Author: Craig Kessler
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Public Policy Changes: So Far So Good Isn’t Going to be Good Enough
Just when some thought it might be safe to go back into the water, we were awakened the day after the July 4 holiday to an ... -
Golf And Water: Seeing the Forest for the Trees
Everyone knows the idiom, “can’t see the forest for the trees.” It refers to the person, group or institution that becomes so focused on the parts ... -
A Way Forward: Golf’s “Struggle” To See What’s Under Its Nose
The USGA’s “Team USA” initiative may put more Americans on PGA leaderboards and American golfers on Olympic podiums, but here in Southern California we need to ... -
Grass by Design: Pure Research Yields New Strains of Drought-Tolerant Grass
What are UCR 17-8 and UCR TP6-3, and why are they worthy of being the lede in a story about research’s role in golf’s capacity to ... -
From Crisis to Confidence: The Southern California Golf & Water Summit
Water has been the subject of myriad forums and symposiums over the years. It is a staple of Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) Chapter ... -
It Takes a Community: Lessons from the Public Golf Endangerment Campaign
The Public Golf Endangerment Act struck out for the third and final time May 19 — “final time” for the 2022 legislative session, that is. The ... -
Golf’s Wakeup Call: Facts Matter… Perceptions Matter More
The National Golf Foundation (NGF), the source for all the statistics that appear in this column, reports that more rounds of golf were played in 2021 ... -
Of Droughts and Public Golf Endangerment Acts
It’s tempting to get your hackles up a bit at the constant fusillade of media reportage about Southern Californians conserving no more than 4-6 percent water ... -
Getting to the Root of the Problem: It’s the Land, Stupid!
Too much land that uses too much water to serve the too few who have received too much for too long from the too many who have ... -
Out of COVID’s Frying Pan And Into Drought’s Fire
OH, NO, HERE WE GO AGAIN Whether the American Southwest is on the cusp of another drought or in the middle of a much longer megadrought ...
