Environmental and health benefits of golf courses

 

Following the literature review undertaken by Dr Ross Higginson and Peter McMaugh (The Environmental, Social, Economic and Health Benefits of Turfgrass: A Literature Review) in 2008, the AGCSA requested an expansion of the review focussed principally on the environmental aspects (benefits or otherwise) of golf courses, and to identify any knowledge gaps for the industry. The key factors to be included were as follows:

• Water quality
• Water use compared to other industries
• Bio-diversity value
• Creating or recreating indigenous flora areas
• Wetlands and their benefits
• Carbon sequestration
• Carbon foot print of golf courses
• Nutrient and soil movement associated with golf courses
• Golf course construction – managing the environmental impacts
• Golf course construction – rejuvenation of degraded sites.

The report is now available for viewing and can be found in the AGCSATech research section on the AGCSA website. Click here to view the full report.