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Hemp in the Golf Industry: A “Fore”-father of Greenspace Efficiency?
Not all weeds are made equal. One weed (hemp) might actually become your most valuable source of cost reduction while generating multiple streams of revenue on the land your golf course isn’t currently using.
Sustainability Spotlight: The PGA Works Program
The PGA of America is one of golf’s biggest and oldest governing bodies and with over 29,000 worldwide members (about 23,000 in the US) who manage and operate golf courses while growing participation in the game. However, of the 29,000 members, fewer than 10% of them are women and less than 1% are African American. In this issue of Sustainability Spotlight series, we dive into the PGA of America’s initiatives to build a more diverse and inclusive golf professional workforce.
A Racial Gap You Might Not Know About
Golf can address a key disparity among Black and White Americans. The COVID pandemic resulted in hospitalization rates among African-Americans more than double that of the overall population. Golf can address (and already does address) key factors that lead to general health disparities among racial groups in America.
Building Dr. King’s ‘Beloved Community’ Through Municipal Golf
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is the only federal holiday dedicated as a National Day of Service. Volunteering and offering community service functions as a tangible way to celebrate the life and legacy of one of our country’s most important civil rights leaders. In Washington, D.C., we are bringing Dr. King’s vision of The Beloved Community to life through acts of service at municipal golf courses.
My Own “Happy Place”
We want to live better, healthier lives that don’t cost the Earth, ultimately so that future generations can also live better, healthier lives. Andre investigates his lifestyle and eco-footprint to find ways to improve in 2023.
LIV Golf Miami Recap
Andre describes his general sense impressions of LIV Miami: what he witnessed, saw, heard, smelled, tasted, and touched at the LIV Golf Miami event in October. As a no-cut exhibition event, LIV may lack in sporting drama on the course, but it certainly makes up for it in spectacle (and drama provided off the course). It engages the senses with plenty of spectacle. Andre also gives a short playbook of possibilities for the competing tours to take advantage of sustainable innovation opportunities.
Sustainability Spotlight: National Links Trust Materiality Assessment
Municipal golf can become an inspiring cornerstone of how municipalities meet the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. In the latest edition of our Sustainability Spotlight Series, we are excited to share the process, results and methodology behind the National Links Trust’s first materiality assessment and stakeholder survey, and how we used the UN SDG framework to prioritize NLT’s current and future sustainable development programs in Washington, D.C.
Sustainability Certification Series: GEO Foundation for Sustainable Golf
In the next issue of our Sustainability Certification Series we profile the non-profit organization based in North Berwick, Scotland that has, alongside experts from many backgrounds, facilitated the international voluntary standards for sustainability in golf for over 16 years, the GEO Foundation for Sustainable Golf.
Is a “Civil War” Developing in Pro Golf?
Thanks to $2.4 billion of Saudi-backed funding, LIV Golf has already disrupted the PGA Tour. This article explores the founding, funding, format, and future of the new golf tour, along with how it might co-exist with the PGA Tour and “traditional” golf.
Sustainability Spotlight: EcoAthlete Inja Fric
Inja Fric is a rising senior on the NC State Women’s Golf Team. She is also an EcoAthlete and leader of the NC State student-athlete sustainability group. We invited her to share her sustainability story and how she is working to make a difference in her community.