Climate change
Consequences for a sport in nature
A changing world
Coastal erosion, extreme storms, drought and water shortages on the golf courses – climate change has been affecting golf for years. What are the direct consequences, where do problems arise, how can they be solved?
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The beginning of 2020 was extremely difficult, especially for golf course operators in Australia. Floods followed in numerous areas of England, which also posed challenges for course operators. There were also large forest fires in California.
4.000
Koalas were killed in the New South Wales bushfires between September and mid-December. That’s according to the latest report from the International Fund for Animal Welfare.