The land includes the golf course clubhouse as well as three homes.
STOCKTON, Calif. — The San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors is considering turning the shuttered Oakmoore Golf Course in Stockton into a safe camping site for the unhoused.
Supervisors recently approved a notice of intention to purchase two parcels of land, totaling 67.25 acres, located at 3737 and 3801 N. Wilson Way. The land, which is owned by Gurpartap Singh of Oakmoore Properties, includes the golf course clubhouse as well as three homes.
Supervisors have not yet decided on a use for the property. However, they are planning to discuss a short-term plan and a long-term plan for the property, which involves safe camping.
Safe camping provides a dedicated space for unhoused individuals to live in tents, provided by the county, on a short-term basis.
The Oakmoore Golf Course is located at 3737 N. Wilson Way in Stockton on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. (Photo: Clifford Oto/Stockton Record)
The 2024 Point-in-Time Count reported a total of 4,732 people experiencing homelessness in San Joaquin County, compared to 2,319 in 2022 and 2,629 in 2019.
The county’s short-term plan is to use a small portion of the property — about three acres — for a safe camping site. The long-term plan includes the possibility of moving the community development, environmental health, and public works departments to the site.
District 2 Supervisor Paul Canepa said the county had been looking for a property for safe camping, and he expressed excitement over the golf course.
If the plans are approved by the board, supportive services will be in place at the camping site, along with rules and regulations to keep the area clean and free of drugs and crime, according to county officials.
“It’s an absolute home run,” Canepa said before the Nov. 12 vote on the property.
District 3 Supervisor Tom Patti commended the board for its willingness to partner with cities to find solutions to homelessness, but also for “really doing more than what a lot of counties are doing.”
The county has set a price limit of $9.6 million. The board is set to make a decision on the purchase at its Dec. 10 meeting.
Record reporter Hannah Workman covers news in Stockton and San Joaquin County. She can be reached at hworkman@recordnet.com or on Twitter @byhannahworkman.
It appeared the island would lose its only golf course this summer when Deer Run Golf Course — a 9-hole course that opened in 1970 — started showing signs of neglect. Maintenance equipment sat idol and the fairways became overrun fields.
Just when it appeared like the course might be lost, local businessman Keith Mann stepped in with a group of volunteers. While Mann worked behind the scenes to get the financial piece on order, he worked with the previous owner to start grooming the property, allowing golfers to enjoy the course. Since the course didn’t have any paid staff, those who played the par-36 track were asked to pay greens fees via Venmo.
But this month, according to a story at the Door County Pulse, Mann finally gained full control of the golf course, clubhouse, a restaurant, a motel and a strip of land along the road that hadn’t previously been tied to the course.
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“It all belongs to me now, headaches and all,” Mann joked on Oct. 17.
The purchase of the land along Main Road should allow for better visibility and a possible entrance drive from what indeed serves as the main road for residents and visitors, Mann said.
Mann was optimistic about the future of the scenic little nine-hole course. He said he has a good mechanic for the course’s equipment, and he received an educational visit from Horseshoe Bay superintendent Brian Ferrie and experts from a regional course-maintenance and chemical company, Reinders. Ferrie provided Mann with some guidance on improving course conditions and Reinders’ experts are working up a plan too.
“They’re going to help me through this process,” said Mann, adding that he has a lot to learn about best practices for turf management and pest control.
He foresees several projects in addition to day-to-day maintenance, such as tree-trimming and possibly replacing a liner that helps keep water in the pond bordering the first and ninth holes. The pond is important for the course because Mann uses it to retain water used for irrigation.
Due to unseasonably warm weather, Mann has kept the course open deep into October and also plans to re-open the restaurant soon, according to the Pulse. Also, he has taken the name off the course and is taking submissions for new names.
It’s all been part of the process of taking over the property.
“New names and logos are coming in every day,” he told the Pulse. “We already have got some good ideas. The goal is to be more island-relevant.”
Mann requested submissions by Nov. 15 to kwmann7355@yahoo.com. He and some family members will choose the winners by Nov. 30, and a $100 gift card will go to the person who comes up with the chosen name. Another will go to the logo creator.
The course once hosted the state’s highest tournament, the PGA Indiana Open Championship.
CAMBY, Indiana — When Kari Mann sits on her porch in the evening, looking out at the golf course that sits across the street, she finds a sense of peace. Over the course of an hour, only one or two cars passes by.
