The Golf Environment
Awards (GEAs) have been a part of the golf industry for 24 years.
Golf is enjoyed by
millions across the globe, and there are now more than 30,000 golf
courses worldwide, each having an increasingly important part to play
within their local environment.
With the
ever-increasing spotlight on environmental matters, it
is fundamentally important for golf courses worldwide to assess what
they can do to achieve environmental sustainability while continuing
to maximise the enjoyment of golf.
The Golf Environment
Awards provide the platform from which the golf industry can
demonstrate environmental excellence in all its forms. Set up in
1995, the GEAs recognise and reward clubs for their outstanding
conservation efforts.
Award categories:
- Environmental Golf Course of
the Year
- Conservation Greenkeeper of
the Year
- Outstanding Environmental
Project of the Year
- Operation Pollinator
Golf courses around
the world are achieving tangible results by implementing
environmentally sustainable management projects across their courses.
Examples include turning out-of-play spaces into refuges for
important pollinators, working to reintroduce threatened species such
as the small blue and working alongside local ecology and environment
groups to improve the club’s knowledge on how to manage the species
on site.
The GEAs also work
as an incentive to get members chatting about ecology on the golf
course. These projects are achieving an increase in habitat
varieties, improving playing experiences for golfers and providing a
positive contribution to wildlife.
How to enter:
- You will receive CPD points just for entering,
which you can do online, or request a form by
emailing info@golfenvironmentawards.com.
- Golf clubs can enter more
than one category
- When completing the form,
provide as much detail as possible and include as much supplementary
information as you can (ie photographs and other relevant
documentation).
- The deadline for entries is
Friday 02 August 2019.
