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Camden County Driving Range To Re-Open
Information provided by Camden County
The Camden County Driving Range at Cooper River Park will re-open on Friday, May 22, for the first time since being required to close by an executive order signed by Governor Phil Murphy in April. Yesterday, May 18, Governor Murphy signed a new order allowing certain outdoor activities to resume, including batting cages, horseback riding, and driving ranges.
“The Driving Range is an excellent candidate for early re-opening because social distancing is so easy to maintain while taking advantage of the facility,” said Freeholder Director Louis Cappelli, Jr. “Our staff has heard from countless residents who have been hoping to return to the range for stress relief, exercise, and even rehabilitation of injuries. We are excited to be able to offer this service to our community once again and ask that all patrons work to help us maintain a safe and friendly environment when visiting the range.”
Operations at the driving range will be slightly altered in order to ensure the safety of all visitors. Some changes include:
- All outdoor seating will be removed
- Restrictions on clubhouse access
- Encouraged use of contactless payment methods (example: Apple Pay)
- Staff will wear gloves and face coverings at all times
The driving range provides easy-to-maintain social distancing thanks to hitting stalls which are spaced seven feet apart, and the 12-foot deep walking area behind these stalls. Most customers and employees never have to touch shared golf balls thanks to contactless ball dispensers to fill buckets, and ball trays at ground level in each stall.
“The only commonly touched, shared surface in the entire facility will be the buckets themselves,” Cappelli said. “Our staff will be sanitizing these buckets between every use and only placing them back into rotation once they have been appropriately disinfected.”
The driving range will re-open during its normal operating hours from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. seven days a week. For more information regarding services at the driving range, hours, and prices, visit https://www.camdencounty.com/service/parks/camden-county-driving-range/.
Camden County Hero Scholarship Golf Outing Held At Pennsauken Country Club
The Camden County Hero Scholarship Fund is hosting its 25th annual golf outing on Tuesday, Sept. 19 at the Pennsauken Country Club, 3800 Haddonfield Rd. The $125 entrance fee includes lunch, green fees, golf cart, refreshments on the course, dinner, and prizes (longest drive and closest to the pin).
Registration opens at 11:30 a.m. Lunch is served at noon. A shotgun start begins at 1:00 p.m., with dinner and prizes to follow.
Sponsor opportunities are still available. For more information, call Dawn at (856) 768-9656 or e-mail dawn@camdencountyhero.com.
The Camden County Hero Scholarship Fund is a non-profit organization that provides financial and educational assistance to the families of Camden County’s police, fire and EMS personnel killed, or totally and permanently disabled in the line of duty. It is their policy to offer an immediate financial gift to the family within 48 hours of an incident, and once any surviving children reach college age, the Hero Scholarship program allows for them to attend any school of their choice and they will pay up to the highest New Jersey state tuition at their time of enrollment.
For more information on the Fund, or to see how you can help them to keep their promises to the children of our heroes, visit www.camdencountyhero.com.
