The club’s course-and-grounds staff will still maintain the tees, fairways and greens of the golf course, but the rough and grassy areas near the 327-acre property’s border will now be left for the animals to maintain, in a move that is designed to cut costs while “turning back the clock.” Westport (N.Y.) Country Club has…
New Owners Will Reopen, Not Sell, Westport (N.Y.) CC
“We have lots of hope and see lots of potential,” said one member of the family that bought the 116-year-old property on Lake Champlain. “Positive energy is the word we like to use.”
Court Orders Bankruptcy Sale of Westport (N.Y.) CC
A bankruptcy court conveyed ownership of the club to Consolidated Mortgages LLC, a company owned by Robert Hall and Leslie Hall-Butzer, the brother and sister of club operator John Hall, for $60,000. The new owners will take on $160,000 owed in delinquent taxes, and plan to renovate the facility over the winter and reopen in spring 2017.