# Video Games or Driving Range? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 12, 2006, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-or-driving-range/352433 "2006-04-12T20:57:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-or-driving-range/352433/1 "2006-04-12T20:57:52Z")
I have a little time before I have to get to typing tonight, and I want to kill it in an enjoyable manner. I have two choices calling to me: 1. Videogames. They’re cheap. More accurately, free. I already own everything I need. But they’re very sedentary, and it’s such a beautiful day. 2. Driving range. I’m on a golf jones lately, and want to go smack some balls. But at $9 for 50 balls at my local range, it’s not cheap. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-or-driving-range/352433/2 "2006-04-12T21:25:42Z")
::Looks over at the game of _Hot Shots Golf Fore_ going on the PS2 right now:: Don’t see why you can’t do both. ---
**Author:** ![scott62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@scott62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott62)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-or-driving-range/352433/3 "2006-04-12T21:27:37Z")
Get yourself down to the driving range and hit some balls. I played golf today with my son and we had a great time. Although the driviing range isn’t quite the same it’s still better than playing World of Warcraft or bloody Street Fighter !!! ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-or-driving-range/352433/4 "2006-04-12T23:49:29Z")
[QUOTE=Hal Briston] ::Looks over at the game of _Hot Shots Golf Fore_ going on the PS2 right now:: Don’t see why you can’t do both. [/QUOTE] Funny that you mention that, Hal. Played a good two hours of Tiger Woods PGA on my Xbox. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-or-driving-range/352433/5 "2006-04-13T00:40:49Z")
Spring has just begun and it’s beautiful. Go outside. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-or-driving-range/352433/6 "2006-04-13T02:11:09Z")
What driving range sells 50 balls for $9? Where’s your local range, Tokyo? ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-or-driving-range/352433/7 "2006-04-13T10:11:47Z")
[QUOTE=Ravenman] What driving range sells 50 balls for $9? Where’s your local range, Tokyo? [/QUOTE] My bad. 50 balls is one token, $6. $9 gets you two tokens, or 100 balls. Still expensive. ---
**Author:** ![DooWahDiddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games-or-driving-range/352433/8 "2006-04-13T18:23:49Z")
[QUOTE=Only Mostly Dead] My bad. 50 balls is one token, $6. $9 gets you two tokens, or 100 balls. Still expensive. [/QUOTE] Pretty much the only driving range in NYC, [Chelsea Piers](http://www.chelseapiers.com/), charges $20 for 80 balls. Personally, I think you should go to the driving range as a silent slap in the face for such incredibly overinflated Manhattan prices. Do it for us, man!