While the future of the 18-hole Stone Creek Golf Club in Urbana, Ill., which is already zoned for residential development, looks uncertain past the end of this year, Railside Golf Club in Gibson City, Ill. is discovering significant efficiencies—and added customer appeal—after downsizing to 12 holes. The vision of Atkins Group founder Clint Atkins…
Illinois Courses “Adapt or Die”
Stone Creek Golf Club in Urbana, Ill., can’t maintain its current standards without a major subsidy and the course’s future beyond 2018 is uncertain. Railside Golf Club in Gibson City, Ill., offers 12 holes of golf, and attributes its success to the course’s short layout, while Lake of the Woods in Mahomet, Ill., is reaching…