For each round of golf the taxpayers of Winnebago County pay $17.00 of the cost. Aldeen is the nicest course and also has the steepest losses. Young people are simply not interested in golf as they were in the past so this situation is not expected to change.
They plan to close no courses at this time but losses continue to mount.
Does this sound familiar? We face the same situation here in Candlewick. Year after year we have substantial losses from Savannah Oaks. What can we do? Nothing. We will run the course as tightly as possible while maintaining a good golf environment and eat the losses. We are in much better shape than last year due to outsourcing course maintenance but through October we have sustained about $55,000 in losses. I know the rumor keeps floating around that we are making money at Savannah Oaks. Absolutely untrue. We are simply losing less.
Ken