Contacts
Lanikai Beach,Hawaii, in Pinterest by Bettina Bloesch Visalias Valley Oak Golf Course plans to cut up to 30 percent of its water use this year, and an innovative new sport may help them do just that while bolstering rounds played. The private contractor that operates the 225-acre course, CourseCo Inc., has received City of Visalia permission to cut water use by a mandated 20-30 percent by retiring nine holes of its three nine-hole layouts, converting the area into a new, less manicured course for the game of foot golf. The new sport, which takes less time to play, appears to be taking off. The American Foot Golf League says California will have 20 courses as of this spring, which includes Visalia and the Madera Golf Course. They say the sport is now played in 30 states. It is a precision game where players kick a round soccer ball into a cup in as few shots as possible more news Because of the large extension and variety of geography, the United States has all kinds of climates. To the east of the meridian 100, the climate ranges from humid continental in the north to humid subtropical in the south. The southern top of Florida is tropical, like Hawaii. The Great Plains west of longitude meridian 100 are semi-arid. Much of the Western mountains are alpine. The climate is arid in the Great Basin, desert in the Southwest, Mediterranean in coastal California, and oceanic shores of Oregon and Washington and southern Alaska. Most of Alaska is subarctic or polar. Extreme weather are not uncommon; the Gulf of Mexico Countries are prone to hurricanes, and most of the world's tornadoes occur in the inside of the country. (Wikipedia)