Every acre we allocate to one use is an acre less for another. Currently, more than 38,400 golf courses span the globe, occupying vast stretches of valuable land.

Countries across the world use more land for golf courses than wind or solar energy, according to a new study published in the academic journal Environmental Research Communications.

Researchers say the 10 countries with the most golf courses could install up to 842 GW of utility-scale solar or 659 GW of wind capacity on land equivalent in size to that used for the sport.

"There is no golf course business use for the land." With a view of the golf course, both locations are "certainly prime land for development," McMurchie said. The land is now designated as public ...

With golf courses using between 750,000 and 1 million gallons of water a day in the desert, and with 120 golf courses in the Coachella Valley alone, golf industry officials know they need to both ...

Mate points to an economic and environmental study released in 2021 showing the state’s 236 golf courses do not use the amount of water that most people suspect. “There’s 33,000 acres of golf.

The publicly operated club Mr. Prescott helped to buy isn’t the only golf course teetering on an uncertain future. Closures of courses in the United States have outnumbered new openings every ...

In fact, snapping up golf course land for rewilding in the US makes a lot of sense, because the land covered by golf courses has been decreasing for decades, falling by 12% between 2005 and 2021.

While golf courses are often seen as harmful for the environment because they require a lot of water and chemicals and lack biodiversity, many local courses are on a greener path. In Wheaton ...

We, here, have our own wells and our own wastewater treatment plant; we use and recycle our water, so we don't use any public water, city water, or anything like that; and we only have 53 acres of ...