▲ 2128 ▼ Very few people realise how environmentally devastating this game is. (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by STRIKINGdebate2@lemmy.world to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 334 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) Size of Old Trafford Football Stadium and all parking nearby: 20.8 hectares. Size of my local small golf club: 53.3 hectares. And that's one of the largest stadiums in the country, vs one of many, many golf courses. Edit: For decimal place fuckup. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) That is an absurdly massive golf club. Nowhere near average. https://asgca.org/faq-how-much-land-do-i-need-to-build-a-golf-course/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 3 points 2 years ago Hang on, I've got my decimal point one over. For some reason I thought a hectare was 1,000m², and it's 10,000m². So 20.8 vs 53.3 hectares. But a basic bog-standard golf club is still over twice the size of one of the largest football stadiums in the country. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) That is an absurdly massive golf club. Nowhere near average. https://asgca.org/faq-how-much-land-do-i-need-to-build-a-golf-course/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 3 points 2 years ago Hang on, I've got my decimal point one over. For some reason I thought a hectare was 1,000m², and it's 10,000m². So 20.8 vs 53.3 hectares. But a basic bog-standard golf club is still over twice the size of one of the largest football stadiums in the country. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 3 points 2 years ago Hang on, I've got my decimal point one over. For some reason I thought a hectare was 1,000m², and it's 10,000m². So 20.8 vs 53.3 hectares. But a basic bog-standard golf club is still over twice the size of one of the largest football stadiums in the country. permalink fedilink source parent
