocean noticed an issue that hadn't been picked up. Company indirectly responsible for issue is taking measures to clean it up and improve the situation going forwards. Researchers considering what the overall impact is to see if anything can be learnt and applied from it. Press reporting it to raise awareness hopefully to golfers and potentially also for the teenagers so they can feel good for their efforts (either in hard cash for go fund me or general praise).
Looks like something to be applauded rather than worked up over. We all know certain things aren't great for the planet and still do it e.g. flights, but the value is worth more to us. That being said, getting a plane and letting it fly around with no passengers/purpose etc would feel reckless and wasteful and you'd look to stop it. That's the difference on the original thread and why intention is a key factor on morals personally.
It's also not a case of either or, we can do those smaller actions whilst continuing to push for big actions on other issues which I doubt any of the parties involved have an impact on so it's not exactly lost time.
Looks like something to be applauded rather than worked up over. We all know certain things aren't great for the planet and still do it e.g. flights, but the value is worth more to us. That being said, getting a plane and letting it fly around with no passengers/purpose etc would feel reckless and wasteful and you'd look to stop it. That's the difference on the original thread and why intention is a key factor on morals personally.
It's also not a case of either or, we can do those smaller actions whilst continuing to push for big actions on other issues which I doubt any of the parties involved have an impact on so it's not exactly lost time.
clubchamp98
Journeyman Pro
Well at least Pebble beach are going to do something about it.
Sadly most companies would not until forced to.
Sadly most companies would not until forced to.
We are quite luck in that the moray firth that is in play of the first 7 holes is a sandy beach so when people do carve it in the sea, they get picked up when the tide is out
williamalex1
Money List Winner
When did they stop making the old type rubber band wound balls with the smelly liquid stuff in the middle. ?
