An interesting story here from Electronics Weekly.
There's a triple victory here:
First, more generation of green power. (As well as tee power, fairway power, and a bit of bunker power if it's not too shaded.)
Second, less water wasted keeping the greens green.
And third, less people playing golf, which "has too much walking to be a good game, and just enough game to spoil a good walk." (Harry Leon Wilson, 1904)