Ed’s View

Life as a Range Rat

Mentioning work on the driving range in last week’s blog seemed to strike a chord with quite a few of you, so I thought I’d return to the subject and recount a few more tales from my former employment as a Range Rat.  So, where should I start?  For some, the adrenaline pumps as you drive (monotonously) up and down, up and down in that iconic range tractor with no windscreen to shield you from the horizontal rain on a winter’s day (mixing it up, rebellious types like to throw in a few…Read more …

Yardage Junkies & Range Balls

The plethora of GPS units, measuring devices and detailed course planners now available has given rise to the ‘Yardage Junky’.  Whether you swear by the gadgetry or not, we’ve all seen people now compelled to calculate the distance to the inch as an essential part of their pre-shot routine.  I think I’ll invent the word “inchage”, as it seems these days a “yardage” just doesn’t measure up (no pun intended). Now, I could go on a rant about how many amateur golfers can consistently hit to a yardage, throwing in points about slow…Read more …
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