Bolado Park Golf Club’s president recently sent a letter to members saying it would take a “miracle” to save the financially troubled course, according to the letter submitted to the Free Lance on Friday.
The letter dated Nov. 8 cites a membership decline in telling members they would need to “create a miracle” to save the golf course.
The document mentions an immediate debt of $40,000 while the club president, Ed Barrios, writes that he hopes sending the letter to local media outlets may create awareness and help to save the course.
Bolado Park Golf Club last came public with its serious financial troubles in late 2010, when club leaders previously talked of a possible closure before finding the money to stay open.
Barrios’ letter acknowledges how golf courses throughout the state are closing or “barely hanging on” – due to declining interest – and says Bolado Park Golf Course is at that “crossroad” now.
The 33rd Agricultural District of the state owns the land on which the golf course is built and leases it to the club.
Look back for more. Read the letter at left.
