Nationwide there are 15,000 golf courses, about half the worldwide total. If put together, those 15,000 courses would cover the state of Delaware. An estimated 25 million Americans play golf, making it one of the largest participation sports in the country. The employment thus provided cannot even be estimated.
Golf courses boost the local economy through resorts, hotels, restaurants, shops and tourism.
And a major tourney, attracting tens of thousands of spectators, is a community gold mine. With all this going for the golf course, surely there can be no problem. Unfortunately there is. You prepare the soil and plant bent grass, keeping out all other weeds and grasses that might intrude, as well as bugs, bacteria, fungi and diseases which might damage the grass. This is a problem faced daily by golf course superintendents.