Crunch it

Golf courses are known for their greens. Not for being green.

In fact, golf courses often get a bad rap for things such as water consumption or fertilizer and pesticide use.

Venice Golf and Country Club wants to be a different kind of course. Over the past decade or so, the private club has undertaken a variety of efforts to increase its environmental friendliness. And a recently completed $2.5 million renovation of its golf course boosted that strategy. It includes the installation of a $1.7 million, state-of-the-art irrigation system.