Spuyten Duyval Golf Course
Spuyten Duyval Golf Course and Cottonwood Creek Golf Course will be sold December 31. When the sale is completed, 226 acres will be added to Secor Metropark. Both the purchase of the property and the subsequent restoration plan will be paid for by a $510,000 grant from the U.S. EPA as well as a $2.9 million Water Resource Restoration Sponsor Program grant from the Ohio EPA. Golf course equipment and fixtures will be sold in an online auction planned for early November.
Two Toledo, Ohio-area golf courses will close soon as they are being sold to Metroparks Toledo, The Blade reported. Owner Susan Shaneck said the Spuyten Duyval Golf Course and the Cottonwood Creek Golf Course, both adjacent to Secor Metropark, will be sold December 31. Western Reserve Land Conservancy, which is partnering with the Metroparks in the deal, has a purchase agreement in place.
Constructed in 1929, the Spuyten Duyval Golf Course is one of the oldest golf courses in the Toledo area, The Blade reported. Spuyten Duyval, a 27-hole course, will continue to operate with normal hours through Oct. 31. Cottonwood Creek, a 9-hole course and driving range, will cease operation October 12.
When the sale is completed, 226 acres will be added to Secor Metropark, expanding the park to make it the third largest Metropark in Lucas County at 836 acres, The Blade reported. Both the purchase of the property and the subsequent restoration plan will be paid for by a $510,000 grant from the U.S. EPA as well as a $2.9 million Water Resource Restoration Sponsor Program grant from the Ohio EPA, according to the land conservancy.
Shaneck told The Blade equipment and fixtures will be sold in an online auction planned for early November.
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