The golf course, The Links at Heartland Crossing, has long drawn families like Mann’s to the Heartland Crossing neighborhood, a massive 2,500-home development that took shape almost three decades ago. Many kids who live in Heartland Crossing received their first paychecks from part-time work at the golf course, and the Mooresville high school golf team practices on the green.
But a petition to rezone the golf course to residential use could soon change the neighborhood dramatically.
Heartland Crossing sits 16 miles southwest of downtown Indianapolis in Camby, Indiana, a town at the intersection of Marion, Morgan and Hendricks counties. The community is separated into roughly a dozen subsections, with each area home to different style of residences, from starter homes to ranch-style senior living houses. Construction on the newest section finished earlier this year.
In recent years, uncertainty has lingered over the future of the golf course, as numerous developers have approached the current owner, Ron Overton, seeing a large piece of land ripe for development. Overton, 72, bought the golf course in 2018 after a career in manufacturing. It’s the only golf course he owns.
Over the past three years, none of the offers to buy the course materialized into solid enough plans to reach the Morgan County Advisory Plan Commission, which must approve any potential rezoning.
Then in June, Indianapolis-based Gradison Land Development submitted a proposal to rezone the land for residential use before they would buy the land for redevelopment. It’s the first time a rezoning petition for the land was submitted to the county.
Heartland Crossing residents quickly banded together against the petition.
Their top concerns include the density of the proposed development. In a rough plan submitted to the county and provided to Heartland Crossing residents, developers envision building 600 homes on the 200-acre golf course.
On the street where Mann lives, roughly five houses would occupy the same space as Mann’s property on the opposite side, according to the proposal.
“We can’t be complacent,” Mann said. “This is not how it should be done.”
The Links at the Heartland Crossing golf course. (Courtesy photo)
Should development replace green space?
The possibility of rezoning the land has ignited a longstanding debate between developers and homeowners near potential redevelopment: Should residential development replace a neighborhood’s existing green space?
Heartland Crossing resident Brian Wiser said the nearby homeowners recognize the need for growth in Morgan County, particularly along the corridor along Indiana State Road 67. But, Wiser said, the group questioning the golf course sale wants more thought put into how dense any development there should be.
“We aren’t an anti-growth community. We are a controlled growth community,” Wiser said. “It’s not just about saving a golf course. It’s about not losing green space and not overdoing density.”
Gradison Land Development did not respond to messages requesting comment.
The rezoning petition will go before the commission on Sept. 9, after multiple continuances pushed it back from a July meeting. Residents say they are prepared to show up to fight the rezoning.
Overton told IndyStar he would consider selling for redevelopment if a developer receives the proper approval from Morgan County, even if that means the golf course goes with it.
“It’s up to the zoning board,” Overton said. “Someone’s going to look at it and say, ‘What’s the best use of this property.'”
Morgan County Plan Commission officials did not respond to IndyStar requests for comment.
Golf course represents a costly business
The Links at Heartland Crossing opened in 1998 and were designed by Steve Smyers, a well-known golf architect who also designed the former Wolf Run Golf Course in Zionsville. Developers attempted to convert that golf course into residential homes in 2017, but the town of Zionsville rejected the plan, electing to preserve the open space that would later become the Carpenter Nature Preserve.
During the late 1990s and early 2000s, there was a boom in new golf courses around Indiana, with many of those courses built adjacent to residential communities similar to The Links, said Mike David, executive director of the state’s golf association, Indiana Golf.
The Links became known for its course difficulty and layout, David said, drawing in competitive golfers from around the city and once hosting the state’s highest tournament, the PGA Indiana Open Championship.
Due to an abundant supply of golf courses and a lower demand to play, Indiana golfers lost several courses in the early 2000s, David said, but a resurgence of golf during the pandemic brought an increased demand for the sport, as people sought out safe, distanced sports to play.
Still, even with the resurgence of golf during the COVID-19 pandemic, the cost of keeping up a golf course has increased markedly.
Overton said he routinely golfed at The Links once or twice a week when the previous owners approached him in 2018 and asked if he was interested in purchasing the business. The condition of the course was deteriorating, he said, and he agreed to buy the business, thinking he could turn the course around. However, the cost of upkeep proved more costly than he had realized.
