Richard Du Toit / Aerial view of golf course, Western Cape, South Africa, August 2009

Gavin Hellier / Fairmount Southampton Golf Club, Southampton Parish, Bermuda 2007

Gavin Hellier / Fairmount Southampton Golf Club and Gibbs lighthouse in background, Southampton Parish, Bermuda 2009

Kirkendall-Spring / Golf carts, Jackson Hole Golf & Tennis Club, with the Teton mountain range in the background, Wyoming, USA, July 2011

Kirkendall-Spring / Golf bags and clubs, with golfer, Jackson Hole Golf and Tennis Club, Teton mountain range in the background, Wyoming, USA, July 2011

Sue Flood / Olive-backed Sunbird (Cinnyris jugularis) male, Ocean Dunes Golf Course, Phan Thiet, Vietnam.

Sue Flood / Garden / Changeable Lizard (Calotes versicolor) amongst plants, Ocean Dunes Golf Course, Phan Thiet, Vietnam.

Sue Flood / Little Green Bee-eater (Merops orientalis) perched in tree, Ocean Dunes Golf Course, Phan Thiet, Vietnam

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto) on golf lawn, Oman, December

Merryn Thomas / Beach below Thurlestone Golf Course, South Devon, UK. January 2009.

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Golf course, Los Angeles, California

Norbert Wu / Ironic sign near golf course in coastal dunes, Asilomar State Beach, Pacific Grove, California

Sue Daly / Gold Ball Sponge (Tethya citrina). Channel Islands, UK, August.

Robert Thompson / Aerial view of beach, golf course and sand dune system, Murlough NNR, County Down, Northern Ireland, UK, May 2008

Adrian Davies / Lizard Orchid (Himantoglossum hircinum) flowering on edge of golf course. Sandwich, Kent, England

Sue Daly / Golf ball sponge (Tethya citrina) underwater, Channel Isles, UK, July

Benoit Stichelbaut / Saint Jean de Monts, Vendée coast, France. August 2009.

Eric Baccega / Man playing golf, Guernsey, Channel Islands. May 2009.

Eric Baccega / Man playing golf, Guernsey, Channel Islands. May 2009.

Dan Burton / Fistral Beach and golf course, with with Newquay Beach in the background. Cornwall, May 2009.

Graham Eaton / Egyptian geese (Alopochen aegyptiacus) feeding on golf course in morning mist, Houston, Texas, October 2008

David Noton / Couple playing an early morning round of Golf, Cheshire, England, UK

David Noton / Man playing golf, Moreton Hampstead, Devon, England, UK

David Noton / Man playing golf, Surrey, England, UK

MORLEY READ / Aerial view of Quito showing well-watered golf course in arid landscape, Ecuador

Niall Benvie / Person playing golf, Edzell, Angus, Scotland

Nick Garbutt / View of Mt Kinabalu Golf Club viewed through clouds from the summit, Mt Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia.

David Kjaer / Devil's Golf Course crystallized salt formation, Death Valley, California, USA

Steven David Miller / Eastern grey kangaroos grazing on golf course {Macropus giganteus} Victoria, Australia

Niall Benvie / Golf course, Edzell, Angus, Scotland

Jason Smalley / Mole hills on golf course {Talpa europaea} UK

Jason Smalley / Mole hills on golf course {Talpa europaea} UK

Sumio Harada / Elk (Cervus elaphus) herd resting on golf course among golfers, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada

Jose B. Ruiz / Golfer on golf course with golf buggy, Fuengirola, Malaga, Spain

Steven David Miller / Eastern grey kangaroo on Angelsea golf course {Macropus giganticu} Victoria, Australia

Martin Gabriel / 'Last golf for 25000 km' sign Mt Field NP, Tasmania, Australia Southwest NP, Tasmanian wilderness world heritage area

Juergen Freund / Adult Christmas island red crabs crossing golf course on migration to beach {Gecarcoidea natalis} Christmas Island, Pacific.

Tony Phelps / Female Adder {Vipera berus}, basking on golf course, Purbeck, Dorset, UK

Erwan Quéméré / Two sinagots, typical boats of the Golf du Morbihan, in Le Bono harbour on the Auray River, Morbihan, Brittany, France.

Erwan Quéméré / Boat at low tide on the Crach River, near the Golf du Morbihan, South Brittany, France.

Erwan Quéméré / Stone age burial of Gavrinis in the Golf du Morbihan, Morbihan, Brittany, France.