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Park District to Change Glenview Prairie Club's 5th Tee to Prevent Stray Balls Hitting People
This move, along with other precautions, comes after officials investigated a Glenview woman's claim she was hit by an errant ball in June.
GLENVIEW, IL - The Glenview Park District will reposition one of the tees at the Glenview Prairie Club golf course to reduce the possibility of someone accidentally being struck by an errant shot, something one resident says happened to her in June.
The move comes after the district investigated an incident earlier this summer concerning a Glenview woman who claimed she was hit in the neck by a ball coming from the course, 2800 W. Lake Ave. On June 3, Maya Spitz says she was driving along Shermer Road, near the course, when a ball flew into her open window and hit her.
Spitz, 65, went to the hospital right after, and X-rays showed no fractures. The ball did, however, leave a red mark on her collar bone that turned into "a large greenish-brown bruise stretching from her lower neck to her upper chest on the left side of her body."
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In response to Spitz's claim, the Park District Risk Management Association has recommended the fifth-hole tee markers be angled to the inside of the fairway to help prevent a similar accident happening again.
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“Safety continues to be a top priority for the park district," Lori Lovell, the district’s superintendent of special facilities, stated in a release about the change. "Repositioning the tee markers even further inward encourages the ball direction into the course even further and reduces the possibility of errant golf balls from exiting the club."
New signs warning people of errant balls will be added near the edge of the course along Shermer Roads. Additional trees and shrubs also will be planted along the road to provide more screening.
Since the Spitz reported her accident, the district has been doing daily checks for errant balls in the area she was hit. So far, no more balls have been found.
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