Over the next five years, the foundation plans to improve the 36-hole course and its clubhouse, build a driving range and chipping and putting center, and make other upgrades.
The foundation intends to hire Troon, an Arizona-based company that operates 140 municipal courses in the United States and hundreds more around the world, to handle day-to-day operations.
Under new management, the city hopes the course will start to turn a profit, which could then be reinvested into the course through capital improvements, Teeuwen said. The foundation’s proposal, which included the partnership with Troon, rose above the rest largely because of its plan to celebrate the course’s historical significance, and because of its board members’ love and passion for the course, Teeuwen said.
It hosted an array of Black golf stars over the years, including Charlie Sifford, known as the “Jackie Robinson of golf,” who once considered it his “home course” and participated in the inaugural PGA Minority Collegiate Golf Championship at Highland in 1987.
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