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Aqua Golf Driving Range
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
2 reviews for Aqua Golf Driving Range
As driving ranges go, this place is a novelty act -- you hit into a big pool of water on the Sacramento River that was excavated when they needed the gravel to build Shasta Dam long ago. The mats have seen better days. The balls tend to be a bit mossy, and a few in each basket have been chewed on by river otters. The guy who runs the place can be a grump, even though he has the most slack job in Redding.
There are a few redeeming qualities: (1) It's very low key. Most of the people who hit here are bad golfers, and if you feel like you're being judged, it'll probably be in a good way. (2) It's fun to try to hit the floating targets with your pitching wedge. (3) When I need my ego stroked, I hit a few over the line of buoys and ropes that marks the "outfield fence" of the range, and the grumpy guy tells my to put my driver back in the bag as people mumble to each other, "Holy shit, did you see that?" (Though I was coming up 10-15 yards short last time I was there -- see "Sucks To Get Old," Chapter 137.)
Hitting golf balls on a range, with no intention of playing a round, can be very Zen. Give it a try if you're bored with being "in the moment" while washing your rice bowl or weeding your organic vegetable garden.
Good, cheap, wholesome fun in Redding.
Hearing the kurplunk as your golf ball hits water is almost as satisfying as when you aim for a duck or the guy who picks up the balls in a row boat, and actually hit your target.
Whoever thought to put a driving range in a river was genius.