After missing a spring deadline to reopen, a city spokesperson said the popular golf course driving range will be back in business in November.

Honolulu temporarily closed the municipal driving range at Ala Wai Golf Course at the end of January to embark on a renovation that would revitalize its field and upgrade its irrigation system. At the time, the projected reopening date was sometime in the spring.

Spring came and went, followed by summer, and the range remained closed. Now it’s fall.

“I guess it’s under maintenance,” golfer Jordan White, 28, said. “But it’s been for a while.”

White hasn’t been to Ala Wai Golf Course’s driving range, but not for a lack of trying.

Speaking at the Newtown Driving Range in ʻAiea last week, White said he had intended to hit some balls at Ala Wai Gol

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