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…

“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.”