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With this virus thing going on, our local course did away with the ball machine dispenser at the driving range..
Instead they adopted an honor system type proceedure. You pay for the balls, and then go to the driving range, where the balls were already waiting at stations that were separated by several feet for the social distancing requirement.
You either paid $4, or $6 dollars just like you would when using the ball dispenser. (small/large baskets)
Well a couple of things started happening. Some people were paying $4, but would stay on the driving range, hitting way more balls than they paid for. When they ran out of balls, they would just move to another station.
Other people wouldn't pay at all. They would just park, go hit balls for free, and leave the course.
Mean while the course still had workers collecting balls, and replenishing the balls at each station.
To control this new type of theft, a golfer must now go to the counter, pay for, and receive a large bucket of balls from the clerk. There is no $4 small baskets anymore. It's $6, or nothing.
This new proceedure is not much different than the old one. The only inconvenience being some of us now have to wait till the course opens, and a lot of the first bunch of golfers pay, and head for the first tee.
Some of us had an agreement we could use the range first, then pay. This was great for those of us early birds who wanted to beat the heat.
It's just too bad that a few people would feel the need to steal balls, and creat negative issues for others.
Instead they adopted an honor system type proceedure. You pay for the balls, and then go to the driving range, where the balls were already waiting at stations that were separated by several feet for the social distancing requirement.
You either paid $4, or $6 dollars just like you would when using the ball dispenser. (small/large baskets)
Well a couple of things started happening. Some people were paying $4, but would stay on the driving range, hitting way more balls than they paid for. When they ran out of balls, they would just move to another station.
Other people wouldn't pay at all. They would just park, go hit balls for free, and leave the course.
Mean while the course still had workers collecting balls, and replenishing the balls at each station.
To control this new type of theft, a golfer must now go to the counter, pay for, and receive a large bucket of balls from the clerk. There is no $4 small baskets anymore. It's $6, or nothing.
This new proceedure is not much different than the old one. The only inconvenience being some of us now have to wait till the course opens, and a lot of the first bunch of golfers pay, and head for the first tee.
Some of us had an agreement we could use the range first, then pay. This was great for those of us early birds who wanted to beat the heat.
It's just too bad that a few people would feel the need to steal balls, and creat negative issues for others.