Minor league baseball teams for years showed great ingenuity in an effort to draw fans to the ballpark.
The Portland Sea Dogs, the Double-A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox, is using golf to lure people through the gates at Hadlock Field in Portland, Maine.
They’re not the first pro baseball team to do this, but there is no baseball being played these days because of the global coronavirus pandemic, so why not, right?
The Sea Dogs’ stadium will have nine holes, with golfers teeing off from nine different platforms at the skybox level.
The longest hole will measure 160 yards and golfers can only use 7, 8 and 9-irons and wedges. So no, you will not be allowed to attempt a “home run” with your driver. But you will be allowed two shots per hole.
The cost is $30 per player, who will also get some freebies: a Sea Dogs golf towel and three Sea Dogs logo golf balls.
Social-distance measures will apply so there will only be nine golfers allowed on the course/field at a time. The event runs four days, July 9-12.
