CHICKASHA – Not every golfer has mastered the sport as well as Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, or Scottie Scheffler.
Just ask Liz Reed, whose house lies near the Chickasha Golf and Country Club, which the Chickasha Municipal Authority acquired on June 20 for $1.6 million.
She appeared before the City Council on July 7, asking municipal official to erect some netting “or move the first hole” because errant golf balls are “destroying my property.”
Reed wasn’t complaining about a mere handful of golf balls. She said she has collected 900 of them in the last four years. Her son toted in a plastic tub that contained 800 of the balls; she sold the other hundred.
Reed said she and her grandson both have been hit with ricocheting golf balls. “I can’t park in my own driveway or enjoy my home” because golf balls “come flying across the road.” Balls have hit vehicles in the area, broken windows in her house, and dented her siding and garage door.
When one ball hit her pickup, her son said he brought the matter to the attention of the golfer who launched the dimpled sphere. Instead of apologizing, the golfer “cussed me out,” Jerry Reed said.
Since the City of Chickasha now owns the golf course, “Please do something to protect me and my neighbors,” Ms. Reed pleaded.
In related matters:
• Jim Cowan, president of the Chickasha Chamber of Commerce, said 105 golfers participated in the 97th annual Washita Valley Golf Tournament held July 3-6 at the Chickasha Golf and Country Club.
• The CMA voted to allow the Chickasha Fightin’ Chick Quarterback Club, the football booster club, to host their fourth annual Classic Golf Scramble fundraiser at the Country Club on July 26.