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    171 year ago

    Golf is boring to watch. But for most players it is a social game. It’s like going to a bar with a few friends, but getting a little exercise. And they don’t do a ton of leveling. Costs too much, and using the land the way it is, is what makes a course unique and interesting.

    That said, it would be easy to find a sport that destroys more natural land. Ever see a football, baseball or soccer stadium… including all the parking. Then realize how many baseball fields their are in america (or soccer fields in other countries). They are several times the number of golf courses, and they all need more parking each than one golf course.

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        11 year ago

        it’s really not in a large part of the country. In a desert sure. But even there they take measures like using recycled water and not pottable water and such. And of course agriculture makes every other water use pale in comparison.

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        yes in the desert they do. But most courses aren’t in the desert. Plenty used to only water the greens in the middle of the summer in the northeast where I grew up. People usualy picture only the high end golf courses. Most are not that. Some used to just shut down for a while if it got too dry rather than water.

    • KingJalopy
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      There are 15,500 golf courses in America.

      There are just over 900 stadiums in America.

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        I think his point about the damage environmental damage golf courses cause pale in comparison to other sports that need arenas.

        Have you seen a golf course? Most of them aren’t made from scratch to fit some grand vision. They’re usually set up working with the environment rather than against it.

        I’ve been fishing on an old golf course that’s no longer in use and it was mostly the same except the grass wasn’t cut as low. Great outdoors spot for families.

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          I thought he was just saying there’s way more stadiums than there are golf courses and that would be incorrect. I don’t have a problem with golf courses except for the excessive amount of water they seem to waste.

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      Size of Old Trafford Football Stadium and all parking nearby: 20.8 hectares.

      Size of my local small golf club: 53.3 hectares.

      And that’s one of the largest stadiums in the country, vs one of many, many golf courses.

      Edit: For decimal place fuckup.

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          11 year ago

          This entire thread is a blight on Lemmy. One of the seriously most shitty and disturbing things I’ve seen on the system.