Hi there - seems like you're getting some downvotes and as someone else who cares about the environment, I'd love to convince you golf can actually be a good thing for land use. Some of the courses I grew up playing on were old landfills. The golf course would cap and seal the landfill, then plant vegetation on top letting it grow and then eventually putting a golf course on it. What once was a landfill and source of rodents, disease, and an eyesore on the community became an effective use of the land. Now, not every golf course is built on a landfill, but you'd be surprised how often it happens:
http://americancityandcounty.com/mag/government_chicago_dump...
"The facility won top honors in the 1996 Superior Achievement for Excellence in Environmental Engineering competition sponsored by the American Academy of Environmental Engineering, which cited Harborside for addressing "the major criteria of the competition ... most important was the manner in which it met environmental and ecological concerns and contributed to an improved environment, using available materials to reverse perceived abuses and achieved significant cost reduction and control in course construction.""
"The facility won top honors in the 1996 Superior Achievement for Excellence in Environmental Engineering competition sponsored by the American Academy of Environmental Engineering, which cited Harborside for addressing "the major criteria of the competition ... most important was the manner in which it met environmental and ecological concerns and contributed to an improved environment, using available materials to reverse perceived abuses and achieved significant cost reduction and control in course construction.""