{"id":249895,"date":"2025-10-25T02:49:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T02:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/249895\/"},"modified":"2025-10-25T02:49:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T02:49:15","slug":"river-club-looking-to-expand-add-1-story-covered-hitting-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/249895\/","title":{"rendered":"River Club looking to expand, add 1-story covered hitting bay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The River Club Golf and Learning Center is planning to build a one-story, covered hitting bay facility at their location in Clarksville.<\/p>\n<p>CLARKSVILLE, TN (<a href=\"https:\/\/clarksvillenow.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CLARKSVILLE NOW<\/a>) \u2013\u00a0The <a href=\"https:\/\/theriverclubgolf.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">River Club Golf and Learning Center<\/a> is planning to build a one-story, covered hitting bay facility at its location on Warfield Boulevard and is seeking site plan approval from the Clarksville-Montgomery County Regional Planning Commission.<\/p>\n<p>The River Club would develop the one-story hitting bay on an existing concrete pad, according to part owner Greg Guinn.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" data-attachment-id=\"534912\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/clarksvillenow.com\/the-river-club-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/The-River-Club-4.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The River Club-4\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Existing concrete pad where the one-story hitting bay facility would be located at The River Club, 1150 Warfield Blvd. (Christian Brown)&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/clarksvillenow.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/43\/files\/2025\/10\/The-River-Club-4-640x480.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/clarksvillenow.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/43\/files\/2025\/10\/The-River-Club-4-1200x768.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/The-River-Club-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-534912\"  \/>Existing concrete pad where the one-story hitting bay facility would be located at The River Club, 1150 Warfield Blvd. (Christian Brown)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince COVID, golf has changed somewhat,\u201d Guinn told Clarksville Now. \u201cWith the Top Golf facilities in the larger metropolitian areas, people have gravitated somewhat towards the entertainment function of golf.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have plans in front of the RPC to try and develop 15 <a href=\"https:\/\/toptracer.com\/range\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">Toptracer<\/a> bays,\u201d he said. \u201cWe poured the concrete for the pad, and we were going to do it outside, but then we decided against it because we need to be able to have people down there year-round regardless of the weather.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Guinn said The River Club currently has a building on the driving range, and the plan is to utilize a couple of the hitting bays there and make it a premium experience. \u201cThen, we\u2019ll have 13 others that are new and outfitted with all of the Toptracer technology,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" data-attachment-id=\"533998\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/clarksvillenow.com\/the-river-club-1200\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/The-River-Club-1200.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The River Club-1200\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The River Club\u2019s site plans for a proposed 1-story covered hitting bay facility. (Contributed by the Clarksville-Montgomery County RPC)&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/clarksvillenow.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/43\/files\/2025\/10\/The-River-Club-1200-640x480.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/clarksvillenow.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/43\/files\/2025\/10\/The-River-Club-1200-1200x768.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/The-River-Club-1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-533998\"  \/>The River Club\u2019s site plans for a proposed 1-story covered hitting bay. (Contributed by the Clarksville-Montgomery County RPC)<\/p>\n<p>Guinn said each hitting bay should accommodate six to eight golfers, with an integrated experience between virtual reality golfing and the real thing. \u201cIf you\u2019ve been to Top Golf, this is what it is but on a smaller scale,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Due to the demand of their driving range, The River Club added 60 parking spaces in August. The spaces are also meant to make more room for customers at <a href=\"https:\/\/clarksvillenow.com\/local\/clydes-of-clarksville-returns-with-major-renovations-new-menu-at-river-club-golf-course\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">Clyde\u2019s of Clarksville<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re excited about possibly introducing recreational golf for the person that\u2019s coming out to be entertained,\u201d Guinn said. \u201cAnd hopefully, they\u2019ll gravitate up and learn how to play good enough to get on a golf course as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The River Club also plans to develop a new pro shop, Guinn said. <\/p>\n<p>| BUSINESS OWNERS: <a href=\"https:\/\/fivestarmediagrp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">Click here for a free consultation for advertising your business on Clarksville Now<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The River Club Golf and Learning Center is planning to build a one-story, covered hitting bay facility at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":249896,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[427,99],"class_list":["post-249895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249895\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}