Cutting acres = saving water

U.S. golf courses have saved almost 44,000 acre-feet of water (over 14 billion gallons) per year, according to the results of the recenty published GCSAA survey, "Water use and conservation practices on U.S. golf courses".

An estimated 3,176 golf courses voluntarily reduced their acreages between 2009 and 2013, compared to 1,316 golf courses that reported voluntary acreage reductions from 2001-2005 — that's a 240 percent increase. Those golf courses that implemented this conservation practices reduced their turf by an average…