Very cool. BRL, I appreciate your taking the time to ask your friend and his consulting his grounds people - very nice of you. And nice of him.
I figure it should take 5 acres for the driving range, and over the last few years I've been putting together other plans of how to make it a fun, useful place to make progress with your golf game. The thing I always notice about ranges is how beat up the tee box area is (and I'm one of the culprits, usually).
Thanks for all the info, BRL and Paul!!
Jeff