A golfer tees off at the 15th hole of the City Park Golf Course in Denver on March 31. (Seth McConnell, The Denver Post)
Re: “Denver Golf ramping up courses, programs for spring and summer season,” April 9 YourHub story.
Does it make sense for the city of Denver, or anyone else, to be battling the decline of young golfers? Think of the water the Front Range would save if golf just naturally went away. Many free-standing golf courses and those integrated into new home developments in Colorado could be converted for less water-intensive recreational activities.
A state water plan is being developed based on the theory that there is a huge gap between how much water will be needed and how much water will be available in 50 years. Letting golf naturally decline would be a small but significant way to reduce the gap, protecting Colorado’s tourism, wildlife and agriculture.
Nancy Stocker,Denver
This letter was published in the April 13 edition.
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