This article is more for the golf neophyte than the golf veterans. Chicago-land, golf driving ranges are places where golfers can practice golf any season of the year. (Other driving ranges are where people learn to drive vehicles.) Golf driving ranges have mats and grass.
Golfers place their golf balls on the driving ranges’ mats. They can place their balls directly on the mats (nylon) or on the mats' attachments--rubber tees.. The rubber tees are rarely any size but “too tall”, so golf balls’ trajectories will be “too high.”
The grass is where the golf balls land after golfers drive from the mats. In this grass are yardage signs: 75, 100, 150, 200 and 250 yards. Use the yardage signs to determine if you are hitting golf balls the normal distance in relation to your club selection.
The grass on the driving ranges are rarely, if ever, the same length as the grass on golf course fairways; fairways’ grass is shorter. Therefore, golf balls landing on driving range grass will not roll as far as they would when landing on fairways’ grass. Using this information, you can correctly reason that if a 5-iron slams a golf ball 160 yards at a golf course fairway, it will travel about 150 yards on the driving range grass.
Driving range management could provide grass instead of mats from which golfers could drive; however, grass is not as durable as nylon. Golf courses do not need to grow nylon by planting seeds. Driving range maintenance cost would be higher if they used grass instead of mats in the stations.
Most, if not all, Chicago-land driving ranges have at least 30, driving stations. Cog Hill and George Dunne Golf Course have more than 30 stations on their driving ranges. During the winter months, Cog Hill heats its driving range. By the way, Diversey Driving Range has two levels.
As far as I know, all, Chicago-land driving ranges are open. Golfers are twisting and pivoting to prepare themselves for playing golf rounds. Chicago-land golf courses are not exceptionally muddy or wet, but they are greenish-brown. Warmer temperatures and more direct sunlight will increase color saturation for golfers and golf courses.
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