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Behind the Ropes: At This Week’s Korn Ferry Tour Finals at Hillcrest Country Club
We go ‘Behind the Ropes’ with Parker Cohn of Performance Resource Management at the Korn Ferry Tour’s Boise Open to uncover the strategies and solutions he is implementing to provide Hillcrest Country Club with premium agronomic services.
Sustainability Spotlight - PGA TOUR FedExCup Playoffs
Over the next three weeks, the PGA TOUR 2020-21 season will come to a close with the postseason tournament series known as the FedExCup Playoffs. So for the next installment of our Sustainability Spotlight series, we shed light on and dive into the sustainability successes and struggles of each of the three tournaments within this end of the year playoff series.
Agroforestry and Golf: Maximizing Land Use Efficiency for Golf Operations
Afforestation sequesters 4.7 tons of CO2 per hectare per year and is one of the best proven methods of carbon capture. So how can golf and the agroforestry industry collaborate on carbon capture initiatives? We sat down with Audrey Epp Smith and Harrison Greene of Propagate Ventures to learn more.
Sustainability Spotlight - Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games - Golf Competition
With the 2021 Open Championship written in the record books, the golf world’s focus begins to shift to the Far East as Kasumigaseki Country Club prepares to host the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Golf Competition. In this sustainability spotlight, we examine the championship from a sustainability lens and a summary of who’s playing (let’s go Team USA!) and how they got there.
Sustainability Spotlight: The 149th Open Championship at Royal St. George’s
This week the golfing spotlight shifts across the pond for professional golf’s final major championship of the year, the 149th Open Championship at Royal St. George’s in Sandwich, Kent, England, golf’s oldest and most international major championship. Much has changed since Royal St. George’s last held the Open in 2011, including a dedication to sustainability and a return to how things looked over a century ago.
The Social Side of Sustainability
Sustainability, especially when it comes to golf, is often viewed as strictly an environmental cause, which is quite understandable given the nature of the relationship between golf courses and the surrounding environment. However, the development of partnerships with local community organizations is key to embracing and maximizing one’s social sustainability impact. A shining example of this can be found in Dallas, TX between the AT&T Byron Nelson and the Spruce Dawg Alumni Nonprofit Organization.
Sustainable Events 101: Sustainable Programming for Beginners
The BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by Synnex Corporation showed their commitment to zero waste by hosting a sustainability forum. Here are our Driving the Green takeaways for events looking to begin their sustainability journey.
Beemats: Healing Golf Course Ponds and Lakes through Floating Wetlands
“Beemats” – also referred to as “floating wetlands” – are a bio-mimicking technology that cleans polluted bodies of water by taking excess nutrients that seep into ponds and lakes and turns them into harvestable crops or biomass. What are the benefits, costs and how might this technology transform golf course sustainability?
Learning from Banyan Tree’s 25-Year Journey in Sustainability
We sit down with Steve Newman, Group Sustainability Director of Banyan Tree Hotels & Resorts, to discuss how a sustainable business can align differing stakeholder needs in a direction that is cohesive to the organization’s core values and purpose in both the short-term (25 years) and long-term (250 years).
4 Ways WM Phoenix Open Showcases Climate Action Leadership
The WM Phoenix Open - the world’s largest zero waste event - joined the UN Sports for Climate Action Framework in 2019, becoming the first golf tournament to join the landmark voluntary initiative. Here’s four ways how they show framework leadership as early adopters in the golf industry.