{"id":720627,"date":"2026-07-31T09:13:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T09:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/720627\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T09:13:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T09:13:10","slug":"golf-pod-practice-zones-wanted-at-theale-golf-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/720627\/","title":{"rendered":"Golf \u2018Pod\u2019 practice zones wanted at Theale Golf Club"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Theale Golf Club has come up with a safer way to keep driving the balls.<\/p>\n<p>It had to close the existing driving range outfield due to health and safety concerns.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rthmb\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 6538 4635\" alt=\"Golf balls could fly again in pod practice areas\" data-root=\"\/_media\/img\/\" data-path=\"5QCQBZB0ACTDK0ECQMXM.jpg\" data-ar=\"1.41\"\/>Golf balls could fly again in pod practice areas<\/p>\n<p>Now it has proposed that in its place, a Golf \u2018Pod\u2019 is constructed, which will feature covered practice bays and a short outfield that will be fully netted \u2013 including the roof.<\/p>\n<p>The range use was restricted to irons only, banning drivers and hybrids, starting in May 2023.<\/p>\n<p>This restriction was implemented due to safety concerns and reports of errant golf balls threatening neighbouring properties adjacent to the range.<\/p>\n<p>To compliment the Golf Pod it is also proposed that a new short game practice area is built, while on the site of the old outfield a dedicated junior practice area, irrigation storage pond and rainwater harvesting basin are constructed.<\/p>\n<p>The proposed grading works will be undertaken using soils brought to the site via tipper lorry.<\/p>\n<p>The plans are before West Berkshire Council planners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Theale Golf Club has come up with a safer way to keep driving the balls. It had to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":720628,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5904,12991,4475,101,56,54,55,7741],"class_list":["post-720627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-newbury","tag-planning","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-update-me"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=720627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720627\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/720628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=720627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=720627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=720627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}