A Lawrence executive par-three golf course on Bob Billings Parkway is for sale.
Ed White, the current owner of the nine-hole Orchards Golf Course at 3000 Bob Billings Parkway, said a conservation easement is on the property, so a new owner would need to either operate the land as a golf course or maintain it as green space.
Carter Goldsberry, golf course broker for eGolfBrokerage.com, confirmed that the course with its clubhouse and equipment is for sale but would not disclose the asking price.
Comments
CWGOKU 10 months, 2 weeks ago
I played there all the time when I was in school. Nice little course. More fun than going to class and I had the grades to prove that.
beatnik 10 months, 2 weeks ago
how do you sell something if you don't disclose the price
BostonJayhawk88 10 months, 2 weeks ago
If you are in the market I bet you could get them to disclose the asking price to you.
JackMcKee 10 months, 2 weeks ago
A conservation easement? That's some funny stuff right there. That's also the worst golf course I've ever played. It needs a windmill on 18. A free game to anyone that sinks the putt!!!!! What would possess anyone to buy that goat pasture? I'd be shocked if it operates in the black.
It might be worth something if you could develop it, which would also be funny considering the houses that line that course. "Mom, someone has a huge bulldozer out and they're digging huge holes on the golf course"
Maybe they can find a flaw in the easement. That would be the only way I'd buy that place.
MarcoPogo 10 months, 2 weeks ago
" It needs a windmill on 18. A free game to anyone that sinks the putt!!!!"
You sound like you're disparaging Cool Crest, and that, my friend, may get you a well deserved thumping.
JackMcKee 10 months, 2 weeks ago
I suppose you could also use it as a "green space" for a paintball range.
MarcoPogo 10 months, 2 weeks ago
"last time I looked it was an 9 hole par 3."
That sounds like an inappropriate personal problem.
JackMcKee 10 months, 2 weeks ago
That's right, so put the windmill on 9.
The reason I suggested looking for a flaw in the easement was to defeat it. I think that would would be pretty funny, actually. Most of those homes don't belong on a golf course in the first place.
JackMcKee 10 months, 2 weeks ago
Go take a spin around Alavamar, Falcon Ridge or any other decent golf course in America and you'll undertand.
JackMcKee 10 months, 1 week ago
At least they can afford to paint and maintain their homes, for the most part.
jesse499 10 months, 1 week ago
Sounds like one of those oldtime country club guys that thinks he better then everyone else AKA (M- S--- D---- S----)
jesse499 10 months, 1 week ago
Sounds like one one those oldtime coutry club guys that thinks he's a little better then everyone else AKA ( m- s--- d---- s----)
JackMcKee 10 months, 1 week ago
Hey, take it easy here, people. I would never belong to any club that would have me as a member. And I hate broken windows, so I wouldn't bother to live on a golf course.
kueddie 9 months, 3 weeks ago
It appears Jack that you at sometime where not allowed back on the course and this is your venting. So vent away! Based upon your previous blogs I am totally surprised you even knew how to spell Conservation Easement much less than know what it is.
oneeye_wilbur 10 months, 2 weeks ago
No smart developers or they would get majority ownership of the condos to the east and have thegolfcourse as an amenity. And turn that condo complexinto a retirement community w/golf course andublic pays to play. oR. turn. Thecourseinto a putt putt. Now we will find thatthecity will buy theproperty.
MarcoPogo 10 months, 2 weeks ago
Quit posting while driving.
kufan1146 10 months, 2 weeks ago
You all really shouldn't rip on Orchards so much. No, it's not the nicest golf course in the world. It isn't perfect and it could use some work.
But it's not expensive and it's a great way to learn how to play. I wouldn't be playing golf occasionally now if it weren't for the $10 it costs to play Orchards - I can actually afford that, in comparison to the $50+ of other courses.
KRichards 10 months, 1 week ago
Great point! Apparently it is too hard for Jack's pee sized brain to understand that not only millionaires can play golf and live on a golf course.
JackMcKee 10 months, 1 week ago
If you think that's a golf course you don't have any business commenting on anyone else's intelligence.
pills4profit 10 months, 1 week ago
FYI, you can play Alvamar for $20-25 with a cart right now (18 holes, not 9). And I am pretty sure Eagle Bend is just as cheap. Also, if your looking for an inexpensive way to play golf in surrounding areas check out the website golfnow.com
KRichards 10 months, 1 week ago
$25 is the cheapest and that is after noon. It is $30 very early in the morning and $35 during prime times.
JackMcKee 10 months, 1 week ago
That's a much better deal than the Orchards goat farm. Whatever they're charging is too much.
JackMcKee 10 months, 1 week ago
Orchards is a pitiful golf course. If it qualifies as a golf course, the field behind my house is St. Andrews. Every time I play that course my game actually gets worse. If you learn on Orchards, you're learning something, but it's not golf.
oneeye_wilbur 10 months, 1 week ago
Turn it into a putt putt open until 10 pm at nite
oneeye_wilbur 10 months, 1 week ago
you are so observant, that you have not observed wilbur owns no rentals..hahaha..you are so dumb, dumb enough to buy the Orchards. If Jack McKee is correct and it can be bought for only $50,000 that is a bargain for the West Meadow condo owners. But I am guessing that since the city let the adjacent home owners pay for an easement, then the city will end up buying the place as another addition to Parks and Recs or maybe this is going to be what the Fritzels buy and "give back to the Community" or better yet, Bishop Seabury buys it,takes it off the tax rolls and your taxes go up more as more property is eliminated from the tax rolls.
It will in time become property of the City of Lawrence or a not for profit.
JackMcKee 10 months, 1 week ago
Actually a putt-putt would fit in much better in that neighborhood. It's the student ghetto West.
JackMcKee 10 months, 1 week ago
My guess is you can have the place for $50,000. Maybe all you Orchards fans should pool your money and buy it. Then you can have your own private little piece of golf course nirvana.
Here are some other ideas for the property:
-turn it into a petting zoo.
-Putt-Putt or Cool Crest (as previously mentioned).
-Paintball battle zone
-Community garden
-Outdoor fitness club
-Amateur rocketry testing area
-Urban assault police training facility
-movie set
Please send my cut to JackMcKee c/o LJW Online.
thanks.
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