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April 24, 2015

Surviving country clubs on an upswing

  • The rate of course closings hasn't waned — about 120-130 per year — but people have started returning to country clubs that are still operating.
    • By JOHN MARSHALL
    AP Sports Writer

    MEADOW VISTA, Calif. — Once considered a jewel of Northern California, Winchester Country Club became nearly unrecognizable after the landowner was forced to foreclose the property during the economic downturn.

    During five years of bank ownership, the golf course turned brown, the native areas between the holes overgrown and unruly. Membership dwindled and the course opened for public-fee play just to keep the club afloat.


     
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