The Practice Center

Went to the practice center after seeing it off the interstate a week ago. The name says it all!!! Rough and fairway grass available as well as a putting green. 5 stars!

After driving up and down I-​75 for years, seeing the driving range and golf course at the route 123 Franklin exit, I finally decided to stop in and swing at a bucket of balls. I’m really not a huge golfer, but every now and then I will go shoot a round or swing at a bucket of balls on the range just for fun.
You see, golf was sort of ruined for me as a result of the negative psychological imprint of my overly-​competitive, wannabe PGA tour pretend golfer dad.
When I was a kid, the phrase, «Hey son, let’s go play golf!» was code word for «I’m denying you the joys of Thundarr the Barbarian on Saturday morning so that I can scream at you nonstop for four hours solid.»
«KEEP YOUR DAMN HEAD DOWNNNNNNN!!!»
«YOU TURNED YOUR WRIST DAMMITTTTTT!!!»
It struck mortal terror in my heart when the old man decided that he was up for some father/​son bonding — because I understood the only bonding that was taking place was my distaste for the game.
Although the consolation prize was doing donuts in the middle of the fairway in the cart on the early morning glistening dew. Pops would eventually get so frustrated with me that he would just say, «You can drive the cart.»
YESSSS!!!
So anyway, now I’m all grown up, and many thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours of therapy have delivered me from my complete and total aversion to anything relating to the game.
That’s where the Practice Center comes in… the old man never took me there, so I don’t actually have any negative triggers embedded into the location. haha
But really, the place is actually great! It’s super convenient from the highway. Even though it’s a Par 3 executive course, it’s certainly challenging enough to get in a decent 18 holes. The driving range is awesome with the heated stalls, which means I can work on my swing (shut up Dad… shut up Dad… shut up Dad…) in the fall and early spring without going numb.
They also have a great pro shop and one of those really cool indoor golf simulators that blows the whole Wii thing to pieces.
The staff is great, a bunch of cool folks work there… and FREE WIFI!
So anyway, if a hardened psychological misfit of an almost golf fan can have a great time at The Practice Center, ANYONE can.