News - July '07

Jonathan Smith, Golf Environment Europe

Sometime back in September 2006, the conference season began in earnest. By May 2007, there had been numerous events across Europe – some international in flavour, others national and others with a particularly local or regional emphasis ....More

Björn Nordberg, Swedish Golf Federation

Our understanding of golf’s environmental impact is now such that the industry must make a concerted effort to act. It is critical that we endeavor to minimize the footprint our game is leaving on the planet ....More

Maria Strandberg, Scandinavian Turfgrass Foundation

Combining eco-efficiency with economic and environmental sustainability is key to maintaining the strength and growth rate of the European golf sector. Environmental pressure can be utilised to make the golf sector realise the importance of eco-efficiency and encourage the promotion of high-quality golf courses while ensuring sustainable use of natural resources ....More

Jonathan Smith, GEE

During March of this year, the Foundation and Forum of Golf Environment Europe convened a number of planning meetings, to discuss key projects within the GEE strategy for environmental sustainability in European golf ....More

Jonathan Smith, GEE

The R&A continue to show leadership within the golf sector with the ongoing refinement of their best practice guidelines. For a number of years, the R&A Golf Course Committee have been stimulating valuable discussion on golf's environmental impacts - with particular attention to turfgrass management ....More

Jonathan Smith, GEE / European Tour Communications Division

The Celtic Manor Resort, focal point for last week’s Wales Open and host venue for The Ryder Cup in three years time, is back in the full glare of the spotlight again this week with the announcement that The 2010 Ryder Cup will be one of golf’s most environmentally sustainable events ....More

Charles Peacock, North Carolina State University

Over the last four months, considerable progress has been made on the development of resource materials for GEE's new Environmental Resource Centre (ERC) for Golf ....More

Mike Wood, EIGCA Environment Committee

The environment is the hot topic in society today and it is entirely right that the golf sector should demonstrate its willingness to conserve and enhance the environment. Why does golf need GEE? ....More

Lee Penrose, STRI

On a local, national and global scale the pressures affecting wildlife habitats and individual species are immense and commonplace. All of us can see on our own doorsteps habitats being destroyed or modified via development of agriculture, housing, industry, leisure and fragmentation through an ever increasing network of road and rail transport ....More

Torben Kastrup Petersen

Golf has been played in Denmark since the turn of the 20th century. Established in 1901, Fanø Golf Links on the Eastern seaboard is its oldest surviving course. The country now boasts 165 clubs and the Danish Golf Union – established in 1931 – has 143,577 active players ....More