He estimates it costs $600,000 annually just to maintain the grounds of Heartland Crossing, and the total cost of operations comes in at nearly $1 million. Overton declined to say how much he bought the course for in 2018.
Around 2021, three years after he acquired the property, Overton said he began receiving unsolicited offers from developers.
Spanning 200 acres, The Links is larger in size than the average 18-hole golf course, which covers roughly 150 acres, Overton said. Due to its large size, it would be possible to develop houses around the green, while keeping the course open. A development company approached Overton with a plan to do so, but the proposal fell through due to rising interest rates and inflation before it got very far.
During that same time period, Overton attempted to find another buyer who would buy the land and maintain the golf course to no avail. Under the current petition, the golf course would be completely bulldozed to make room for houses.
Overton said he understands why homeowners are upset about the possibility of losing the golf course. But regardless of the outcome of next month’s rezoning petition, he is looking to sell the property.
“It’s a business with very thin margins,” Overton said. “At times it’s a fun business, but as a business owner you are trying to be profitable and hire people in the community. That’s just the reality.”
Alysa Guffey covers commercial real estate and growth and development for IndyStar. Contact her at amguffey@gannett.com or on Twitter/X: @AlysaGuffeyNews.
A developer may finally get a shot at putting houses on a course in the Detroit metro area.
A developer may finally get a shot at putting houses on the Cattails Golf Club course in Lyon Township in the Detroit metro area.
The township board, in a 6-0 vote Monday night, approved a preliminary site plan for Cattails Cove, a 127-home development on the 160-acre golf course property located south of 9 Mile Road and east of Griswold. Trustee Kristofer Enlow was absent.
The development has just five fewer homes than a plan the planning commission recommended denying in a 4-2 vote in May.
However, 127 is the exact number of homes Cattails Golf Club owner Tony Moscone anticipated might be allowed on the property one day, and is the number of units for which he has been paying into the sewer assessment district for the past 16 years.
“They never defaulted on that property,” Treasurer Patty Carcone noted. “He held up his bargain and I am going to hold up my bargain. It’s a beautiful project if you look at it.”
Trustee Sean O’Neil agreed the developers did a great job and would offer potential home buyers beautiful views. Trustee Lise Blades also said she believed the township had made a commitment with the property.
(Photo: Susan Bromley)
“It would be unfair this number of years later if we said it should be a different density,” Blades said. “The township should uphold their part of the bargain.”
She also commended Moscone and attorney Alan Greene, on behalf of developer Troutwell Limited Partnership, for working with the neighbors.
The development entranceway has been moved 133 feet to the west in the plan, and lots abutting existing neighbors have been moved in an effort to alleviate some previously cited issues.
Greene noted the developer met with the Road Commission for Oakland County and assured the board they would do whatever was deemed necessary for traffic.
“The Road Commission didn’t identify anything of great concern,” Greene said. “They will tell us what we need to do to make it safe and where the paving goes.”
Greene said he had not seen another development with the amount of open space preserved in the Cattails Cove development, which will provide the majority of homes expansive views of wetlands, creeks and forest. The developers plan to preserve golf cart paths where possible.
According to the Cattails Golf Club website, the 18-hole championship course designed by PGA Professional John R. Williams opened in 1991 and “embodies the natural beauty of the South Lyon area.”
This is the second preliminary site plan approved for a housing development on a Lyon Township golf course within a year. Last fall, the township board approved Settler’s Ridge, which will put 289 homes on the Coyote Golf Club course. The Free Press in 2022 ranked Coyote among metro Detroit’s top 10 public golf courses.
Contact reporter Susan Bromley at sbromley@hometownlife.com or 517-281-2412.
If everything goes through as planned, the course will be closed for over a year and then will reopen in the spring of 2026.
While A.W. Tillinghast is most famous for courses like Winged Foot and Baltusrol, the legendary designer also carved out a number of municipal courses that have had a tremendous impact on the golf world.
Among those is Swope Memorial, a course in the Kansas City chain that opened in 1919 and was touched up by Tillinghast again in 1934.
But the course sees considerable play and is showing its age. According to a story in the Kansas City Star, the course is cracking and city administrators know this to be the case.
“The bunkers have seen better days, the irrigation system is antiquated,” said Douglas Schroeder, director of golf services for Kansas City Parks & Recreation. “The cart paths are made of asphalt, and most don’t allow for proper drainage. The greens are being invaded by poa annua, which is a bluegrass that can’t survive in the heat.”
