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Article Courtesy of Channel
13 News Spectrum
By Asher Wildman
Published February 1, 2021
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CLERMONT — Homeowners in a Clermont community are excited to see better views
from their back yards, and are hopeful that could translate into increased
property values. The Legends Golf course closed in 2018, but now is scheduled to
reopen later this year.
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The Legends Golf
Course may not be much to look at now, but homeowner and
Home Owners Association President Patrick Maloney can see
the potential.
“We are redoing all the greens," he said, pointing at the
course. "They rebuilt the sand bunker over here.”
The HOA bought the golf course for $750,000 dollars last
summer, and now members have their eyes set to reopen the
course built inside their neighborhood.
“Maybe never get it back to what it was when it originally
opened 20 years ago," Maloney said. "We are making a
difference, we are seeing the change people see the change,
and people notice.”
In addition to putting up three quarters of a million
dollars for the course itself, the HOA is committing nearly
another $2 million dollars to get the golf course back in
playable shape. |
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A crew works to at Legends Golf Course in Clermont as
part of a $2 million plan to get the course playable again later
this year.
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“It’s just a lot of work," golf course superintendent Jay
Buccellato said. "We had to kill all the old stuff that was
here and prep it so can be retooled, reshaped, and
regressed.”
It may be hard to envision now, but on Tuesday, 40 acres of turf will be put
down all around the golf course. The hope is 12 weeks after it is placed
down, the course will become a playable once again.
At the very least, the HOA plans for it to be a property that will be well
maintained and be able to provide some revenue.
“A golf course gives us the ability to cut the grass, make it look good,
take care of all the other issues that go along with it, like the storm
water," Maloney said. "Get the golfers in here to make some money.”
Legends is making an investment for the neighborhood, and they hope it pays
off.
“We still have more work to do,” Maloney said.
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What You Need
To Know
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The Legends Golf Course in
Clermont closed in 2018
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The local homeowners
association purchased the course last summer for $750,000
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The HOA is doing a $2 milion
renovation of the course and hopes to reopen it later this year
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