Just days before Christmas, Tom Day signed on as the new owner of Elks Country Club in West Lafayette, Indiana. The property will henceforth be known as West Lafayette Golf & Country Club, a name that echoes the one it was born with, West Lafayette Country Club.
Day, a long-time club member, didn’t disclose the purchase price. However, he told the Lafayette Journal & Courier that he plans to create a “family-oriented” club with golf, swimming, and tennis options. “I believe the community needs something like this,” he said.
The club says that its 6,256-yard course was designed by Bill Diddel and opened in 1930. Other sources say the track was designed by Pete Dye and opened in 1940.