COMMUNITY
The Sustainable Golf Community is a growing collective of people looking to play their part - at this time when our one planet and its people need us all to do more, more quickly.
Raising our game for sustainability and climate action.
Golf courses
Tournaments
New developments
Golf associations
Professional tours
Innovative companies
Professional golfers
The sustainable golf community is more than the sum of its parts.
More people stepping forward, pulling in the same direction, will accelerate the positive net impact that golf can have - fostering nature, conserving resources, strengthening community and taking climate action.
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There are many ways to get involved.
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Sustainable Golf
Highlights Hub
Examples and ideas shared by courses and tournaments around the world.
This crowdsourced platform for sharing, inspiration and recognition is a growing bank of more than a thousand real-world examples ranging from simple changes and small-scale projects to sustainable renovations and major tournaments.
Also, a celebration of golf's value and achievements for media and national associations to share globally.
Review Best Practices
Track Annual Data
Developed collaboratively with people across golf over 15 years, with regular updates and a new interface in 2021.
Subsidised through donations so the program is free for everyone to use.
Endorsed and promoted by more than 50 golf associations and used by courses in 75 countries.
www.getoncourse.golf
Annual
Sustainability Scorecard
and Carbon Footprint
Each year that you use OnCourse, you can request a low-cost, professionally prepared report showing up to the last three years of your course's key sustainability data, plus a carbon footprint developed specifically to match golf's emission sources.
Spot trends to improve or promote with graphics and charts, easy to share with your committee, managers, golfers and community.
Custom infographics are also included to use on social media or in your clubhouse to highlight your progress to foster nature, conserve resources, strengthen community and
take climate action.
Engage staff, golfers and community partners
Taking action out on the course is much easier when everyone understands all the benefits.
OnCourse is packed with communication materials and guidance to help you get people onside.
Your own sustainability webpage
Once you join OnCourse, you get a custom web page hosted on the sustainable.golf platform, putting you on the sustainable golf community map!
No need for web development costs, your sustainable golf web page is all ready to go, including live updates to any new examples you share on the Highlights Hub. Just add a link to it from your club's website or newsletter and you're all set!
You can confidently fly the flag for sustainable golf.
GEO Certified is the most widely endorsed international sustainability accreditation in golf.
As a further measure of credibility, GEO Certified is fully compliant with the Codes of Good Practice for credibility set by the ISEAL Alliance, an international body set up to support and monitor best practice sustainability systems.
Celebrate and join champions who pioneer and inspire
The Sustainable Golf Community is a mixture of inspiring actions and celebrating leaders.
The Sustainable Golf Champions are people who have gone above and beyond to drive change in the sport. Course managers, club managers, architects or professional golfers - there's a role to play for everyone.
"I am eager to help advance the growing movement in sustainability and golf around the world. I want to help make a difference - to benefit the environment and society, and help golf to grow and thrive in the decades ahead."
Suzann Pettersen
Retired Norweigan professional golfer and
2024 Solheim Cup Captain
"Our job as greenkeepers isn´t to whip the golf course into pristine conditions by any means necessary, rather it´s to help Mother Nature do her thing and fine-tune the conditions we have to provide the best playing surfaces possible."
Paul Marley
Greenskeeper at Estonian Golf and Country Club
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Free consultation call to see where you and your course can start!
No matter if you
haven't yet joined OnCourse
or you’re close to Certification; if
you have a full team ready to engage
or you're on a solo mission to start the process, talk to us and find out what
your next steps could be.
Community
Conversation and celebration across social media
Follow along or add your voice to conversations on a range of sustainability topics for golf.
Share your examples and ideas with an international community interested in strengthening golf's leadership in sustainability and climate action.
Keep up to date with interesting stories from across the industry, announcements of new partners, initiatives, and innovation, as well as tips and ideas as well as some guest articles too.