If you are to believe social media then the modern-day driving range is now an all-singing, all-flashing version of what many of us grew up with. While it will appeal to many, this hi-tech world plays a game many of us are unfamiliar with when we want to have a bit of fun or put in some serious practice time.
Boomers and Swingers, ten miles from Manchester city centre, is a driving range unlike any other and about as far removed from any of the above as you can get. In fact, it doesn’t even describe itself as a driving range – it’s a ‘ballwhacking field’ without any flags. And it has decommissioned military tanks for targets. Yes, you heard that right.
“I was telling everyone I was going to get tanks on the range. I had no idea how, and then I looked how much one might be and it was around
