1.) we bought a bag of golf balls to hit at the range 2) we went to the range and hit 3-4 shots 3) guy comes out of the clubhouse asking if we can wait for the cart/ball-gatherer to finish before we start hitting. 4) we said sure and waited. At this point, I look down the range and see that the ball-gatherer machine does not have a safety cage around it. This was the first time I've ever seen one of those machines without a safety cage, which is incredibly dangerous. So now we all say "oh s*#*" he doesn't have a cage and feel pretty bad. Next, the guy gathering the golf balls starts driving directly at us, full speed. Note, I'm with my mother who is 70 years old. The guy drives all the way up to us (close enough where we had to consider he may run us over), jumps out of his cart and starts berating us that we could have killed him and that we knew the range was closed. I immediately began apologizing and explaining it was my first time there, which this guy didn't believe for some reason, and we also explained that nobody told us the range is closed. In fact, the pro shop just sold us a bag of balls not 5 minutes ago. He (who identified himself quickly as the owner) got up in my face (chest actually, he's a smaller man with a napoleon complex) and continued screaming, while everyone on the putting green and at the restaurant just watched. On a scale of 1-10 for aggressiveness, this guy was a 12. So he left and continued gathering balls, so we just said ok, I guess we go tee off now, and left all of our golf balls on the range. Note, there are no signs on the range indicating its "closed" or "don't hit if the attendant is gathering balls."
Mr Owner, your actions were embarrassing yesterday, and you ruined what should have been an enjoyable family reunion. My mother was shaking the rest of the round. You don't seem like a man that would apologize, so this review will stay until she gets an apology for your aggressive actions. Also, get a safety cage for your machine, or put up a sign, and all of this can be avoided. If the range is closed, tell your staff, so they don't sell us a bag of balls (which we should be refunded for but just wanted to get away from you).
Everyone, don't support this business unless you are a glutton for harassment and verbal abuse. read more