![]() ![]() The club’s expanded 23-acre practice area includes a double-ended range, a practice hole, and two short game areas. Scheduled to open in 2020, the new 33,871-square-foot clubhouse will have a full-service restaurant and bar, covered patio overlooking the golf course, pro shop, locker rooms, and rental and event spaces. Rogers says the turf grass requires less water and the irrigation system can be controlled via a smartphone app, with a feature to turn the sprinkler off should a storm enter the area. The Texas Rangers course includes improved turf grasses, cart paths, bunkering, and additional water features. “It makes sure everyone is having a good time on the course,” Rogers says. The Visage system also allows course officials to monitor speed of play, which is often an issue if some golfers travel throughout the course too slowly. The system first gives the players a warning on the screen to reverse their path, and if they don’t, and instead pass a second boundary sensor, the system shuts the cart off. In addition to aerial and flyover views of the golf holes, the carts have tech features that enable ease of play, like calling the beverage cart.įor safety, the Visage system warns golfers if they are approaching a hazardous boundary on the course. The Visage system screens are mounted in front of the golfers on the golf cart’s canopy, and Rogers says they offer more than just letting the golfers know where they are. GPS in the golf carts is available via the Visage system, course spokesman Philip Rogers told Dallas Innovates. ![]() No matter if you hook the ball or slice it, at least you’ll know where you are on the new course. Golf carts are high tech and player friendly The course is a $24 million complete renovation of the former Charles Ditto Golf Club, which first opened in 1982 and was closed in late 2016 to start building the Texas Rangers Golf Club. It’s a collaboration between a baseball team known for singles, doubles, and home runs, and a game famous for birdies, eagles, and bogies. North Texas golfers riding in high-tech, GPS-enabled golf carts can now tee up on the world’s only Major League Baseball-branded golf course: the Texas Rangers Golf Club in Arlington.Īrlington Golf and the Texas Rangers Major League Baseball Club partnered to build the course in North Arlington, which opened to the public on Monday. ![]()
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