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Updated: April 21, 2026 @ 2:10 am
Editor,
In California, there are 921 golf courses, 124 of which are located in the desert. In the Palm Springs area, 25% of their pristine groundwater supply from wells is used to water golf courses. An average 18-hole golf course sprawls over 110 to 115 acres and conservatively uses almost 90 million gallons of water per year, enough to fill 136 Olympic-size swimming pools, according to Mike Huck, a water management consultant who works with golf courses statewide.
While agriculture in our state is being rationed, threatening our food supply and economy, I believe stricter restraints on golf courses should be enforced. Although many courses have made strides to becoming more water-efficient, it is not enough. Time has come to make painful choices and choosing farms over recreation may be one of these.
I appreciate the value of outdoor exercise, and I’m sure many golfers will take exception to the suggestion that we ration their activity, but we are in a 20-year mega-drought and I believe we should not sacrifice farming to golf courses.
Ruth Schueler
Foster City
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Ms. Schueler – how many golf courses can be watered if we stopped letting up to 50% of our water flow out to sea? If the state doesn’t do their part, why should golf courses, or anyone else? Meanwhile, I’ll cogitate about your letter as I water my lawn, wash my car, and do a few loads of laundry this weekend. Maybe I’ll refresh the water in my fish pond if I read another letter imploring us to save water.
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