“One thing led to another,” Schroeder continued, “and finally it was like, It’s time. This is a prized asset of the parks department, and we need to spend some money to get it back to the gold standard it should be.”
That’s why the city’s parks department will take a proposal to the city council seeking $7 million to renovate the classic course and give it a new spin. If everything goes through as planned, the course will be closed for more than a year and will reopen in the spring of 2026. The city has hired CE Golf Design, which is based in Kansas City and led by Todd Clark, to oversee the project.
“I really think it’s something that will benefit the city greatly,” Schroeder told the Star. “For local golfers, but also for tourism. This will be a course people will want to visit.”
Proximity to the ocean and climate change might be too much for this once-proud club to overcome.
Alnmouth Village Golf Club has long entranced visitors with its collection of holes nestling up against the North Sea. The club, which sits about 30 miles north of Newcastle-on-Tyne on the northeastern portion of England, was established in 1869, making it the oldest nine-hole links in England.
Designed by 1874 Open Championship Mungo Park, who was also the club’s first greenskeeper, the course has views of Alnmouth Bay and Coquet Island.
Unfortunately, the proximity to the ocean and climate change might be too much for this once-proud club to overcome.
According to a story by the BBC, large sections of turf have started to fall into the sea, and many of the club’s members are starting to worry this problem might be insurmountable.
Fears as coastal erosion caused sections of a historic golf course to fall into the sea. The 150 year old Alnmouth Village Golf Club was affected by spring tides. More 1830 BBC Look North. pic.twitter.com/T3LoYKklsL
In fact, the club’s secretary, Ian Simpson, told the news station, “We will eventually lose the golf course if nothing is done.”
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Treasurer John Graham, who has been a member of the club for 65 years, said: “We had a big problem in the early 1960s near the boathouse. The sea got in and it destroyed about 15 yards.
“There was more trouble in the 1990s, but we had some pipes buried and we had marram grass planted and that stabilised that area.
“But where the problem is now – what we call link end – we’ve never had an issue there before.”
Councillor Gordon Castle said the situation is “very concerning.”
“I’ve contacted the cabinet member for the environment at Northumberland County Council to see if it is possible that money allocated for coastal erosion could be used to protect this spot,” he said.
“It is worth noting that there has been many changes to the coast over the years, and not all of it can be prevented.”
“All of that area is going to be affected in the next 10 years by climate change.”
Parts of Peter Hansen’s favorite golf course were underwater. Again.
As the Pineapple Express storm swept across Ventura County Sunday, the bus driver from Camarillo drove by the 92-year-old course he described as good for morale because of its shorter, more forgiving holes. Already frustrated the city-owned Ventura track had been closed for more than a year because of damage from 2023 storms, Hansen saw the water and worried he might never tee up there again.
“I said: ‘This isn’t good,’” he recalled thinking.
The course’s future remains at least partly cloudy, but if it doesn’t reopen it won’t be because of the storm unleashed by an atmospheric river.
City officials said the course sustained only about $16,000 of damage, relative pennies compared to the $10 million or more estimated price of repairing destruction incurred by tons of sediment and mud that covered the course after the Santa Clara River flooded it on Jan. 9, 2023.
This time around, sand traps filled with water. Ducks swam in temporary lakes. A tree was lost and a piece of irrigation control equipment was damaged.
“It was pretty minor,” said Stacey Zarazua, the city’s parks and recreation director.
The course opened in 1932 and has built a loyal following, in part because its shorter length acts like balm on golfers’ egos. Its long-term future continues to hinge largely on funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and finding ways to reduce the chance of future flooding.
But city officials said parts of the course could possibly reopen in a short-term fix aimed at regaining some of the revenue lost during the long closure.
It’s not clear exactly when such a reopening could come but the course could be ready for it fairly quickly, said Deputy City Manager Brad “Brick” Conners.
“We think we can do at least nine holes,” he said. The final call on a temporary, partial reopening would come from the City Council, as will the key decisions on repairs and the course’s future.
“The potential exists,” Conners said of a full opening. “There are a variety of things that have to happen.”
