E-mail: spencer@smunet.net

SPENCER MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSE

General Information
Golf Course Board of Trustees

GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENT
Brian Mohr
CLUB HOUSE MANAGER

1320 4th Ave. SW - Spencer, IA 51301 - Phone: 712/580-7280

PAR for the COURSE!
Looking for some r&r? Don't putter around the house! Get out of the sandpit and convince a driver to cart you to the nearest fairway if you're hungry for some fun! Maybe a par of you could enjoy some tee fore two, as long as there isn't a hole in one of the cups! The greens may not be very tasty, but the birdies are worth the view (just don't club an eagle, it's illegal!) If someone flags you down, it's probably a golf employee offering you a cool drink with a wedge of lemon. It's just "par for the course!"

GENERAL INFORMATION

Spencer Golf dates back to 1904 or earlier, when a handful of young men marked off a course in the area where the gates of the Clay County Fair now stand. The course consisted of tin cans buried in the ground for cups, and was in a pasture area with sheep doing the mowing. Players would use the sheep as a lie (point of reference) after hitting their ball, and would sometimes lose it after the sheep moved on! This "Kil-Care Golf Club" was used more or less for four years. Spencer golfers found plenty of support in 1919 when they proposed a golf and country club as a recreational center, which eventually resulted in the incorporation of Spencer Golf and Country Club in June, 1919. A horse-drawn lawn mower was shipped to Spencer from an eastern factory for lawn care.

Grandview Golf Course, located on Highway 71 on 4th Ave. S.W., opened in 1974 using temporary greens. Grass greens were completed for the 1965 season. On February 17, 1975, a petition of approximately 700 signatures was submitted to the Spencer City Council requesting the consideration to purchase or build a Municipal Golf Course. The petition included interest in approximately 177 memberships for various season passes. In 1976, the City purchased the Grandview Golf Course, and it was renamed Spencer Municipal Golf Course. The course was initially operated under the Park Board, until the first Golf Course Board was formed in November, 1984. The course has grown considerably over the years with a membership of approximately 375 season passes, with 23,000 golfers signing in annually.

The Spencer Municipal Golf Course was under construction to add another 9 holes in the fall of 1999. Hopefully the course will open sometime in August of 2000.

For information on Season passes, Green fees, etc., call City Hall 580-7200 or during the season call Spencer Municipal Golf Course at 580-7280.

City of Spencer
418 2nd Avenue West
Spencer, IA 51301
712/580-7200
E-mail: spencer@smunet.net