Wickliffe continues to address golf cart path at Green Ridge Golf Course

Posted by Admin November 3, 2024 Golf

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Another section of the golf cart path at Green Ridge Golf Course in Wickliffe was recently completed within budget.

According to Mayor Joe Sakacs, the section was completed within his spending limit; the total for the section was $25,000.

Increasing the cart paths and their condition have been among the standout projects at the golf course, located at 29150 Ridge Road. Per previous discussions, the city has decided to complete the cart path in sections, Sakacs said.

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Another section of the golf cart path at Green Ridge Golf Course in Wickliffe was recently completed. (Marah Morrison — The News-Herald).

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In 2021, Recreation Director Tim Stopp requested Wickliffe City Council to authorize the city engineer to prepare bid specs for the cart path. Since the project will be over the $50,000 price limitation, bids were put out for the project.

Stopp said it was suggested the project will take at least two weeks and that the idea was to find the best timing so as not to have to close the course during the season or if so, to limit that as much as possible.

According to Stopp, the path will be a base and then asphalt above. The path, once complete, will be longer than the walking path at Jindra Park.

The project is being funded by the proceeds from the golf course, Stopp said.

A facelift on the inside of the clubhouse was also completed at the course. It included repainting, as well as redoing the lighting and the flooring.

“It got a fresh inside for the clubhouse,” Stopp said. “We’re doing these different projects piece by piece, trying to improve the gem that it already is.”

Prior to becoming a course in the 1920s, the nine-hole, 1,915-yard, par-32 golf course was a family farm. It was owned by Ralph Bond and Eddie Garfield, two pro golfers, before the city purchased it in 2005.

Wickliffe voters vied to keep the course a green space in 2005. Since the city purchased it, it has continued to be operated as a golf course.

During the pandemic, due to outside recreational activities being the only things happening, people were able to get a nice feel from their experiences at Green Ridge, Stopp said.

“It has its niche,” he said. “We are ahead of where we were last year. June, July and August are the money-making months. We had a good May this year and actually a good April also, so April and May are going to help with some of the profits coming this year.”

Stopp observed that the course has continued to be a spot in Wickliffe for not just seniors, but juniors and league play. The golf course still holds the distinction of being one of the oldest course in Ohio with little having been changed in the course’s layout since its inception.