With worldwide weather conditions fluctuating more than ever due to human-caused climate change, many fans are becoming more and more environmentally conscious in their daily lives.
Meanwhile, golf itself is working to become more sustainable in order to protect not only the sport but also the planet. The recent golf ball rollback decision was partially reached with sustainability in mind, preventing the need for longer courses and consequentially further resources to help take care of them.
Plenty of golf courses have also made the switch to electric machinery that is better for the environment.
Therefore, plenty of golfers on social media reacted unfavorably to a video released by the PGA Tour in the build-up to The Players Championship that showed a mass of gas lawnmowers being used to put the finishing touches to TPC Sawgrass’ Stadium Course.
The start of the video showed around half a dozen mowers being started up by ground staff before the team set about following one another along an expansive area of rough.
Much of the remainder of the 25-second clip featured a similar theme throughout different areas of the Stadium Course, with the majority of the replies underneath on X criticizing the PGA Tour or TPC Sawgrass for their method of groundskeeping.
Andy Johnson, founder of The Fried Egg, quoted the video and added: “I can’t think of a way you could make golf look more environmentally insensitive.”
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An account called Fastbanks said: “I can smell this video” – referring to the fumes produced by the mowers – while @airbud94 said: “so much air pollution, should be using electric.”
Others pointed out that it was “not a good look” for the PGA Tour to be using their resources in this way as Thomas Bocchino asked the hosts of The Players: “What does your carbon footprint look like?”
Co-leader Rory McIlroy revealed back in 2021 that he is carbon neutral in his travel and pays extra to offset his emissions and ensure he is not unnecessarily damaging the planet.
He said: “What I was trying to do is make all my travel — I wouldn’t self-profess to be an eco warrior, but I’m someone that doesn’t want to damage the environment anyway, so how can I make my travel around the world neutral, how can I neutralise what I do.
“So on top of what I pay to fly private, I pay quite a bit more on top of that to make sure I’m carbon neutral by the end of…
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