The Scottish golf courses disappearing into the sea

Some of Scotland’s oldest golf courses are in danger of disappearing into the sea due to climate change, according to those trying desperately to save them.

Recent storms and rising sea levels are forcing some to crowdfund in order to build ever higher coastal defences.

Links courses on the east coast have been particularly affected, with Montrose Golf Club losing seven metres (23ft) to the sea in the past year alone.

A total of 34 coastal courses said they were suffering due to rising sea levels, with more said to be at risk.

RememberTheApollo_,

Spend the money on trying to save the planet, not salvaging stupid golf courses.

aesthelete,

Good riddance

rimjob_rainer,

I hope Trump will lose some

Toneswirly,

O no

Lettuceeatlettuce,
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Good. Hopefully the sea reclaims their stupid clubhouses too.

jaschen,

Ain’t that sumthin’. You go and find the only good news about climate change. Good for you.

Rinna,
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Hopefully this will push the billionaires to finally do something about it.

tsonfeir,
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It won’t

Rinna, (edited )
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I can still dream

sirico,
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Best move some poors on.

twistypencil,

Came for the Trump jokes

Cosmicomical,

That’s exactly where they should be

reddit_sux,

Is the orange dump truck losing any?

highduc,

Oh no, not the golf courses!

jmiller,

In general I agree with you for sure, we have way too many. But if there are any worth preserving, I’d say it’s the old ones in Scotland where golf was invented. And at least there they don’t have to be watered constantly.

Tangent5280,

Out of all the golf courses, these are pretty much the only ones worth preserving - located in places where they don’t need too much additional irrigation, with heritage value, adding to tourism potential. I wish the golf courses in vegas would fall into the sea instead.

Everythingispenguins,

So spontaneously localized sea in Vegas or California is all gone already?

Tangent5280,

The golf course lifts off entirely, flies off and crashes into the atlantic. It carries with it all the customers that were on it at the time and the course manager, but inexplicably all the staff are left behind.

Telodzrum,

Almost all golf courses in North America are closed water systems and planted with exclusively native flora. They’re literally better for the environment than any other development which could replace them. Get better talking points.

Tangent5280,

Is there a giant dome over the golf course grass that captures moisture lost to atmosphere?

Is the entirety of the Vegas course just desert sand with patches of desert flora?

Better for the environment than other alternatives? Maybe better than a concrete jungle.

I’m not a golf coursologist, so I can’t be sure how a golf course functions. I’m not an aeronautical engineer either but I don’t need to be to know bricks can’t fly.

Vandals_handle,
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Bermuda grass, the most common grass used on North American golf courses, is not native to North America.

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