Camden County Driving Range To Reopen Friday

CAMDEN COUNTY, NJ — The Camden County Driving Range at Cooper River Park will reopen on Friday for the first time since being required to close by an executive order signed by Gov. Phil Murphy in April, county officials announced.

On Monday, Murphy signed a new order allowing certain outdoor activities to resume, including batting cages, horseback riding, and driving ranges.

“The Driving Range is an excellent candidate for early re-opening because social distancing is so easy to maintain while taking advantage of the facility,” Camden County Freeholder Director Louis Cappelli Jr. said. “Our staff has heard from countless residents who have been hoping to return to the range for stress relief, exercise, and even rehabilitation of injuries. We are excited to be able to offer this service to our community once again and ask that all patrons work to help us maintain a safe and friendly environment when visiting the range.”

There will be restrictions in place in order to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus, including the removal of all outdoor seating, restrictions on clubhouse access and the encouraged use of contactless payment methods (example: Apple Pay). Staff will wear gloves and face masks at all times.

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Officials said the driving range provides easy-to-maintain social distancing thanks to hitting stalls which are spaced seven feet apart, and the 12-foot deep walking area behind these stalls. Most customers and employees never have to touch shared golf balls thanks to contactless ball dispensers to fill buckets, and ball trays at ground level in each stall.

“The only commonly touched, shared surface in the entire facility will be the buckets themselves,” Cappelli said. “Our staff will be sanitizing these buckets between every use and only placing them back into rotation once they have been appropriately disinfected.”

It will be open for its normal hours, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. seven days a week. For more information regarding services at the driving range, hours, and prices, visit https://www.camdencounty.com/service/parks/camden-county-driving-range/.

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