Driving Range Closed - Slicers Pepper School Building

[matcom]

GOPisEVIL must have frequented there :D

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They could have used some fore sight on this project.

That's what officials are admitting after shutting down a new, $5-million golf driving range at Los Angeles City College, where errant balls are peppering classroom buildings and the school's day-care center.

Closure of the privately owned range — which comes just days after its grand opening — could be permanent if its owner cannot figure out a way to keep golf balls from flying out, according to officials of the Los Angeles Community College District.

The Melrose Avenue practice range is built on leased college land. It features a three-level teeing platform that uses a vacuum system that automatically tees up balls to be hit. Golfers aim at a bull's-eye at the end of the 250-yard-long practice area.

But the target is directly behind the City College library building and next to the campus Child Development Center. Both have been repeatedly struck by balls hit over a 16-story fence.

http://www.latimes.com/news/custom/showcase/la-me-golf26mar26.story

[GOPisEvil]

1. LOL! It's not me! I swear!

If they've got a 3-tiered platform, their fence is too short. Also, a 250-yard target? That's a bit short, too. They could enclose the range with a fine-mesh net...that might work.

[frylock]

2. mmmmmm.. sliced peppers on an open face sand wedge

[Rabrrrrrr]

3. A solution that is win win for everyone

If you slice, you get an electric shock.

That'll help cure the slice AND keep the balls out of the school.

Or for every slice that goes on campus, the campus gets to launch a used diaper into the tee area.

[ProfessorGAC]

4. It Wasn't Me.

My rep is that i'm not long off the tee but very straight. When i do have a direction issue, i'm a hooker and blocker, not a slicer. So, it wasn't me. Honest!
The Professor

[Superfly]

5. 16-story fence? What are they shooting? Mortars?