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On 2009-11-02 Dan Washburn posted

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Greener Pastures

Posted by: Dan Washburn
on November 2, 2009 at 5:30 am

Water-hogging, pesticide-laden golf courses occupy more than 2.3 million acres of United States green. Thanks to pressure from environmentalists, however, some courses are trying to bring the sport back to its roots: in nature.

Back in 1898, a decade after the first permanent golf clubs opened in the United States, the Chicago Daily dedicated an entire page to the restorative powers of this peculiar Scottish import. The story quoted a physician who regarded golf as a “cure”…

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Tags: golf , pesticides , Sierra Club , sports

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On 2009-11-02 Dan Washburn posted

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Greener Pastures

Posted by: Dan Washburn
on November 2, 2009 at 5:30 am

Water-hogging, pesticide-laden golf courses occupy more than 2.3 million acres of United States green. Thanks to pressure from environmentalists, however, some courses are trying to bring the sport back to its roots: in nature.

Back in 1898, a decade after the first permanent golf clubs opened in the United States, the Chicago Daily dedicated an entire page to the restorative powers of this peculiar Scottish import. The story quoted a physician who regarded golf as a “cure”…

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Greener Pastures

Water-hogging, pesticide-laden golf courses occupy more than 2.3 million acres of United States green. Thanks to pressure from environmentalists, however, some courses are trying to bring the sport back to its roots: in nature.

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