[parurorges]

Most driving ranges in my area have a choice of mats and grass tees. Most of them charge an extra dollar for hitting of the grass. Fair enough right? It is just $1 after all! Unfortunately, most of the time when I get to the grass my first thought is: I am paying an extra dollar for THIS (insert < anagram!)?! The messy ground/grass conditions don't match any part of the golf-course: It ain't tee-box, it ain't rough, and it certainly ain't fairway!! Oh well!

Other annoyances:

Unwashed muddy (or even sandy) balls. I stopped going to one range alltogether because of this. The choice was beating up my clubfaces badly, or clean every ball before a strike!

Uniform non-level lies: At one range I visit there seems to be only one choice of lie: Downhill!

Worn and cut () balls! At a few places some balls are worn flat so badly that they won't fly right. And the smiles should be on my face! If I find those in my bucket, they are going over the left or right fence.

And finally, my favorite: At one of the ranges they use found balls, and they use Sharpies to mark them as range property (like shown below)! I like it, because I line it up, then look for the very clear imprint of it on my club-face. But not everyone may care for that!




If any range owner is reading this: Clean the debris out of the mats once in a while. Thank you!

That's about it! I am curious to hear about the range crimes in your area!