The City Of Flint, Michigan announced this week that it will close three municipal golf courses through June in order to save money, the Flint Journal reported.
The city will close Kearsley Lake Golf Course, Pierce Park, and executive course, and the 9-hole Mott Park for an indefinite period, but to open no sooner than the end of June. It will keep one course open – the 27-hole Swartz Creek Golf Course.
The city is facing a projected $8 million deficit at the end of the fiscal year, and city officials have said the golf courses have been in the red for at least the past several years.
Some say the golf courses are a potential money-maker, while others say the city shouldn’t be in the golf business.
