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When golfer Rory McIlroy wants to reduce his carbon footprint

2021-11-17T14:10:45.466Z


LE SCAN SPORT - On the sidelines of the final of the European tour, contested in Dubai, the Northern Irish star spoke of his environmental conscience.


“Two years ago, after winning in China

(the WGC-HSBC Champions),

I flew home in a private jet.

I was alone on the plane.

I felt a tremendous sense of guilt. ”

Former world number one Rory McIlroy,

competing this week in Dubai for the DP World Tour Championship

,

has an environmental conscience.

And he says it.

The Northern Irishman

has notably revealed that he is now paying additional costs, estimated at around $ 150,000 per year, to offset his carbon footprint.

"

I'm paying a bit more to make sure I'm carbon neutral by the end of the year.

I don't claim to be an eco-warrior, but I'm someone who doesn't want to damage the environment in any way.

This is something I am aware of and take it seriously, especially when you see certain weather upheavals happening.

I live in a part of the world

(Florida)

where hurricanes are very common and become more and more frequent as the years go by.

"

"I think we can all play our part in one way or another."

Rory McIlroy

And McIlroy, who has partnered with a foundation advocating “sustainable golf” (the GEO Foundation for Sustainability in Golf), added, “

I think we can all play our part in one way or another.

I haven't really told a lot of players about it but just realized that when I travel by private means I don't want to do it at the expense of the world I live in.

". Not easy. With its global competition calendar which takes it to courses all over the world, the golf elite can hardly drastically reduce its carbon footprint. Briton Matt Fitzpatrick, who said he drives an electric car, is rather realistic. "

It's my job.

I have to take a flight and go from Miami to Bermuda or Miami to Dubai.

If I couldn't get on a plane, I would probably only play about five tournaments a year

. ”

Dubai golf courses, consumers of water ...

His statements were made in Dubai, following the

COP26 in Glasgow. In terms of ecology, Dubai is

not strictly speaking a model in this area

. And golf, an activity that consumes a lot of water, not to mention the chemicals during the construction of the fields as well as for the maintenance of the green, is often singled out by activists. The spokesperson for Dubai Golf said in passing that a new irrigation system on the Majlis course of the Emirates club, which organizes the Dubai Desert Classic in February, has reduced consumption by around 40%. "

Our courses are irrigated using recycled wastewater rather than desalinated products, as was the case when golf first appeared in the desert.

I think there is a real opportunity for this sport to be part of the solutions to climate change and not of the problem itself.

"

Source: lefigaro

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