Attention golfers !!!
Posted: April 22nd, 2007, 8:33 am
Just wanted to pass the word along to any of you golfers out there that may happen to practice at Cross Creek......I was informed the other day by their new "GM" that Cross Creek is no longer a driving range but an iron range only. At least, that was told to me in a rather harsh fashion. Here's the scenario:
My in-laws are all golfers and live up north. I live in the south and prefer to fish
When we get together, however we have fished a few times also. I didn't care for it at first, cause I was no good 
, but it has started to grow on me over the past 2 years. So, I decided to try to better myself by practicing from time to time to make our family get-togethers a little more competetive. Over the past 2 years, I have practiced numerous times at Cross Creek without incident......till a few days ago I purchased my usual bucket of balls for the turf, and began to hit irons. With 25 or so balls left, I broke out the driver. After hitting a few balls, I was approached by the GM. He asked me to hit a ball. So I did......right over the back net! First one of the day. He did not like this and informed me that hitting the balls from the turf like that was not permitted. He then proceeded to tell me that I had some kind of nerve to do it right in front of him. I responded by saying that the previous drive was my best of the day and he must have brought me better luck.....trying to be cordial. That didn't help. I volunteered to hit my remaining balls from the mat. He followed. First ball hit the top of the net. He warned me again that if my hit one more out, I was done....then he asked me if I understood. I'm starting to get irritated at this point 
I tee up one more ball and hit. The ball hooks off to the left and right through the gapping hole in the net. He approaches me and tells me that I'm finished. I said," The ball went through the huge hole in your net....that's not my fault." He then informs me that this is an iron only range and that he lets some people drive balls as a courtesy when they obey the rules. He then goes on to tell me that there are 14 other clubs in the bag and that even Tiger Woods would win more tournaments if he would learn to put his driver down 
Anyhow, I said," Do you want me to leave?"......he said yes I would. I handed him the bucket and said," How are you supposed to get better if you cant swing like you're at the course?" Isn't that what the practice range is for?
I see that there is an article in the Eastside Chronicle about all the changes going on at Cross Creek now. I guess these are some of them.
My in-laws are all golfers and live up north. I live in the south and prefer to fish
When we get together, however we have fished a few times also. I didn't care for it at first, cause I was no good , but it has started to grow on me over the past 2 years. So, I decided to try to better myself by practicing from time to time to make our family get-togethers a little more competetive. Over the past 2 years, I have practiced numerous times at Cross Creek without incident......till a few days ago I purchased my usual bucket of balls for the turf, and began to hit irons. With 25 or so balls left, I broke out the driver. After hitting a few balls, I was approached by the GM. He asked me to hit a ball. So I did......right over the back net! First one of the day. He did not like this and informed me that hitting the balls from the turf like that was not permitted. He then proceeded to tell me that I had some kind of nerve to do it right in front of him. I responded by saying that the previous drive was my best of the day and he must have brought me better luck.....trying to be cordial. That didn't help. I volunteered to hit my remaining balls from the mat. He followed. First ball hit the top of the net. He warned me again that if my hit one more out, I was done....then he asked me if I understood. I'm starting to get irritated at this point I tee up one more ball and hit. The ball hooks off to the left and right through the gapping hole in the net. He approaches me and tells me that I'm finished. I said," The ball went through the huge hole in your net....that's not my fault." He then informs me that this is an iron only range and that he lets some people drive balls as a courtesy when they obey the rules. He then goes on to tell me that there are 14 other clubs in the bag and that even Tiger Woods would win more tournaments if he would learn to put his driver down Anyhow, I said," Do you want me to leave?"......he said yes I would. I handed him the bucket and said," How are you supposed to get better if you cant swing like you're at the course?" Isn't that what the practice range is for? I see that there is an article in the Eastside Chronicle about all the changes going on at Cross Creek now. I guess these are some of them.
The comment about Tiger was one of the dumbest he had ever heard 