There was uncertainty over the club’s future when the sublease to caretakers Carl Evans and Craig Baldwin was not renewed after it expired on June 30.

The pair operated the course under Logan City Golf Club Pty Ltd for 15 years with ­Australian Golf Management leasing the council-owned land.

Last week, council approved a new sublease to Australia Golf Management’s Tim Woolbank and Tom Linskey, who also hold the head lease over the course.

“The golf course has faced a few challenges over the years between alternating floods and drought and, more lately disruption from sewer construction through a number of fairways,” Mr Woolbank said.

“When the sublease to the previous managers ended, we decided it was timely for us to take back the tiller and set a new direction for the business.”

AGMC have held the head lease since 1987 and managed the day-to-day operations for the first nine years while the course was developed from vacant land into a 27-hole championship golf course.

Both men attended last week’s Logan City Council’s City Treasury Committee to explain their vision.

Mr Woolbank said a big challenge facing the golf course was the availability of sufficient water to maintain the fairways and greens.

He said plans discussed with council included using recycled and treated sewage to water the extensive greens and plans for the Meadowbrook Masterplan to use part of the site for a residential development..

“We are also fervent believers in golf courses being integrated into the fabric of our communities,” Mr Woolbank said.

“In the long term, we are very excited about the opportunities for our golf course to be incorporated in the outcomes envisaged by the Meadowbrook Master Plan which the council has endorsed.

“We see eventually a seamless connection between surrounding residential development and high-quality community facilities integrated into the picturesque landscape of the course.

“Obviously with council as the owner of the land and our holding a long-term lease over it, it is essential that we enjoy a good relationship with Council in whatever direction the future leads,” he said.

Source: Quest community news