{"id":29401,"date":"2025-03-22T00:02:40","date_gmt":"2025-03-22T00:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/?p=29401"},"modified":"2025-11-25T13:24:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T13:24:44","slug":"between-drought-and-top-quality-golf-in-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/en\/between-drought-and-top-quality-golf-in-california\/","title":{"rendered":"Between drought and top quality: golfing in California"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-klozy9b5-36672b5c3c979d5ab8eece08eeb6e19b\">\n.avia-image-container.av-klozy9b5-36672b5c3c979d5ab8eece08eeb6e19b img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-klozy9b5-36672b5c3c979d5ab8eece08eeb6e19b .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-klozy9b5-36672b5c3c979d5ab8eece08eeb6e19b av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_heading  avia-builder-el-first '  ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-29414 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-29414 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Monarch-Beach-45-scaled.jpg\" alt='Drone photo of a Californian golf course' title='Monarch Beach--4 and 5'  height=\"924\" width=\"1645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Monarch-Beach-45-scaled.jpg 1645w, https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Monarch-Beach-45-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Monarch-Beach-45-1030x579.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Monarch-Beach-45-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Monarch-Beach-45-1536x863.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Monarch-Beach-45-2048x1151.jpg 1644w, https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Monarch-Beach-45-1500x843.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Monarch-Beach-45-705x396.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1645px) 100vw, 1645px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-2jbyed-125a9d35a0b4e82e3db45fe43cdcc64e\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-2jbyed-125a9d35a0b4e82e3db45fe43cdcc64e{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-2jbyed-125a9d35a0b4e82e3db45fe43cdcc64e .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-2jbyed-125a9d35a0b4e82e3db45fe43cdcc64e .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-2jbyed-125a9d35a0b4e82e3db45fe43cdcc64e av-special-heading-h1 blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_image  el_before_av_post_metadata '><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag '  >Between drought and top quality: Golf in California<\/h1><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div  class='av-post-metadata-container av-m8iz5na6-ae08c8f9d4ee6217a30ea103a6be9cd2 av-metadata-container-align-left  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_textblock  av-metadata-container-1'><div class='av-post-metadata-container-inner'><span class=\"av-post-metadata-content av-post-metadata-meta-content\"><span class=\"av-post-metadata-content av-post-metadata-modified\"><span class=\"av-post-metadata-modified-date\" >25. November 2025<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-krv1ul-605429d78254106c872e500cf4ba558e '  ><div class='avia_textblock' ><p><strong>Drought? High water costs? What does this actually mean for a top course in the USA, which is located in the middle of California? In a state where water management has been an ongoing issue for years. At Monarch Beach Golf Links, we come across a course 1.5 hours south of Los Angeles, where residents and tourists have high expectations of the quality of the Robert Trent Jones course. How do management and greenkeeping reconcile all of this: saving water, maintaining high quality, and sustainable management? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jim is what you would call an ambassador. One of those members who have opted for Premium Membership because they are always at the club, know a lot and question some things. Which is why he points to the large areas where bushes and ground cover are beginning to form a cohesive picture on the second tee during a round together. &#8220;All new dry areas,&#8221; he says. &#8220;We have to save water.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-m00prfgu-3d7ba229b962fe28fd115e8fb1e128d0\">\n.avia-image-container.av-m00prfgu-3d7ba229b962fe28fd115e8fb1e128d0 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-m00prfgu-3d7ba229b962fe28fd115e8fb1e128d0 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-m00prfgu-3d7ba229b962fe28fd115e8fb1e128d0 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '  ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-29406 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-29406 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250130_092205-1500x430.jpg\" alt='Dry areas at Monarch Beach Golf Links' title='Drought area Monarch Beach Golf Links'  height=\"430\" width=\"1500\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lzx3y03h-4233c8c75a427626deee034022d0e48e '  ><div class='avia_textblock' ><p><strong>Eric Lohman<\/strong>, General Manager of the course, which was opened in 1983 when water was not yet a crisis issue, immediately agrees with him at this point. &#8220;We try to convert around 15.000 square feet of fairway every year. We are now in our fifth year.&#8221; The end of the project is not yet in sight. Given the water shortage in the southwest of the USA, the authorities demand that golf courses reduce their irrigated areas. In many regions, there are also subsidies for this.<\/p>\n<p>However, the pressure to convert is automatic. &#8220;In some areas, water has surpassed labor as the highest expense for golf course maintenance,&#8221; says <strong>Brianne Kenny, Manager of Environmental Services at Troon International<\/strong>, which operates not only Monarch Beach Links but numerous high-end facilities in the southwest of the USA. &#8220;That drives motivation to reduce use.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recycled water is the standard<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The majority of golf courses in California already use recycled water anyway. However, its price is rising continuously. Golf courses in the Midwest can expect the price for 1000 gallons to rise from about seven to ten dollars in the future. After two significant droughts in the past five years, golf courses are not the only ones that have to rethink the water issue. Anyone driving along the coast will come across posters at playgrounds and green spaces. Watering gardens is strictly regulated. A kind of water police controls it.