“…we should have five hole golf courses. (Two threes, two fours and a five.)

“Now for the aficionados of gigantic rolling courses, I know that this is heresy.

“But I gave up golf about six years ago, because it was taking too long to play. I would get antsy, bored and generally fed up with how I wasn’t having fun. So the clubs went to the basement, where they have not seen the light of day since.

“Beyond time, think of the savings to our environment if we downsize courses. It would take less of everything to run and maintain the course.

“Water would be saved, less fertilizer would be dumped on the ground, only to run into our water system. It would take less time and fuel to mow.

“The courses could be designed so that each player could determine their starting hole.

“They could also decide to play and pay for only the holes they have time for.

“Now, I know this is a radical idea and probably not very sexy, but has its time come?”

http://cnpofohio.blogspot.ca/2007/12/lighter-smaller-smarter.html