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Saffron Walden Golf Club, Essex
Chronic water shortages have helped propel environmental matters into the public eye
water authority decree issued to Catalonian courses to cease using groundwater for irrigation with immediate effect and the reassignment of two long-established Flanders courses to other sites, despite them being seen as safeguarding undeveloped coastal habitats. “These may seem extreme
examples but they are indicative of a wider trend in Europe for tough, uncompromising regulations on golf, especially at regional levels,” adding that such actions are “evidence of a general ignorance of the practicalities of golf course construction.”
The issue of self-policing of
environmental issues on golf courses is paramount to progress in the industry, believes Mike Wood, environment spokesman for the EIGCA and himself a golf course and landscape architect: “The highest standards of
stewardship only result when voluntary effort is added to legislative control. There are existing accreditation schemes for environmental stewardship on golf courses both in UK and overseas.
Architects recognise the value of these to golf clubs and golf developers and are pleased to promote them.”
Although in England the pace of new golf course development has slowed in the new millennium, action is under way to develop environmental guidelines for new developments: One of Golf Environment Europe’s upcoming projects is to prepare a document on such guidance. “This is clearly within architects core area of interest and expertise,” Wood says, “and EIGCA, who are members of the Steering Group of Golf Environment Europe’s European Forum for Sustainable Golf, will be a key partner in producing this.” In many ways then, the golf course industry can look forward to continuing progress on the environmental and ecological issues as both specialists and the public move to a greater understanding and eventually, fulfilment of the potential of courses to be the ultimate guardians of this priceless national and international natural heritage.
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