After multi-million-dollar renovations, the historic Keney Golf Course outperformed financial projections in the first year since the makeovers, city officials reported, but Goodwin Golf Course remained $200,000 in the red, as was expected. Both courses fell short on projected rounds, but city officials were buoyed by strong reviews for Keney that they think could make it a regional destination, and also expect more improvements that are planned for Goodwin to bolster its appeal and operating efficiency.

Through a unique partnership between the city of Hartford, Conn., the Connecticut Section PGA and a local non-profit, the course that once saw 90,000 annual rounds and was the third-most active in the U.S., only to dip to 10,000 rounds in 2014, is now seeing a comeback that includes training ex-offenders for maintenance duties.