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- Golf's Water Issue
- In his May story, "How Green is Golf?", John Barton suggested that in the 21st century, water was the new oil. For those of you interested in the increasing pinch on courses to conserve water,...
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- Golf and the Environment
- Hard not to think of the environment with those breathtaking coastal shots coming at you from Torrey Pines. We noted the opinion piece by Frank Deford on National Public Radio. Please also check out an...
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- Golf and the Environment
- San Diego. Out here in Southern California, the topic of water conservation is never off the table. In May the mayor of Los Angeles proposed a sweeping plan to recycle waste water for drinking, with...
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- How Green is Golf, Liberal edition
- It may be that liberals are slower readers, but, after some strident letters of protest, we've now received several supportive letters on John Barton's "How Green is Golf?" package. A couple of recent ones, the...
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- How Green is Mike Stachura ?
- Nothing seems to roil our readership like environmental stories. Not only has John Barton's "How Green is Golf?" piece drawn fire (and support). Several readers took exception to Mike Stachura's piece on potential coastal flooding...
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- How Green is Golf, cont'd
- Dick Carver of Clifton, Virginia, is another reader who takes exception to our "How Green is Golf?" package. He brings up a provocative piece by Patrick Michaels in the Wall Street Journal. I have been...
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- How Green is Golf, cont'd
- It was beginning to look like our readership was a whole lot more intransigent on environmental issues than we thought--previous posts and responses on the subject here--but a poll this week on our web site...
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- How Green is Golf, cont'd
- Interesting note from Michael Morris of Santa Rosa on the How Green is Golf? story by John Barton in the May issue. The story has generated tons of comment, much of it suprisingly negative, but...
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- How Green is Golf, cont'd
- Letters and posts continue on our Green story. You seem more anxious to talk about this than John Daly's personal life, Tiger's knee surgery or even the question of whether the Masters has lost its...
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- How Green is Golf, cont'd
- Well. That April golf-and-the-environment story certainly aroused your attention and, for many of you, your ire. This letter from Ken Artingstall of Glendale, California (Ronald Reagan country if I'm not mistaken), is the latest in...
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- How Will Augusta Play?
- Topic A is how it will play...here at Augusta and, if your letters are any indication, at your home course is well. The debate over John Barton's How Green is Golf? is level orange at...
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- How Green is Golf?
- We expect to get lots of mail on John Barton's How Green is Golf ? story in the April Golf Digest. However, it's doubtful that any letter will match the passion of the first, from...
