~ With this year's extreme heat, drought and all-around summer stress, the driving range tee as well as some of the par three tees have seen better days. With the weather the way it has been, it is near-impossible to sustain seed germination and survival as well as lateral growth and therefore divot recovery is at a minimum. I'm sure most members know the size and distance limitations of the range tee and this only compounds the issue. Below is an interesting article from the USGA Green Section Record dated June 8, 2012 in which it proposes that most players use the range tee in a way that is least conducive to divot recovery and offers some alternative practice techniques to better both your game and the long term playability of the range tee.
http://gsr.lib.msu.edu/article/mcclellan-practice-6-8-12.pdf
As a reminder, considering the limitations of the range tee, I would ask that members refrain from hitting outside the area designated by the dividers. I know the far right is the only shade on the range teeing ground; it is near-impossible to maintain a range tee with the weather challenges we have been facing but proper rotation can help us have a decent teeing space all year and this area is already thin and while some of this of this comes from lessons, a good majority is from members hitting outside the daily set-up. ~
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