PP,
I’m generally not big on ‘Awards’. (Can’t stand creative industry’s back-slapping nonsense).
However, this one is so important that I felt the need to share here. We (this website, DG, contributors and lurkers) have a unique opportunity to take a lead and bring at least some influence to what I think is the most important issue facing the Industry today.
For example, I’d like to think that, along with more usual ‘measures’, it would be great if a golf course rater might also have the chance to place a value on a Course’s environmental credentials as a portion of their rating. That would certainly help establish environmental responsibility and the use of more sustainable practices in Course management as a real-world requirement. It’s not difficult, it’s not rocket-science, it’s not very sexy, but it is necessary.
As a teeny example, I’ll never forget visiting Turnberry’s maintenance facility and seeing, IIRC, maybe ONE bag of fertiliser and ONE bag of weed killer.
That spoke volumes to me. (It WAS pre-Trump, of course!)
Cheers,
F.