golf courses
October 2, 2009 by SemiCritic
Filed under Sports
Serious golfers travel the world to have a personal experience of their play ground. They want to try golf courses located in far away places such as those in Albuquerque, Calgary and even as far as Southeast Asian countries such as Malaysia and Philippines. Golf courses are built on sandy areas along coasts, abandoned farms, strip mines and quarries, deserts and forests. Preparing to build a golf course is not easy. Golf is considered a sport for the rich and the use and development of large tracts of land are usually met with protests.
Issues usually arise over environmental concerns such as the amount of water consumed to maintain the grass and the chemical pesticides and fertilizers used to keep them healthy. Because of the noise generated by environmentalists there are now new developments in practices regarding turf grasses. These are being practiced by conscientious golf course managers. The large expanse of grass actually has benefits to the environment. The turf on golf courses is an excellent filter for water and has been used in communities to cleanse residential wastewater. Nevertheless, many Western countries have instituted environmental restrictions on where and how courses can be built.
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