During the last 125 areas, golf practice areas have evolved from small practice fields adjacent to the golf course, to hitting balls off a teeing ground on the course to a shag caddie, to the fantastic practice facilities at Grove XXIII in Florida, Pine Valley in NJ, and Cape Cod National in Massachusetts.
Donald Ross is credited with an indoor practice facility at Oakley in winter 1899-1900, and Ross' Maniac Hill at Pinehurst (1913) has been called the first great golf practice area.
Where can I learn more about the history of golf practice areas?
Thanks, Bill Healy