The 100-year-old public, not-for-profit property in Evanston, Ill. is waging a campaign to stop a new road that a developer wants to put in that would cut through the golf course, saying it would effectively create a 17-hole layout. A vote on the road proposal is scheduled for November 1 by the local water board,…
Lansing (Ill.) CC Sold to Developer
The 75-year-old club, the site of the plane crash that killed pro golfer “Champagne” Tony Lema in 1966, includes property across the state line in Munster, Ind. where an additional nine golf holes had been added to appeal to more serious golfers. The buyer plans to build an industrial park on the land in Indiana, but it’s not clear what will happen to the part of the club that is in Illinois.