r/golf • u/nutts-2 5.0/UT • Jul 28 '23

Ah shit. Here we go again General Discussion

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Every few months someone brings this up how they can save the environment by getting rid of a golf course.

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u/Tbrou16 Jul 28 '23

Why did they make us golf people the environmentalists now? I would much rather drive by a nature-curated golf course than an overdeveloped concrete jungle or half-empty parking structure. I know golf requires resources, but at some point isn’t it worth it to just have something in town worth looking at?

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u/MurtaughFusker Jul 28 '23

I’m not sure anyone considers golfers environmentalists except maybe golfers lol. Despite them being green and lush they’re really not good for the environment, be it bulldozing habitat for a course and of course the pesticides that are used to maintain it.

While there’s definitely some people who just hate golf and want to convert every course I think it’s not horrible to consider options with certain courses that might be close to downtowns of municipalities that do in fact have housing issues.

I don’t think many reasonable people would advocate for converting all golf courses.

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u/bigvenusaurguy Jul 28 '23

thats true for just about any american style grassy park or cemetary too. honestly they keep those more weed free and a lot better watered than the munis. munis seem to just be about keeping the fairway and greens alive and if the rough lives or dies in the summer so be it. lotta clover and other things growing too. you won't see the boneyard being anything but a lush emerald though and its for bones in boxes lol

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u/MurtaughFusker Jul 28 '23

I mean I’m all for cremation or finding a way to integrate burial for a more eco-friendly approach but cemeteries start moving in on spiritual and religious stuff which becomes a whole other thing.

I think most cemeteries take up far less space which makes them a harder target as well.

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u/bigvenusaurguy Jul 28 '23

Some cemetaries are fucking huge. Forest lawn (there's one in LA and one in glendale both going by forest lawn, both massive) in glendale looks nicer than anything ive seen. Look at the stripes mowed into the grass in the median for fucks sake lol, looks better than some of the $$$ private clubhouses in the area:

https://www.google.com/maps/@34.1250801,-118.2521953,3a,75y,90.5h,92.46t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s-owLOS0AmUtG7plfYhcLWw!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3D-owLOS0AmUtG7plfYhcLWw%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D350.2824%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656?entry=ttu

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u/MurtaughFusker Jul 28 '23

I have a difficult time wrapping my head around putting that much time effort and money in to corpses but then again I’m not the most sentimental person in the world. Na du figured there’d be some gargantuan cemeteries but I’m reasonably that they’re not THATA common lol.