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Do You Need A Safety Net?

Golf-course netting decisions require careful analysis of safety risks, site conditions, engineering, appearance, maintenance, and cost.

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Photo Credit: Net Connection

Driving on Interstate 85 in Georgia along a route I had to transit quite often for a number of years, I had one enduring image.

On a long, flat stretch of highway, I saw in the distance these tall black columns rising in the sky. As I drove closer, I saw they were enormous metal pipes towering some 90 to 100 feet.

Strung between the poles was the largest netting I’d ever seen. There were also at least two dozen poles spaced about 50 feet apart, and black netting arched gracefully from one to the other.