Last week our golf class met at the Riverview Driving Range. I got there about 15 minutes late as I took a wrong turn and got lost. The week before, I drove to the driving range from the school to be sure I knew where it was. But this week I came from the other direction and turned onto a wrong street. I asked directions from two people and learned it's a good idea to write directions down the first time.
The name, Riverview Driving Range, sounds like it would be a picturesque setting with trees and flowing water. Names can be deceiving. The only shade was in the parking lot, and I never did find the river. There was an old building, some chairs, and a place to rest your golf clubs. There wasn't a soul in the office or on the driving range. You put $5.00 in a machine and it spit out balls and you were on your own after that.
As soon as I realized no one was there and the building was locked up I thought "What if I have to go to the bathroom". After all, I had been driving for over an hour and would be drinking water as it was about 85 degrees out.
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| The front of the building |
For the first time we got to use real golf balls, no more wiffles for us! The driver is the big clunky club and you hit the ball while it sits on the tee. You still have to make a divot (where you create a hole in the grass as you hit the ball) and you get to break the tee in half at the same time.
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| The back of the building |
We stayed and hit those balls into the field as hard as we could. I even did a fancy shot where the ball went behind me into the woods, never to be seen again.
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| The field with flags marking distances |
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| Why did they cover up the rules? |
Next week we head over to the Oakwoods Country Club to work on the putting greens. Watch out.
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