Golfers have a fresh -- well actually refreshed -- option in our area.
Greenfield Park Golf Course is back in the swing of things after a three-year capital improvement project. Tuesday was the official ceremony, though the course has been open for weeks already.
County workers consider this a real gem, putting it on par with some of the best around -- after $3.1 million in upgrades.
Milwaukee County Parks Golf & Recreation Turf Manager Jon Canavan says, "We actually closed the back nine down for a year. We did so much work. We moved 5 greens and re-grassed them...and put irrigation in."
Duffers and experts alike argued for change.
The old inadequacies kind of teed off people like 92-year-old Robert Leffler who argued, "They didn't maintain it. And of course the fairways were bad, and the greens were long and they didn't cut them and now they cut the fairways and you can go on and on. So I think it turned people off."
Now residents seem gratified with the county's follow-through -- reconstructing greens and fairways, as well as tee boxes and bunkers.
Golfer Ronald Smith claims, "It looks like a new course from what it did 3 years ago."
"And now the greens look like they're just in perfect condition," said golfer Dennis Gralinski, "They're really very, very nice and the whole course looks neater."
Officials argue the enhancements will also improve safety and add the courses are self-sustaining, maintained by greens fees.
