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Residents press Lewis Quissid Country Club on golf-ball hazards; club offers targeted mitigation plan
Summary
Neighbors along Woodward Road told the council golf balls are entering yards and risking injury; Andrew Placa, speaking for Lewis Quissid Country Club, said the club has no formal complaints on file but will gather homeowner contact information and return with a focused plan within a month.
Residents of Woodward Road told the North Providence Town Council on June 2 that golf balls from the adjacent Lewis Quissid Country Club are striking yards and posed a safety risk to children.
“It's just a lot at this point,” said one resident who lives at 721 Woodward Road, describing near-misses and frequent balls on front lawns. Other neighbors said prior calls to the club produced advice to pursue homeowner-insurance claims, not mitigation.
Andrew Placa, speaking for Lewis Quissid, told the council the club has not received formal complaints but acknowledged two holes (holes two and three) border Woodward Road. He said portions of the course already have a chain-link fence and a 50-foot net and that the club is willing to work with the town. “We are committed to working with the town in order to come up with cost‑effective measures to mitigate [golf] balls leaving the property,” Placa said, and asked the town for contact information for affected property owners so the club can pinpoint the problematic shot locations.
Placa offered to return to the council within about a month with an action plan after the club identifies whether the balls originate from the tee on hole two or the approach on hole three, and what focused measures (fencing, netting or other alterations) would be most effective.
Council members asked staff to place the residents on the next meeting agenda and to make contact information available to the club. The council indicated it would seek a mitigation plan as a follow-up item at a near-term meeting.
Why it matters: Repeated strikes into yards raise both immediate safety concerns for residents and potential liability questions for the town and property owners. The club’s willingness to analyze shot origins and return with a plan gives residents a near-term path to targeted mitigation, while the town clerk will serve as the conduit for owner contact details.
Next steps: The club will compile homeowner contacts and report back with a proposed action plan to the council in roughly 30 days. The town will place the item on the agenda for updates.
