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Southborough committee to ask select board for review after residents report errant golf balls
Summary
Following sustained complaints from homeowners about errant golf balls and damaged property, the Town of Southborough Golf Course Committee decided to recommend that the select board review options including replacing a patch fence, extending taller fencing and other mitigations; a committee member will notify the select board and town staff.
At a Town of Southborough Golf Course Committee meeting, members agreed to recommend that the select board review options to reduce errant golf balls reaching nearby homes and streets and asked a committee member to inform the select board and town staff of that recommendation.
The recommendation follows repeated public complaints from homeowners near the seventh hole and extended committee discussion of the architect's report and several mitigation options. Resident Christine Pearson, who said she lives across from the seventh hole, told the committee, “My car is severely damaged, and it actually hit me the other day.” Pearson said workers on her property and passersby have been nearly struck by balls.
The committee…
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