This is a view behind the 18th green at Nashua Country Club. Nashua North and South teams have found time has been limited here and at several other local courses due to the golfer overflow caused by the cloisng of Green Meadow. (Telegraph file photo by TOM KING)

NASHUA — If you’ve had problems getting a tee time around area golf courses this summer, it’s nothing compared to what the Nashua Athletic Department has been going through for its High School North and South varsity teams.

The closing of Green Meadow in Hudson due to the sale of the property by the Friel Family certainly created a demand that area courses have had trouble keeping up with.

And it’s caused a major problem for the Panther and Titans, who are struggling to find course time — anywhere.

“It has been awful,” Nashua athletic director Lisa Gingras said. “Two years ago Green Meadow kicked us out in anticipation of a sale, and we were able to get time at Amherst Country Club.”

Last year, Amherst couldn’t take the Nashua teams, but gave them time on its shorter, sister course Ponemah Green. Gingras thought time was secured last spring for this season with Ponemah, but found out over a week ago the teams couldn’t even get that.

The difference this year is that last fall Green Meadow was still accepting tee times and was open for business — until it closed in November. This golf season, that has sent golfers all over the area to play as 36 holes were no more.

Gingras, as well as North coach Steve Lane and South coach Jordan Sorracco, have been scrambling. They were able to open tryouts Monday at Overlook in Hollis, with 18 holes. Whip-Poor-Will gave the teams times for today and Wednesday, “and then it’s going to be day to day,” Gingras said. “The kids are either going to be able to get on a course or they’ll go to a driving range, etc.”

That means Gingras and the coaches will be making daily calls to local courses to see, she said. Nashua Country Club, Gingras added, “has been very generous, they’ve given us five dates over the season, and we have a few practices over there and each school is hosting a match there.

“But with all of their outings with events and members, they can’t really give us much more. So it’s just kind of a day-to-day. Fortunately, Steve Lane has a lot of connections in the area in the golf community so he’s been working some people, but it’s going to be pretty day-to-day. I feel bad for the kids.”

Gingras added Whip-Poor-Will gave North a home match on August 23, as it’s before school starts and the teams can get on the course earlier before adult leagues begin play. South was seeking a home match on Sept. 6 but that wasn’t available due to leagues as the match would have to start later in the day as school will be in session. “I’m going to look to try to move that to a day they said would be better,” Gingras said. “Later in September, when the leagues are winding down, they said they can probably get us another match. Brian (Doyle) at the Whip has been phenomenal.”

Gingras knows it’s a hard decision for the local courses and is grateful for whatever time they can give the school teams.

“From a business standpoint, I understand it,” she said. “They’re picking up 36 holes worth of daily golfers.”

Gingras said she’s told courses that for practice, the teams are willing to go late in the day, 5:30 or 6 p.m., “because even if it’s just three or four holes, that three or four holes is better than nothing.”