The Nature of the Game - Sustainable Golf Campaign

Colorado Sign-Ups with Golfpreserves® Continues

Golfpreserves® is happy to announce that another three Golf Course facilities have signed up to be part of the first ever comprehensive emission and sequestration project for the Golf industry. The latest addition includes The Broadmoor, with three courses, Colorado Springs Country Club, as well as Eagle Ranch Golf Club.

“We are now at the point where the acreage of turf grass is substantial enough to initiate the aggregation and creation of carbon financial instruments,” says Bill Crispin, co-founder of Golfpreserves®.

As with previous sign ups, all courses are Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuaries.

The Broadmoor, with its three courses, is one of the U.S.’s most historic and tradition steeped links as well as the site of seven USGA championships including the upcoming 2011 U.S. Women’s Open. The original course was designed by Donald Ross in 1916 and opened for play in 1918.

“We are excited to be part of this project and glad to see the Colorado golf industry leading the way,” says Fred Dickman CGCS, Director of Golf Courses Grounds at The Broadmoor.

The Colorado Springs Country Club has been chartered as a non-profit, private club since June of 1954. Located on land once being used as a dairy farm, and with the old dairy barn still remaining as part of the Clubhouse, the club today presents an 18 hole golf course.
“Our greatest assets are our members. And we know how much they care about both golf and the environment. This project addresses both areas of interest and we are happy to be part of it,” says Tom Dimberio, Superintendent at the Colorado Springs Country Club.

Eagle Ranch Golf Club is an Arnold Palmer Signature Design set in the center of the Colorado Rocky Mountains. It was recently honored as the Best Mountain Course in Colorado for under $100 by Colorado Avid Golfer Magazine.
“As a Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary, the Colorado Golf Carbon Project and Golfpreserves seemed like a natural fit for us,” says Jeff Boyer, Director of Golf at Eagle Ranch Golf Club.

“The momentum around the project keeps on and we are constantly reminded of why we initiated Golfpreserves® through the comments and discussions we are having with golf course Superintendents and golf course owners. The addition of these three participants and their significant turfgrass acreage means that Golfpreserves® is transitioning from two years of planning and preparation into the next phase and the creation of carbon financial instruments” says Noble Hendrix, co-founder of Golfpreserves®.

The Golfpreserves® project is now open to participation for the country’s golf courses. There is no cost to be a participant with Golfpreserves®.

About the Colorado Golf Carbon Project

The Colorado Project is the first ever comprehensive emission and sequestration project for the Golf industry. The Project presents a built in funding mechanism for future research and development for the golf industry.

The project is not only unique in what it is setting out to achieve, but also in the diverse group of representatives who stand behind it: Golfpreserves® and the Allied Golf Associations of Colorado, including the Colorado Golf Association, the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the GCSAA, the Colorado chapters of the NGCOA, PGA, CMAA and Colorado Women’s Golf Association. Further, the project is supported by the USGA, Colorado State University, USDA-ARS, Audubon International, the International Sustainability Council, Audubon Lifestyles, National Turfgrass Federation, OPEI as well as the Office of the Governor of Colorado.

Reported by:  Nature of the Game