The management company, under the leadership of Kevin McCarthy, will operate the Orono, Maine golf course and has absorbed its tax debt of $227,358 from the previous owner, Harris Golf Inc. in a debt-to-equity swap. McCarthy previously bought Old Marsh Country Club in Wells, Maine and Bath (Maine) Golf Club, both of which were owned and…
Sunday River GC to Stay Open Under New Management
A judge’s ruling will allow creditor Newry Holdings to operate the Newry, Maine facility until an ownership dispute with course developer Harris Golf is resolved.
Harris Golf Donates Equipment to Troops
The Bath, Maine-based golf course operator sent four full sets of clubs, nine custom-made flags and pins, and more than 700 new balls to the 133rd Engineer Battalion at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan. The company also created “Task Force Black Bear Pass,” a program in which a person can purchase a golf pass to one of its four golf courses and Harris Golf will in turn donate a pass to a service member.
Bangor, Maine to Study Leasing of Its Municipal Golf Course
The City Council has started a feasibility study on turning the property over to a private operator. A readership poll in the local newspaper showed a small majority in favor of the idea.
Harris Golf Acquires Wilson Lake CC
Harris Golf, the Bath, Maine-based course developer and club operator, has acquired Wilson Lake Country Club in Wilton, thereby rescuing another classic-but-distressed Maine golf club from the uncertainties of receivership. The Board of Directors at Wilson Lake Country Club had for several years faced the prospect of dwindling revenues and growing debt. The recent financial…