Residents and business owners near the Gus Wortham golf course say stray golf balls have become a major problem, hitting both cars and people. Houston officials approved buying protective netting to prevent lawsuits.
Saturday, April 25, 2026 1:25AMResidents and business owners near the Gus Wortham Golf Course in southeast Houston say stray golf balls have become a major problem, hitting both cars and people.
The course was recently renovated, and officials say that means more people are golfing and more stray balls are causing issues.
"This course was built in 1908, way before there was even cars. But the city grew up around it," Claire Bey, the Houston Golf Association President and CEO, explained. City officials just approved $400,000, and the HGA has put in $250,000 to put up new nets along Wayside Drive, hoping they will protect drivers. The nets cost a lot of money, and Bey said the steel poles were necessary to meet hurricane regulations.
"We've just put over $2 million back into the course in the last year and a half, so we would have to really budget and save up for more nets and projects," she explained, "but if anyone wants to donate nets and steel poles, we'd be open to that as well. " "Nobody is going to claim that they hit a car. I mean, I wouldn't do it!
That's just the way it is, but the net is going to help a lot," laughed golfer Bubba Wilcox.
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