Garden Golf and Sports, an entertainment complex in Montgomeryville, offers 10 heated stalls. Southampton Family Golf Center in Bucks County has 20. Schilling Golf Center in Kennett Square, owned by Phillies pitcher Curt Schilling, has an indoor, netted practice area, as well as three golf-course simulators. On Course Indoor Golf and Learning Center in Marlton has three simulators. If players grow weary of pounding balls, they can always retreat to the very unfancy lounge to scarf a hot dog, thumb through a stack of golf magazines, or relax in front of a big-screen TV for a look at ESPN's SportsCenter or whatever golf tournament happens to be on at the moment.
People are friendly.
The practice facility at TPC Sawgrass, this place is not. But when there's snow on the ground and it's colder outside than a landlord's heart, the Experienced Golf Center is often full of hard-core golf addicts from 9 a.m. till 9 p.m. weekdays and from 9 to 5 on weekends. The center is not merely an attraction for hackers. That night last week, of course, there was Reese, a regular, hitting balls. But over in the far stall there was Mike Pilewski, head pro at Eagle Lodge Country Club, as well as one of his assistant pros, John Spina.