# Dem AG’s ‘too many golf courses’ remark goes viral as critics tee off

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/dem-ags-too-many-golf-courses-remark-goes-viral-as-critics-tee-off/
- Published: 2026-10-28T20:16:57+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-29T04:39:36+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Far right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dem-ag-too-many-golf-courses-remark-goes-viral-critics-tee-off
- Topics: Environment, Government, Politics, Science, Trending, Weird & Viral, World

## Key points

- Mayes’s golf course comments have become a campaign flashpoint.
- Arizona’s business group puts golf’s economic impact at $6 billion.
- Mayes says she was arguing for water conservation, not course closures.

## Summary

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes’s comments that the state has “too much grass” and may have too many golf courses have become a campaign issue ahead of next week’s midterm elections. Republican Senate President Warren Petersen and other critics say her remarks threaten an important industry, while Mayes says they were taken out of context and were intended to make a wider point about conserving water.

Mayes made the comments in an interview about water use in Arizona, an arid state facing pressure on its Colorado River supplies. The Arizona Chamber of Commerce says golf contributes $6 billion to the state economy, supports 66,000 jobs and uses 2% or less of its water; Mayes said she was not proposing to close courses, but wanted incentives to replace water-intensive grass and collect rainwater.

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