A major advantage for a golf driving range is netting. Golf driving ranges are completed with large nets running along the sides and back. Providing netting on the golf driving range allows for players to hit a variety of clubs without balls running into forested areas and protecting neighboring houses and buildings.
Side Netting
Golf ranges that are concerned with the loss of golf balls or potential damage to surrounding property should construct nets that border each side of the range. While there are no mandates for net size, some ranges have nets that extend 100 feet into the air. This keeps any reasonable golf shot in the range and limits the number of golf balls that leave the premises. This lessens the amount of liability insurance golf courses must pay.
Back Netting
The netting at the back of the range must be solid and secure. Before the explosion in driver technology, end of range netting was put up at 250 or 260 yards away from the teeing area. Now, with deep face drivers and young golfers loving to bomb drives, those nets have been extended in most places to 275 yards and farther. The back netting is usually the same height as the side netting, and serves to protect anything on the other side.
Net Quality
Choosing the quality of the net is one of the most important guidelines for a driving range to follow. The range net takes a beating, enduring four seasons worth of weather and countless golf balls plowing into it at full speed. There are the outdoor elements of wind and rain to contend with as well. Cheaply made netting will bust after days and months of wear and tear. Professionally manufactured, tightly woven nylon netting is the best solution for a driving range.
Size Guidelines
Generally, the taller the net, the less of a chance that golf balls have of exiting the premises. Some guidelines for choosing the side is to simulate the maximum trajectory of a golf ball heading over the net, then install a net that is 30 feet higher than the simulated distance. This will protect against golfers intentionally hitting balls over the nets to the left and right. If the net is not placed far enough away at the back of the range, attempting to clear the net can also become an attractive contest.
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