Chickasha residents urge netting or tee relocation after repeated golf-ball strikes; council OKs fundraiser at city course

Liz Reed of 213 Meadowdale Drive and another resident told the Chickasha City Council during public comment that golf balls driven from the city-owned golf course strike homes, vehicles and people and that the city should install protective netting or move the first hole.

The concern came during public comment, when Reed said she had collected “over 800 golf balls” since February and that the balls “come flying at at least a 140 to 260 miles an hour.” She told the council: “Someone is gonna get hurt, and it could be someone in my own yard.” Another resident, identified in the record only as Jerry, said he had reported strikes to police and asked the council for help: “Please, please, please. I I don't wanna get a phone call that my mother or my child that's mowing the grass over there has gotten hit in the temple with a golf ball and is no longer with us.”

Council members and staff later noted recent volunteer work and city maintenance that had improved the course’s appearance and community use. Separately, the Chickasha Municipal Authority voted to allow the Chick fil A Fighting Chick Quarterback Club to host its annual golf tournament fundraiser on July 26, 2025, and to waive associated fees. The motion to permit the tournament passed on a roll-call vote with all members recorded as voting yes.

The council did not take a formal binding action during this meeting to install netting or move any tee; the residents asked the council to consider “putting some netting up for personal safety” or moving the hole a short distance. City officials acknowledged the safety concern on the record but did not announce a specific follow-up decision at this meeting.

Background provided in the meeting record shows residents reporting multiple broken windows and dented doors from strikes, and one account that a golf ball struck the hood of a pickup as children were being dropped off near Reed’s house. At the meeting several council members praised volunteers and staff for recent work to revive the course and to host events, but the transcript does not record a commitment to a timeline or funding source for barriers or tee relocation.

The municipal authority’s approval to host and waive fees for the July fundraiser preserves immediate community use of the course while the safety concern remains outstanding. The council or municipal authority would have to return at a later date to authorize construction or barrier work, or to formally relocate tees, and the transcript does not record any such directive or budget allocation.

Residents may bring the issue back to the council for further action; the record indicates the city has previously fielded complaints about golf-ball strikes but did not resolve them before the city purchase of the course.