Golf courses are still too often singled out by environmentalists.
In question: an irrational water consumption and an abusive use of phytosanitary products with the sole aim of providing a green lawn all year round.
Today, however, the reality is very different.
The mentalities of the players have evolved and the clubs have surfed the “green” wave to get up to speed.
"
The very green fairways, in all seasons, it's over,"
says Pascal Grizot, president of the FFGolf.
Golf as it was created is not that.
Watch the British Open, it is played on very dry grounds.
And, to answer our environmental friends, the example of the Old Course in Cannes-Mandelieu is proof that golf is also a bulwark against urbanization.
If it hadn't been built over a hundred years ago, I imagine its acres of maritime pines would have been razed to make way for a campsite or whatever.
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