Golf Inc. Monthly - January/February 2017

n La Purisima owners add second
property

The owners of La Purisima Golf Course in Lompoc, Calif., have acquired a second property in the community. Chris Bellamy and Sean Hecht are the new owners of Village Country Club, an 18-hole, Ted Robinson-designed track that opened

n Course sold to parks agency for
estimated $2 million

An auctioneer who purchased the Weather-wax Golf Course in Middletown, Ohio, in 2014 for $1.6 million has sold the property, which will be converted to parkland.

The nonprofit Trust for Public Land purchased the 36-hole, Arthur Hills-designed course from Myron Bowling, who earlier had acquired the money-losing property from the city. The trust then reportedly flipped the property to MetroParks of Butler County, which will maintain the land as open space.

MetroParks reportedly paid an unconfirmed $2 million for the property. The course closed in November.

n New owner, new name for
upstate N.Y. course

Kingswood Golf Club in Hudson Falls, N. Y., has a new owner and a new name.

Deric Buck reportedly paid $1.75 million for the 25-year-old venue, which will operate as Kingsbury National Golf Club.

The seller was Pinhas Shabat. During the winter, improvements will be made to the 18-hole course, which will eventually be reconfigured.

This is the first golf acquisition for Buck, who purchased the course in partnership with his mother. They also plan to buy Bay Meadows Golf Club, a nine-hole course in nearby Queensbury.

in 1961. No sale price was disclosed.

The club, which had been owned by its members, will be rebranded as Mission Club, a nod to the nearby La Purisima Mission, one of the California Missions built by Franciscan priests in the late 1700s. Mission Club will be open to the public.