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Golf’s Sustainability Showcase

Innovative Ideas To Keep Your Golf Course Sustainable

Monday, Feb. 3, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 4, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 5, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 6, 8 a.m. - 3  p.m.

Outside the front of the San Diego Convention Center

The GCSAA, GCBAA, ASGCA and USGA are proud to demonstrate the golf industry’s efforts to improve sustainability through collaboration, innovation and technology.

Located just outside the San Diego Convention Center, the Sustainability Showcase offers an opportunity to experience a golf hole in a whole new way. With displays and exhibits dotted through an actual golf hole with a tee and green, the Showcase brings to life the ways that golf is being environmentally responsible, using resources efficiently, and providing benefits to the local community.

Here are some resources that can help you on your sustainability journey, from new products to information you can use to communicate the ways that golf is making a difference.

 presented in partnership withsyngenta


Events

Monday, Feb. 3
4 p.m.

Meet with representatives from the San Diego County Water Authority and the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, the largest water wholesaler in the country, who will be available to discuss how their agencies work with the golf community to ensure that golf facilities continue to irrigate landscapes efficiently.

Tuesday, Feb. 4
4 p.m.

peak with ASGCA members. The architects will be available to share information regarding sustainable golf course design strategies.

EXHIBITORS

  • ADS
  • Capillary Flow
  • Capital Sand
  • Ewing Outdoor Supply
  • Hawthorne Cat
  • Kafka Granite
  • Paige Electric
  • P2 Golf
  • Pearl Valley Healthy Grow
  • Seed King Enterprises
  • Sunbelt Rentals
  • Syngenta
  • TLC Materials 
  • Toro
  • VertaCat
  • Waupaca Sand & Solutions/SportZmix Solutions
  • West Coast Turf

    • GOLF’S USE OF WATER

    What you should know:
    • There was a 29% reduction in water use on golf courses between 2005 and 2020.
    • There are numerous strategies that a golf facility can utilize to reduce water use, including irrigation system auditing, maintenance and upgrades; turfgrass reduction; turfgrass conversion; employing wetting agents; reducing overseeing; and employing data-driven irrigation practices.
    • 21 percent of water applied to U.S. golf courses is recycled.
    Resources

    GOLF AND THE ENVIRONMENT

    What you should know
    • Golf courses provide numerous environmental benefits, including providing green space, acting as cooling zones, producing oxygen, offering wildlife habitats, and providing stormwater retention and filtration.
    • The USGA and GCSAA invest millions in research every year to promote sustainable golf course turf management, disseminate information and best practices, and develop new turfgrass cultivars that reduce the consumption of resources while continuing to provide excellent playing conditions.

    Resources

    GOLF and THE COMMUNITY

    What should you know
    • Nearly 75 percent of the 15,962 golf courses in the U.S. are open to the public.
    • The average green fee of a public course is $43.
    • 47 million Americans have participated in golf in 2024, while 138 million Americans have interacted with the game.

    Resources