Work crews use dump trucks top to remove mounds of dirt at the Buenaventura Golf Course on Friday, July 7, 2023. JUAN CARLO/THE STAR
‘Like the hand of God’
In January 2023, massive rain turned the course into a giant lake, also flooding the snack bar and pro shop. After the water drained, fairways, greens and sand traps were cloaked in thick, suffocating coats of mud and silt.
The sediment was removed and much of the grass survived, sparking hopes the course could survive and reopen. Barriers remain.
This file photo shows how Buenaventura Golf Course looked after it was flooded in January 2023. The Ventura course’s future remains uncertain.
Virtually all of the dozens of sand traps on the course were destroyed in the flood. Two greens also need to be rebuilt in expensive projects that involve irrigation issues and drainage repairs.
“It looks like the hand of God came in and swept them away,” Ventura Mayor Joe Schroeder said of the damaged putting surfaces. “There’s a hole where the green used to be.”
Buenaventura Golf Course in Ventura survived the Pineapple Express storm with minor scars as shown in this photo on Wednesday. Its future remains unclear but could include partial reopening. (Photo: Tom Kisken/VC Star)
The course is located in a floodplain. Conners said the city is in discussions about possible mitigation plans that would help flood-proof the course. Those changes could include some alterations to the layout and would be limited to the course and not the Santa Clara River. The mitigation would need review from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
The city gained approval for funding from FEMA but the exact level of reimbursement remains unknown, Conners said. The city’s insurance carrier also needs to validate the funding claim to open the FEMA pipeline.
Big decisions coming
Schroeder said he has been told FEMA will cover 75% of the costs and 15% or more will be covered by other sources, leaving the balance for the city to pay.
He cited the 80,000 rounds of golf once played at Buenaventura yearly in voicing support for the reopening if the FEMA reimbursement money materializes. The opening could come in stages, growing from 9 holes to 12 holes to the full 18, he said.
But the mayor also said mitigation is needed to protect the course from future flooding.
“If we can do that … I’m open to investing in the course,” he said.
City Council Member Liz Campos said she’ll need to see an exact plan before revealing how she’ll vote. But she also thinks the course and other city sites fronting the ocean or river need to be pushed back at least a quarter mile to reduce the chance of future storms creating deja vu.
“All of that area is going to be affected in the next 10 years by climate change,” she said, suggesting the risks of damage will grow.
Hansen, the golfer from Camarillo, drives by the site often. He emails city leaders and others for status updates. The fairways looked so good before the recent storm that he had difficulty understanding why the course hadn’t reopened.
He remains hopeful.
“That’s my favorite course and I can’t wait for it to happen,” he said of the opening.
Tom Kisken covers health care and other news for the Ventura County Star. Reach him at tom.kisken@vcstar.com or 805-437-0255.
The Appleton House is a nearly 7,000-square-foot mansion that once housed former James Bond actor Roger Moore.
Looking for a place to enjoy a cocktail shaken not stirred after a relaxing round on an English golf course that famed broadcaster Henry Longhurst once called one of the most scenic in Europe?
Look no further than Appleton House, a nearly 7,000-square-foot mansion that once housed former James Bond actor Roger Moore.
The property, located in the Stinchcombe area of the Cotswolds just under three hours west of London, is currently available for $2.284 million.
The home sits on Stinchcombe Hills Golf Club, which had its original nine open in 1889 with an additional nine opened in 1906. The course was redesigned in 1922 by Fred Hawtree with more tweaks
Appleton is extremely well presented, having been previously extended and more recently refurbished. The accommodation is arranged over two floors and benefits from both an imposing, formal layout ideal for entertaining, yet to the rear of the property lies a more homely arrangement of rooms ideal for family living with an exceptional orangery and raised terrace overlooking the garden and grounds where you can take in the stunning views beyond.
Upstairs is ample accommodation with three large bedroom suites; the principal suite sits in the centre of the house with a walk-through dressing room. There are three further double bedrooms with a family bathroom and a separate shower room. If ancillary accommodation is required, the house has been designed to separate the southern wing to create a one-bedroom annexe split over two floors.
Appleton House has six bedrooms, five bathrooms and a large additional building, all standing on 2.8 acres of land, including mature woodland.
Moore, who lived in the home in the 1960s, is best remembered for playing James Bond in seven films from 1973 to 1985, beginning with Live and Let Die and ending with A View to A Kill.
