The family-owned course receives an honor from the Golf Range Association of America.
The Hookstown Grade Road-based Scally's Golf Center has been named as one of the top-50 standalone driving ranges in the country. The Golf Range Association of America awarded the nearly 60-year-old course in January for the ranking. Founded in 1954 by Chuck and Phil Scally, the family-owned business features an 18-hole miniature golf course and batting cages, 85-tee driving range and two practice putting greens. Three Professional Golfers Association professionals are available at the driving range for individual instruction. In a statement from Scally's: “My family is honored and amazed that the facility that my father and uncle started with just a few tees in 1954, has grown to a multi-faceted entertainment complex that has been …
The university's men's golf team is in seventh place in the Florida Northeast Conference tournament.
The club reports an $98,000 drop in revenue in the spring.
An unusually rainy spring has left the Moon Golf Club nearly $100,000 behind in revenue this year, according to a club official. The wet spring weather has forced club organizers to shutter the 18-hole course more than a dozen times this year, leaving the club scrambling to cover operating costs amid a $98,000 revenue shortfall this spring. "Every time we have a rainy weekend, we are losing $20,000 to $25,000," said Ralph Canterbury, a member of the Moon Township Recreational Authority, which leases the course from the township. "[Memorial Day weekend] was a positive weekend for us and that helped, but we're not really gaining [money]," he said. Canterbury said the shortfall likely will prevent the recreational authority from making its $…
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Robert Doyle
8:27 am on Thursday, November 17, 2011
Good feedback....well said. more ›