Striker@lemmy.worldM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 year agoVery few people realise how environmentally devastating this game is.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square335fedilinkarrow-up12.15Karrow-down1102
arrow-up12.05Karrow-down1imageVery few people realise how environmentally devastating this game is.lemmy.worldStriker@lemmy.worldM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square335fedilink
minus-squareFrozengyro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down16·1 year agoI doubt it’s as harmful as you think. Maybe in desert areas. I don’t golf, but I know people from every economic group who love the game. Definitely not just a rich person’s sport.
minus-squareHikingVet@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down4·1 year agoThey wanted to buldoze a rare ecological area in my province to create one because it would crate about a dozen jobs and the area was “barren”. And yes it is a rich person’s game. How many kids from disadvantaged neighbourhoods do you hear making the PGA?
minus-squarezalgotext@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down2·1 year agoEvery youth sport costs a lot to participate in, and kids from disadvantaged neighborhoods rarely make it in any professional sport.
I doubt it’s as harmful as you think. Maybe in desert areas. I don’t golf, but I know people from every economic group who love the game. Definitely not just a rich person’s sport.
They wanted to buldoze a rare ecological area in my province to create one because it would crate about a dozen jobs and the area was “barren”.
And yes it is a rich person’s game. How many kids from disadvantaged neighbourhoods do you hear making the PGA?
Every youth sport costs a lot to participate in, and kids from disadvantaged neighborhoods rarely make it in any professional sport.