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-2c9f9r-55ab83b6cbebcb50e7d26bafc4b9bd96\">\n.avia-image-container.av-2c9f9r-55ab83b6cbebcb50e7d26bafc4b9bd96 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-2c9f9r-55ab83b6cbebcb50e7d26bafc4b9bd96 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-2c9f9r-55ab83b6cbebcb50e7d26bafc4b9bd96 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '  ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-29409 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-29409 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250130_092156-1500x430.jpg\" alt='Sign indicating the use of recycled water.' title='Recycled Water'  height=\"430\" width=\"1500\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-m02oycdx-8d7085c5329c4d07b50bb8b6882ec358 '  ><div class='avia_textblock' ><p>Those who tend to be wasteful get a correspondingly high bill. According to the USGA, the average water budget in the southwest of the USA is between 600,000 and 1,000,000 dollars &#8211; a cost factor that not every golf course can generate. However, it is also reflected in the green fee prices. Monarch Beach Golf Links is no exception on California&#8217;s coast with a maximum rate of around 300 dollars for 18 holes. If you can&#8217;t achieve high green fees, you have to lower the quality. The price of water in this area has long since become a reason for the closure of golf courses.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We try to save water and still keep the course at a high quality and make it visually appealing for the golfer. At the same time, we have to keep the typical golfer in mind,&#8221; says Lohman, explaining the requirements profile for successful water management. That doesn&#8217;t sound easy.<\/p>\n<div hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/en\/saunton-golf-club-combines-passion-with-strategy\/\" class='avia-iframe-wrap'>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"q6SKzsExrU\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/en\/saunton-golf-club-combines-passion-with-strategy\/\">Saunton Golf Club combines passion with strategy<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Saunton Golf Club combines passion with strategy&#8221; &#8212; Golf Sustainable\" src=\"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/en\/saunton-golf-club-combines-passion-with-strategy\/embed\/#?secret=b00m1377zt#?secret=q6SKzsExrU\" data-secret=\"q6SKzsExrU\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The reduction of grass in favour of dry areas with few or no plants has its pitfalls. In Bri Kenny&#8217;s experience, the main protest comes from homeowners whose properties are next to the golf course. &#8220;It can create a lot more dust in an arid environment and it is not aesthetically pleasing.&#8221; Plus, there are the costs of creating the so-called dry zones. To make them as appealing as possible for golfers and residents, large areas are planned by landscape gardeners and planted with suitable plants. That is expensive.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, there is the golfer who has to live with the fact that bad shots no longer end on perfectly mown grass. At Monarch Beach Golf Links, the problem has been solved pragmatically for the time being. A shot into the dry zones means a penalty-free shot from the edge of the fairway. &#8220;At the moment, the golfers are all happy with the change,&#8221; is Lohman&#8217;s assessment.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-48y7smw-87df44b111582eb459a3a58eb5832cc9\">\n@keyframes av_boxShadowEffect_av-48y7smw-87df44b111582eb459a3a58eb5832cc9-column {\n0%   { box-shadow:  0 0 0 0 #ededed; opacity: 1; }\n100% { box-shadow:  0 0 10px 0 #ededed; opacity: 1; }\n}\n#top .flex_column.av-48y7smw-87df44b111582eb459a3a58eb5832cc9{\nmargin-top:35px;\nmargin-bottom:35px;\n}\n.flex_column.av-48y7smw-87df44b111582eb459a3a58eb5832cc9{\nposition:relative;\nleft:1%;\nbox-shadow: 0 0 10px 0 #ededed;\nborder-width:2px;\nborder-color:#e1e1e1;\nborder-style:solid;\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:30px 30px 15px 30px;\n}\n.avia_transform 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However, it is not easy to use it in greenkeeping. Sometimes there is a lack of quality and the water is sometimes enriched with certain elements. &#8220;We also do a lot more mechanically,&#8221; says Lohman. &#8220;Topdressing, aerifying, sanding. There are a lot of things we have changed.&#8221; The course is still in first-class condition. As a high-end resort with a Waldorf-Astoria hotel next to the 18th green and a Ritz Carlton hotel around the corner, business is no different.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-m8izoq77-b874326030e8bab154e431886dadf0c2\">\n.avia-image-container.av-m8izoq77-b874326030e8bab154e431886dadf0c2 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-m8izoq77-b874326030e8bab154e431886dadf0c2 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-m8izoq77-b874326030e8bab154e431886dadf0c2 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-12  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '  ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-29411 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-29411 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/golfsustainable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Monarch-Beach-4-1500x430.jpg\" alt='Blick auf das vierte Gr\u00fcn von Monarch Beach Golf Links' title='Monarch Beach--4'  height=\"430\" width=\"1500\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-m8izqoe5-922cd6ef594337bbf38d40fd64240790 '  ><div class='avia_textblock' ><p>&#8220;Drought programs are a constant discussion on our courses, and I talk with superintendents about having a Drought Management Plan on every site visit&#8221; says Kenny, explaining the approach of Troon, America&#8217;s largest golf course management company. &#8221; If they face an unexpected water shortage they know how they proceed and how they will communicate to their stakeholders what they are doing and why.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In her experience, interest in the topic has long since increased. More and more facilities are launching projects that lead to drought resilience. &#8220;We even recently had a club decide to create its own water committee that will focus on water conservation projects and long-term planning for their club.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Golf courses are the flagship project<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In California, people often look to Las Vegas with envy. &#8220;Water management there works on a completely different level,&#8221; says <strong>Krista Guerrero from the Metropolitan Water District<\/strong>, who is responsible for supplying water to some of the golf courses. As a customer, however, she is delighted with them. &#8220;The golf courses are our flagship project when it comes to saving water,&#8221; she says, while at the same time making it clear that the price of recycled water will continue to rise as its quality improves. So, golf course operators who don&#8217;t want to increase their budget have no choice. 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