I live in an area that gets an average of 7 inches of rain a year. We're in a drought cycle now, getting only half that. Yet there are 2 golf courses within 10 miles of my place, and 3 more planned (plus a water park!) and no matter what I think of the game of golf, it's impossible to condone those acres and acres of obscenely green, green grass in the desert-like landscape on a 110 degree summer day.