Tall Timbers Golf Club is hosting one last blowout before the course shuts down forever this winter.
The official last day of play for the public will be Saturday, Dec. 1, said Clayton and Brent Lindberg, brothers whose parents founded the course in 1980.
“It’s not an easy decision,” said Clayton, but for financial reasons, the family decided to shut down the course and sell of the eight major estate properties that make it up.
“We’ve had a very good run, and done extremely well,” he said, noting that the family built the course up with very little in the way of money.
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The course, on 56th Avenue east of 232nd Street, was built by Wayne and Marlene Lindberg in 1979 and opened as a nine-hole course in 1980, before expanding to 18 holes a few years later.
Marlene was a driving force in the management of the club, Clayton said.
The course operated ever since, but earlier this year the Lindbergs announced the 70-acre site was being put up for sale.
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So far, a number of the eight lots, those along the western side of the course, have been sold.
The lots are not expected to be subdivided, as all the lots are inside the Agricultural Land Reserve.
“They’re going to be estate homes,” Clayton said. The purchasers are talking about creating riding rings and stables, possibly a vineyard.
But before the course is closed, the owners are planning one last sendoff for their players.
On Thursday, Nov. 29, all tee times will be free.
Then on the following Saturday, Dec. 1, the course will hold a shotgun start from 10 a.m.
Players that day can pay $20 and for a day of golf and a banquet that will include a slideshow of the course’s history.
Brent was anticipating a bigger crowd for the Saturday event.
“It depends on the weather,” said Clayton. “Bring your boots, cause it’s probably going to be mucky.”
Although only some of the lots that make up the course have been sold so far, the Lindbergs expect they will all be sold eventually.
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