Birdie Ball

Petersburg Parks and Rec. held the second night of Birdie Ball Golf in the community gym on Monday. There are four or five hitting pads for golfers and each round golfers hit 10 birdie balls at targets placed down court. Once all the players have hit their birdie balls, they are retrieved and another round begins. Parks and Rec director Donnie Hayes says the activity was designed years ago by a professional golfer after he got tired of practicing his game with inadequate plastic wiffle balls. The birdie balls strongly resemble napkin holders, but have the same weight and fly like a real golf b...