GRANDVIEW GOLF HOW TO

Running a family golf course takes time and money.

Maybe something happened in later seasons, but without talking with those who played and worked there, it’s tough to say what went wrong to the point where they went out of business. The restaurant was a place of fine dining back in the early 2000s. Reviews over the years of the facility are mixed. The silence of the entire area makes one wish they could come up with the winning lotto ticket to claim ownership and restart the golf course as it was, but that is unlikely. Lot 10 is home of the clubhouse, restaurant, and pool areas. The course now is broken up into 15 parcels of land, ready for development. As of this writing, I have not had a chance to talk with longtime superintendent Tom Fritz, but after a good beginning last fall with a fine tournament effort on the links, as well as some fine dining, I thought, in the restaurant there, it seemed like Grandview was off to a solid year. No Trespassing signs warn visitors of being prosecuted, and it is almost possible to hear shrill clanks of drives of aluminum clubs striking the ball off on its merry adventure of the 18 holes of the club. Today the course lies completely inactive with empty buildings an empty parking an empty pool area and an empty restaurant. Heading toward Middlefield on 608, it immediately brought to attention the certain special traits Grandview presented on its very first hole, a short par 3 which bordered the edge of the roadway. If you were in your car heading to the Middlefield Cheese Factory, you had to be alert crossing the Baltimore and Ohio railroad tracks for golf balls coming your way at a high rate of speed.Īt the same time, and something that was in the minds of a lot of golfers over the years on the course designed by Hugh Johnson in 1929, a golfers mind had to be focused on hitting your tee shot straight, because if you sliced one to the right off the tee, it was literally possible to scare a motorist to death.

GRANDVIEW GOLF HOW TO

I wasn’t sure how to get there, but as I learned after graduation, when I had to pay to play, I realized golf could be something to keep going with. I first became acquainted with Grandview while in high school in Chardon.Īs a member of the Chardon’s class of 1966, my senior season saw my first limited varsity golf action at Grandview. It’s assets were auctioned off on May 21. With the closing of Grandview Golf Club, writer Rich Kelly reminisces about the golf course.

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