Dennis Price tees off on the first hole at the start of a round April 9 at the Augusta Country Club in Manchester. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal
It was a familiar sight during the first COVID summer. Anyone driving by a golf course in 2020 could expect to see full parking lots, or full driving ranges, or golfers playing on each hole. At any time of day, any day of the week.
“(It came down to) what kind of options you had to participate in things, not even recreationally, just in general,” Waterville Country Club general manager Nick Pelotte said. “With all the restrictions that existed, almost anything that was indoors was not something that was happening. … People who had a lot of options and a lot of things taken from them were in search of something to do.”
It’s been two years, and the players who flocked to the course then have given no indication that they’re ready to stop. Restrictions have been eased and the…
