driving range

noun

Golf.

1. a tract of land for practicing long golf shots, especially drives, with clubs and balls available for rent from the management.

Word History and Origins

Origin of driving range¹

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

Call it the Topgolfication of the sport—a reference to Topgolf, a popular chain that offers food, drinks and an entertaining driving range.

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EPA personnel and agency contractors converted popular community gathering spots, including the driving range of Altadena Golf Course and the parking lot of Will Rogers State Beach, into hazmat stockpile sites.

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It involves going to a soul food brunch spot after church with his family, practicing his swing at a driving range and hosting a game night.

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His dad began taking him and his younger brother to a public driving range in their District of Columbia neighborhood until it shut down.

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"I've got a lot going on up in there," laughed the two-time US Open champion, who went straight to the driving range after his round on Friday.

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