A Socio economic discussion about boomers.

Bob Noel said:
continuing the thread drift... I wonder about the advantages of using turf for golf courses...
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Seeing how bad I am at taking a consistent divot (while being decently athletic in general), I would imagine the turf would be destroyed pretty quickly with guys hacking away at it. They make it work with the cheap stuff at the driving range, but I don't think the serious golfers would be happy with that grade of material on the greens or fairways. The purists would want every record-breaking round notated with an asterisk if played on a non-natural surface.
 
I'm not much of a golfer, but my dad and brother are fanatics, so we did a bucket list trip to Scotland in the spring to play some courses they were lusting after. We played Royal Troon and St. Andrews a couple months before the open and women's open were played there. So it was really fun seeing everything get setup and imagining what it would be like when the stands were full.

Anyway, on topic for this thread, there were spots on a couple holes on Troon that were being allowed to heal and grow into tournament condition. If you were on the fairway you were required to put an artificial turn mat down and play the ball off of it. It was very, very strange!
 
How could anyone want to play sports on plastic and concrete vs dirt and grass. Artificial turf needs more water causes more injuries etc etc… but the fake sure does look green. More plastic is what we need in our lives. Where does it go after 10 years and replacing is necessary. I wish modern society thought a generation or two ahead instead of kicking the environment/financial can down the road.
 
Notrub said:
How could anyone want to play sports on plastic and concrete vs dirt and grass.
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I feel like someone hasn't read the eight pages of discussion concerning why lots of people think it's a perfectly reasonable thing to do...
 
SoonerAviator said:
Seeing how bad I am at taking a consistent divot (while being decently athletic in general), I would imagine the turf would be destroyed pretty quickly with guys hacking away at it. They make it work with the cheap stuff at the driving range, but I don't think the serious golfers would be happy with that grade of material on the greens or fairways. The purists would want every record-breaking round notated with an asterisk if played on a non-natural surface.
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They’ll have to invent a tee that will pop the ball up into the strike zone.
 
Personally, I don't see the point on playing sports on any surface that isn't frozen water :cool:
 
Notrub said:
Where does it go after 10 years and replacing is necessary. I wish modern society thought a generation or two ahead instead of kicking the environment/financial can down the road.
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Some turf manufacturers recycle it back into turf or turf related products (e.g. pad).
 
idle question: I wonder why the Arizona Cardinal stadium (State Farm) has a retractable natural grass field...
 
Bob Noel said:
idle question: I wonder why the Arizona Cardinal stadium (State Farm) has a retractable natural grass field...
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Three reasons (at least):

1) It was built 20 years ago when artificial turf wasn't as good and safe as it is today.
2) It is located in a place that doesn't have weather.
3) They have the mega bucks necessary to have an NFL quality natural surface.
 
Baked Potato said:
Hah!
At one of the rinks where I skate, there is an adjacent curling facility just next door. Perhaps the main difference I noticed once when popping in is that they drink during their games and we hockey players drink after.
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Curling? They drink before, during, and after. It's very popular here in Wisconsin - You don't have to stop drinking to play your sport! :D
kyleb said:
NFL owner ruler contest.
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Yeah, 20-30 years ago everyone had to have retractable everything. Started in about 1989 when the Toronto SkyDome opened, and for a while it seemed like every stadium was getting a retractable roof.

And as usual, we over-did it in Wisconsin. After we got a retractable roof on our stadium (Miller Park) in 2001, we built an art museum with a retractable roof too. :rofl:
 
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