"…the resources and chemicals needed for pristine emerald turf have made the sport an environmentalists' bête noire. America's roughly 16,000 golf courses use 1.5 billion gallons of water a day, according to the United States Golf Association, and are collectively treated with 100,000 tons of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium a year.
The United States has more golf courses than McDonald's locations and also has more than any other country, accounting for about 42 percent of all courses worldwide, according to the National Golf Foundation…"
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/15/climate/golf-courses-conservation-nature.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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