Moore’s relaxed style and sense of whimsy, which relied heavily on the arched eyebrow, seemed a commentary on the essential ridiculousness of the Bond films, in which the handsome British secret agent was as adept at mixing martinis and bedding beautiful women as he was at disposing of supervillains trying to take over the world.
Moore began his acting career at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, where he studied alongside future Bond co-star Lois Maxwell, who would go on to originate the role of Miss Moneypenny, secretary to Bond’s boss M, the head of MI6.
The Club at Pasadera was purchased from a group of local investors by Concert Golf Partners. The Jack Nicklaus-designed track is a 6,673-yard, par-71 golf course, which carries a 73.7 course rating and a slope of 143.
“The Club at Pasadera is one of the underrated gems of California golf,” said Nantz. “The club and course are absolutely spectacular.”
(Photo courtesy Concert Golf Partners)
This marks the first California purchase for the Florida-based Concert Golf Partners, which now owns 33 properties, including The Club at Longview in Charlotte, N.C.; The Club at Renaissance in Ft. Myers, Florida; White Manor Country Club in Philadelphia; and The Muttontown Club on Long Island, N.Y.
“We’re thrilled to welcome The Club at Pasadera, a perfectly crafted golf course and premier club located in one of golf’s elite global destinations, into the Concert Golf family,” said Concert Golf Partners Senior Vice President Jordan Peace. “Our commitment to safeguarding the rich heritage of this club aligns seamlessly with our overarching mission.”
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The Club at Pasadera golf course and country club is the centerpiece of the 565-acre, 250-home Pasadera Community. It opened in 2000 at a cost of $42 million, and was bought 10 years later by HNA Group, a Chinese conglomerate, for about $7.5 million after the original owners, Pasadera Country Club, LLC., filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It had been in discussions with the Trump Organization about a possible sale, though the deal fell through in December 2008 over loan conditions and the threat of lawsuits. In late 2018, a group of local investors purchased Nicklaus Club Monterey for about $3.2 million and renamed it The Club at Pasadera.
Hodson lives on hole No. 7 and plays the course regularly. She knew the course’s previous owner was getting interest from developers.
When Shari Hodson heard The Lakes Golf and Country Club in Boiling Spring Lakes was going on the market, she worried about its future.
Hodson lives on hole No. 7 and plays the course regularly. She knew the course’s previous owner, Steve White, was getting interest mainly from housing developers.
“We wanted to save the golf course,” she said.
That’s when she and three other people got together and purchased it. The deal closed in November 2021, and since that time, the group has been focused on making improvements.
One of the first things they plan to do is build a new clubhouse. Currently, they are operating out of the front of the former clubhouse building. From the road, it looks like business as usual, but a walk behind the building reveals how badly the facility was damaged by Hurricane Florence. The clubhouse used to have a restaurant and bar, and now all that remains is a pile of rubble.
Shari Hodson, one of the new owners of The Lakes Golf and Country Club, shows where the new clubhouse will be, overlooking the 18th green, on Thursday, March 9, 2023. (Renee Spencer/StarNews)
The new clubhouse will be located across the street, overlooking the 18th green. Hodson said the facility will be 6,600 sq. ft. and include a prep kitchen and grill area, a bar with tables, and an outdoor patio. It will also feature security cameras and restrooms with electronic locks, which will allow players to access those facilities even after the clubhouse is closed.
Hodson said cart barns will be located on each side of the new clubhouse.
“The nice thing is they won’t have to cross South Shore Drive,” she said. “Sometimes that can be hectic.”
With all permits in hand, Hodson hopes construction on the new clubhouse will begin soon, but she said getting workers is now the issue. The project is about six months behind schedule. However, she hopes the first phase, surveying and installing the silt fencing, will happen in the next few weeks.
While the group has been making plans, they have also been making repairs, replacing sections of the cart path that washed away during Hurricane Florence. Hodson also noted the fairways “got clobbered” with the course losing about 1,000 trees. Despite the damages, she said the course was only closed for a couple of months.
“All of the members came with chainsaws and helped clear the trees,” she said.
She said the community’s support is what helped the course open so soon after the storm, and she believes that community spirit and the amount of local investment make the course an economic driver for the community.
After the clubhouse is completed, Hodson said they want to build a driving range. Even with the improvements, she said they plan to remain true to previous owner Steve White’s mission of keeping golf accessible and affordable for those in the community.
“We just want to make sure the course is still here for people to enjoy,” she said.
