Not to spoil your righteous rage to much, but in the retirement community I live in the courses have a duel purpose.

If it’s dry people play golf.

If there is a hurricane or flood or rain event, they function as retentions ponds.

Seeing a golf course turn into a lake in a single day is an awesome sight.

No rivers or swamps around here to soak up the rain. So the whole place was engineered on purpose to use the courses.