Rumors are heating up that there are multiple tire-kickers to buy the club. It's been extremely quiet but wondering what if anything y'all have heard.

Calling CTBruin

Calling CTBruin

Come in CTBruin

Really? Tommy just bought it and has done some good things out there, the course condition is just getting back to where it should always be. If true i guess Tommy just bought it to flip it.

I don't think Tommy had plans to sell this soon.....

MrGolfguy said:

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Really? Tommy just bought it and has done some good things out there, the course condition is just getting back to where it should always be. If true i guess Tommy just bought it to flip it.

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Even if he did, he's damn near performed a miracle getting the course to where it is right now. Gonna cost a lot of $$ to get the clubhouse up to Country Club size and quality with today's building costs. Probably in the neighborhood of $2-4mm.

Bear Doc said:

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I have always maintained that it would be great if ClubCorp would come in and buy it, especially now with it being in much better condition. A combo Baylor Club/Bear Ridge membership... yes please!

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I would be very happy about that

I also hear the rumors.

The previous owner just gave up, quit spending money on it - not watering, maintaining bunkers, etc.

Maybe a deal was done this afternoon?

Weston Rogers said:

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MrGolfguy said:

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The previous owner just gave up, quit spending money on it - not watering, maintaining bunkers, etc.

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Now we need a group to come in and put him out of his misery with Lake Waco... That property could actually be a great little country club especially with all the growth out towards CS.

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Yes Please!!

Heard this morning that a "deal" was done. No details

Who was the low-life owner before Tommy?

BellCountyBear said:

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Who was the low-life owner before Tommy?

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Baylor Letterman, US gold medal winning Olympian that thought he knew how to run game.

Weston Rogers said:

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MrGolfguy said:

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The previous owner just gave up, quit spending money on it - not watering, maintaining bunkers, etc.

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Now we need a group to come in and put him out of his misery with Lake Waco... That property could actually be a great little country club especially with all the growth out towards CS.

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This. Tired of looking at a cow track in the summer when they stop maintaining the course in the summer.

trey3216 said:

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BellCountyBear said:

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Who was the low-life owner before Tommy?

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Baylor Letterman, US gold medal winning Olympian that thought he knew how to run game.

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Bob went to the University of Illinois-Urbana, not Baylor. He did win two Olympic gold medals in the pole vault with a steel pole.(1952,1956). No other vaulter ever won two. He hates fiberglass poles and thinks all records with fiberglass are illegitimate.

The man is 95 years old and probably hasn't seen those golf courses in years. His sons ran them, He paid a million a piece for them and I wonder why. He had never spent a dime on them since.

Stranger said:

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trey3216 said:

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BellCountyBear said:

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Who was the low-life owner before Tommy?

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Baylor Letterman, US gold medal winning Olympian that thought he knew how to run game.

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Bob went to the University of Illinois-Urbana, not Baylor. He did win two Olympic gold medals in the pole vault with a steel pole.(1953,1956). No other vaulter ever won two. He hates fiberglass poles and thinks all records with fiberglass are illegitimate.

The man is 95 years old and probably hasn't seen those golf courses in years. His sons ran them, He paid a million a piece for them and I wonder why. He had never spent a dime on them since.

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my bad on the Baylor ref, I thought I had seen he went here for some reason. But I wasn't wrong otherwise.

trey3216 said:

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Stranger said:

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trey3216 said:

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BellCountyBear said:

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Who was the low-life owner before Tommy?

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Baylor Letterman, US gold medal winning Olympian that thought he knew how to run game.

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Bob went to the University of Illinois-Urbana, not Baylor. He did win two Olympic gold medals in the pole vault with a steel pole.(1953,1956). No other vaulter ever won two. He hates fiberglass poles and thinks all records with fiberglass are illegitimate.

The man is 95 years old and probably hasn't seen those golf courses in years. His sons ran them, He paid a million a piece for them and I wonder why. He had never spent a dime on them since.

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my bad on the Baylor ref, I thought I had seen he went here for some reason. But I wasn't wrong otherwise.

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Maybe it's because he's lived in Woodway for thirty or forty years.

and had sons and grandsons who were on the the Baylor track team

toughbear said:

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and had sons and grandsons who were on the the Baylor track team

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correct

One of my friends thinks the City of Waco is buying the course.

Old300Bear said:

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One of my friends thinks the City of Waco is buying the course.

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While that might benefit golfers ( in terms of stability) , wouldn't taxpayers be bearing the high costs of water to keep it going? I love the game, and believe that Cottonwood already offers Waco citizens a great muni course, but the costs of ownership seem to be getting "higher by the gallon."

Bexar Pitts said:

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Old300Bear said:

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One of my friends thinks the City of Waco is buying the course.

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While that might benefit golfers ( in terms of stability) , wouldn't taxpayers be bearing the high costs of water to keep it going? I love the game, and believe that Cottonwood already offers Waco citizens a great muni course, but the costs of ownership seem to be getting "higher by the gallon."

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Bear Ridge is in much better shape than Cottonwood.

Old300Bear said:

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One of my friends thinks the City of Waco is buying the course.

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I'd love another muni course. Although I was under the impression that the current owner was tying to gain more membership. Seems if city is buying it, he hasn't had buy in from those in the surrounding neighborhood.

Bexar Pitts said:

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Old300Bear said:

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One of my friends thinks the City of Waco is buying the course.

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While that might benefit golfers ( in terms of stability) , wouldn't taxpayers be bearing the high costs of water to keep it going? I love the game, and believe that Cottonwood already offers Waco citizens a great muni course, but the costs of ownership seem to be getting "higher by the gallon."

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Don't know for sure, but I'd be shocked if cottonwood wasn't turning a profit. And it's an above average muni course that is way overcrowded.

trey3216 said:

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Bexar Pitts said:

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Old300Bear said:

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One of my friends thinks the City of Waco is buying the course.

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While that might benefit golfers ( in terms of stability) , wouldn't taxpayers be bearing the high costs of water to keep it going? I love the game, and believe that Cottonwood already offers Waco citizens a great muni course, but the costs of ownership seem to be getting "higher by the gallon."

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Bear Ridge is in much better shape than Cottonwood.

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Does that mean that the City isn't taking care of it's sole muni course? I haven't played in years, and truly don't know the conditions of either one..I do remember years ago the owners/operators of the Lake were complaining to the City Council about having to pay high water costs while Cottonwood was subsidized by the City.

baylrballa said:

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Bexar Pitts said:

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Old300Bear said:

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One of my friends thinks the City of Waco is buying the course.

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While that might benefit golfers ( in terms of stability) , wouldn't taxpayers be bearing the high costs of water to keep it going? I love the game, and believe that Cottonwood already offers Waco citizens a great muni course, but the costs of ownership seem to be getting "higher by the gallon."

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Don't know for sure, but I'd be shocked if cottonwood wasn't turning a profit. And it's an above average muni course that is way overcrowded.

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Haven't played in many moons, but the last time I played Cottonwood it was indeed in great shape..You could tell water wasn't an issue for them.

Cottonwood suffered significant damage during the freeze.

The City is doing their job IMO

CTbruin said:

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Cottonwood suffered significant damage during the freeze.

The City is doing their job IMO

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I can imagine the damage done to all the courses during the big freeze. Had to be hard on almost everything outside. I do think the City has a definite asset in Cottonwood.

CTbruin said:

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Cottonwood suffered significant damage during the freeze.

The City is doing their job IMO

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City is doing their job, but their greenskeeper dropped the ball big time during the freeze and the greens got massacred.

I'm not sure what the greens keeper could have done to fight hard freeze.