The case against golf
Ben Adler: The game bores most people senseless, so why are so many of the planet's resources dedicated to it?
The sooner we get rid of golf courses the better.
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Golf courses are bad for the environment
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The sooner we get rid of golf courses the better.
I've never understood the appeal of golf, but I know lots of people enjoy it. I live near a city-owned golf course and I'd be glad if it became a park: take down the fence, plant thousands of trees, install natural stormwater infrastructure to reduce flood risk to the surrounding neighborhoods, build trails, and set aside a few acres for affordable housing. It seems like there is so much more benefit that people would get out of a free, unrestricted park than what's there now. Honestly, with the amount of rain we get in western Washington I'm surprised there are so many golf courses.
Yeah I'm with you. People go and chase a white ball around a big field that could be growing food. There's guys who work at golf courses because they watched Caddyshack one too many times or something. Most of those people could find another job at a grocery store or something.
Here's another great article. It says that more golf courses closed than opened. So Golf is still declining. That's great news.
decodedscience.org
Why the Decline of Golf is Good News for the Environment - Decoded Science
When it comes to golfing, where are the Millennials? Image by NASA The game of ... Read MoreWhy the Decline of Golf is Good News for the Environment
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You need to go sit down with a professional at least monthly and work out some issues. A guy I work with did so and with the help of some happy pills, he's a different person.
Either that or stick the business end of a pistol down your throat and put all those around you out of your misery. Because, if you've gotten this put out over a few things some dude like me posted on the internet, you have to be one pathice mother fucker.
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You all drive vehicles that get low teens mpg and leak oil but bitch about golf courses... I’m a terrible golfer but do enjoy watching and going to tournaments. These golf courses aren’t all magically turning to parks - they’re likely being redeveloped with more houses in whatever corner of ex-urban hell they're located
Here's another good one. it kind of explains why so many golf course employees need counseling. But this article actually says golf is dying. Huh.
www.theurbanist.org
Unlike Seattle, Golf Really Is Dying - The Urbanist
Last week, The Seattle Times ran an article headlined, ‘Study questions ‘best use’ of golf courses Seattle operates’. The article stems from a report that the City commissioned in 2017. The report was apparently due a year ago, but was only recently released, as reported by Erica C. Barnett at...
www.theurbanist.org
Your just a bad breaker upper or something. Why are you so mad? I'm still enjoying myself.
Death watch: How much longer can golf survive?
The sport is boring viewers and refusing to change its ways, writes Jason Notte.
www.marketwatch.com
How much longer can golf survive? That sounds kind of extreme, but hey.
It's too bad stupidity isn't an Olympic event. Then you could be like Larry Bird and walk into the locker room and ask who's coming in second.
LOL, if people want to golf what’s it to you if they’re having fun and paying for it? A golf course is a business and it ain’t cheap to maintain a golf course. For the record, I golf maybe three or four times a decade. But I worked on golf courses in high school and college and was probably the most fun I ever had for $3.15 an hour.