City of Cleveland brings in global golf course operator Troon to run the city-owned historic Highland Park Golf Course in Highland Hills.
CLEVELAND — As a young boy growing up, Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb took a summer job as a caddy at Beechmont Country Club in Orange, hoping to earn a little money and better learn the game of golf.
Charlie Sifford was the Jackie Robinson of golf, the first African American to earn a PGA Tour card in 1961 and the first to win a PGA Tour Event in 1967 at the Greater Hartford Open. Sifford considered the 36-hole course in Highland Hills owned by the City of Cleveland as one of his home courses. He was just part of the long history of the course that has seen the likes of Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus, and it is said the legendary comedian and lover of the game Bob Hope played his first round there. But in Greater Cleveland's Black community, it meant even more, access to the game.
In the 50s and 60s, the course was home to local Black golf leagues and hosted the PGA's Minority Collegiate Golf Championship in 1987. Tell and fellow golfer Jimmy Chandler had a front-row seat for much of that history, good and, in recent years, bad.We first met Chandler last fall when Cleveland was discussing plans to change the fortunes and future of the place, bring in a world-class operator to run the course for the city and the newly formed Highland Park Golf Foundation.
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