The Rancho Viejo Resort & Country Club closed its Total Golf facility to the public to establish a members-only space.<\/p>\n
Golfers said the move limits options for practice in the area, while club leaders said the decision came down to costs and member access.<\/p>\n
The closure went into effect on Jan. 5.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The golf facility offered technology that provided members with real-time stats on their swing and golf ball.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey had the almost like Top Golf tracer technology,\u201d golfer Diego Najera said. \u201cI could get my spin, I can get my carry numbers and I know where the ball’s going because I could see it on the screen.\u201d<\/p>\n
The club said that technology contributed to the closing of the public facility.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt wasn\u2019t financially successful,\u201d Rancho Viejo Resort & Country Club Director Marcela Lawler said. \u201cIt was deteriorating, the outside environment factor is very hard on technology. We’re changing it and we’re taking it back; instead of public it\u2019s going to be for our members.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lawler said the Total Golf facility was taking up half of the club’s driving range, limiting access for paying members.<\/p>\n
Najera said the loss felt frustrating due to what he called limited options for the golfing community in the area.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe don\u2019t have a Top Golf like the McAllen area,\u201d Najera said. \u201cMaking that so exclusive does make some people feel like, \u2018well, where am I welcome? Where can I go? What can I do to practice if I can\u2019t practice at my home course?\u201d<\/p>\n
The Rancho Viejo Resort & Country Club has been directing people looking for similar tracer technology to facilities in Brownsville and Harlingen.<\/p>\n
Those looking to inquire about becoming a member can call 956-350-4000, extension 6.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Rancho Viejo Resort & Country Club closed its Total Golf facility to the public to establish a…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":503970,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[225931,225934,225927,225929,1430,225933,225925,225932,225926,225924,225922,17929,17928,225928,62,225930,225923,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-503969","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-brownsville-golf","9":"tag-club-membership-texas","10":"tag-diego-najera","11":"tag-driving-range-access","12":"tag-golf","13":"tag-golf-practice-facilities","14":"tag-golf-tracer-technology","15":"tag-harlingen-golf","16":"tag-marcela-lawler","17":"tag-members-only-golf","18":"tag-rancho-viejo-resort-country-club","19":"tag-rgv","20":"tag-rio-grande-valley","21":"tag-rio-grande-valley-golf","22":"tag-sports","23":"tag-topgolf-alternative","24":"tag-total-golf-facility","25":"tag-united-states","26":"tag-unitedstates","27":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115865750214162842","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=503969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503969\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/503970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=503969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=503969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=503969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}