After what’s been described as a “disastrous” and “devastating” golf season, the city of Edina, Minnesota may consider closing or privatizing one or both of its golf courses.
The city’s Braemar Golf Course consists of a 27-hole regulation complex and two nine-hole executive-length tracks, one of them operated as Fred Richards Golf Course. Through the end of September, according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune, net earnings at the courses were down by roughly $325,000 from the same time in 2012.
As a result, according to the city’s director of parks and recreation, golf operations will be examined “to make sure we’re doing the best we can to operate as efficiently as possible.”
The Fred Richards course, which caters mostly to seniors and beginners, will be scrutinized most closely and may be on the chopping block. The city hopes to make some decisions about its golf operation early next year.
