“The Evangelist of Golf.” That is how two-time U.S. Amateur champion H.J. Whigham described Charles Blair Macdonald in his 1939 eulogy, noting Macdonald’s instrumental role in introducing and fostering the growth of golf in America.
Concerns about the impact of climate change have grown rapidly in recent years, but superintendents were working to reduce the carbon footprint of their courses long before it became trendy.