California: golf course named eco-friendly.
San lose recently hit a hole in one when its Los Lagos Los Lagos (The Lakes) may refer to: - Los Lagos Region (Chile)
- Los Lagos Department (Neuquén Province, Argentina)
- Los Lagos, Chile a town and municipality in Los Rios Region
Golf Course was named by Golf Digest Golf Digest is a monthly golf magazine published by Advance Publications in the United States. It is a generalist golf publication covering recreational golf and men's and women's competitive golf. magazine to be the most eco-friendly in the nation. Golf Course Superintendents Association of America Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) was originally founded in 1926 when 60 greenkeepers met at the Sylvania Country Club in Toledo, Ohio to form the National Association of Greenkeepers of America (NAGA). , who was co-sponsor of the award, said that the course protected the delicate ecosystem and native wildlife, while still providing users with a terrific game of golf.
Los Lagos was designed to diver storm waters by spilling into three lakes Three Lakes may refer to: Cities, towns, townships etc.
- Three Lakes, Florida
- Three Lakes, Wisconsin
- Three Lakes, Washington
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- Three Lakes, a complex of three small lakes in Redwood County, Minnesota
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located on the course. The water than flows underground and is filtered before reaching Coyote Creek. More than 85 percent of the course is irrigated by recycled water, and native plants were germinated near the creek bank to promote preservation of the area.
The course opened in April 2002, and is one of three public courses in the San Jose area. There are more than 11,000 public golf courses throughout the nation.
For more information about Los Lagos, visit www.playloslagos.com.
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