Whether you’ve seen it on a sports channel, driven by a course or played the game yourself, practically everyone knows what golf is. One of the oldest modern-day sports in the world, golf has been played on every continent and even on the surface of the moon.

Unfortunately, golf is also one of the worst sports for the environment. Affecting critical wildlife habitats across the globe, lost golf balls are infiltrating the most delicate parts of our earth’s ecosystems and infecting marine life. We’ve got everything you need to know to make one of America’s favorite pastimes safer for endangered species with our pick of the best biodegradable golf balls.