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Originally Posted by eclark53520  Thought i would bring this one back from the grave(notice the posting date)
Whats the news on these things??? Have they not caught on or what? Anyone been to one? This sounds like fun... |
They don't seem to have caught on, still only six locations world-wide.
There's one right by office, and I went there frequently over the winter. I doubt I'll ever go back, though. The balls are absolutely horrendous, despite what they claim on the site. They knuckle and drop out of the sky like nothing else I've ever seen. There's no grass tees, and the mats are nearly non-existant, so expect to effectively hit your irons off concrete. From time-to-time, it'll be closed without notice, so if you have plans to hit one, you may be disappointed. The Range Servant machines that fill your bucket are always broken, and slower than molasses in January ( have fun waiting 5-10 minutes for your bucket to fill ). The service is abysmal, although admittedly, I didn't stop going because of that, I just stopped eating there.
The idea is great, the execution is terrible. I can see them hanging around bigger markets for a while, while they churn through golfers like me who take a couple months to sour on the place, but they aren't going to take over the world. I would only go there again out of severe desparation to hit a golf ball.