High-tech driving range now has beer!

Driving ranges just aren’t golf courses (for a variety of reasons. Many of which you could already guess). Sure, you still get to swing your metal club at that little white ball and then get all pissed off after seeing where it went. That part is the same, but how many driving ranges have beer? Now that’s a driving range.

So, we came across this driving range called TopGolf that’s out in the Chicago area (Illinois, even). It’s in Wood Dale and they just opened a rooftop beer garden yesterday.

Photo Caption: I think someone needs a beer.

Now, most will hear about TopGolf and praise them for having uber technology, and they do. You get a ball with a microchip in it that is unique to you. You can track your shots and get points for hitting the ball near stuff. You can play with up to five people or just play the computer. It really is something else. Surely not your typical driving range.

The way it’s set up is that it allows even average players to not want to wrap their clubs around the wheel of a golf cart every time they hit the ball. And the fact that they have beer there too makes it so that I’d be able to drink and either A. Think I’m a decent player, or B. Not care about how bad I am. Everyone wins.

It’s $5 for 20 balls, which is more expensive than a normal driving range, but if you didn’t expect that then I’m not sure what to tell you. I’m ready to go home after 20 balls anyway because I either, A. Have blisters, or B. Am so irritated that staying isn’t an option. Of course, both A. and B. could occur simultaneously.