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Old 11-10-2024, 09:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Markgolf View Post
What is the reasoning for so many golf courses and so little grass driving ranges? The obvious answer is money. How would one go about trying to change this? With so much good going on here it’s a disgrace to have people pound balls off matts.
Sarasota used to have grass. They’d move the tee boxes as an area got beat up until just the mats were left. They were heavily used. They eventually gave up on maintaining the grass and now it’s just mats. I too can’t hit off mats and the tees they have are higher than I tee up on the course. You can buy cone shaped tees of various heights and use those on the mats. I do.