Driving ranges are huge money losers, unless that land is valueless ... which means you can't afford to build them in residential areas.
Florida has a lot of "water ranges", which is usually a bit more economically feasible, but still not a great investment, more of a "cost of doing business" as a golf course.
In my entire golfing life, I've only run into 2 ranges of any value, that weren't connected to a Private Country Club. One outside of Boston (Stone Meadow) and the one at World Woods in Brooksville. I'm sure there are more, but they're few and far between.
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