City Golf Announces Fifth Consecutive Year of Increased Play Released: December 10, 2024 Course profits increase by 40% in 2024 Lincoln Parks and Recreation today announced that patronage of City golf courses has increased for the fifth consecutive fiscal year, which officials said helped generate a 40% increase in profit compared to 2023. Lincoln City [...]
Lincoln Parks and Recreation today announced that patronage of City golf courses has increased for the fourth consecutive fiscal year. Lincoln golfers played 220,117 rounds in 2023, an increase of 5.6% from 2022, which is the highest number of golf rounds for Lincoln City Golf since 1999. “It is awesome to see so many golfers [...]
Congratulations to the winners of the 85th Men's City Championship Tournament winners! Friday's inclement weather canceled the play at Pioneers Golf Course. The tournament did start on Saturday at Highlands and wrapped up the tournament by Sunday afternoon at Holmes. Saturday, July 8th, 2023: Highlands Golf Course Sunday, July 9th, 2023: Holmes Golf Course Regular [...]
Congratulations to Mary Hoelscher! Mary has retired after 27 years working with the City of Lincoln and most recently as an Equipment Operator at Holmes Golf Course. The Lincoln City Golf and the City of Lincoln congratulate her and wish her the best as she enjoys a well-deserved retirement. We hope to see you on the [...]
When thinking about the Lincoln’s leisure life and one would unknowingly think of the projects that Clancy Woolman has supported during his lifetime: new park areas like the Hamann Rose Garden, Veterans Memorial Gardens and Sunken Gardens renovation; youth programs at recreation centers; and programs within the five Lincoln City Golf Courses. Clarence (Clancy) E. [...]
You may see some major changes to the canopy at some of our courses. Contractors started the first phase of ash trees on the Holmes Golf Course the week of April 15, 2019. This first phase will remove 37 trees, approximately half the ash trees in need of removal at Holmes. The removal is a [...]
U-Stop Convenience Stores of Lincoln presented the Lincoln Parks Foundation with a check for $10,000 as part of its $40,000 commitment to the Junior Golf Program at Ager Golf and Learning Center. The U-Stop sponsorship will provide for new equipment, instructional tools and additional staff to support the increased demand from young people wanting to [...]
There's a science behind managing the grass at golf courses, especially the greens. As we transition from summer to fall and eventually winter, the time period to plant cool-season grass is shortening. Bill Kreuser, an assistant professor and extension turfgrass specialist at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, wrote this brief article that describes different grasses and [...]
Ager has taught and evolved junior golfers in Lincoln for 50 years now. One of those former junior golfers, Jay Tussing, worked his way up from Ager maintenance staff in the 1970s to Superintendent at the course. He is now Superintendent at Mahoney, but he still remembers the history of the course that was so [...]
By Casey Crittenden CGCS, Lincoln Parks and Recreation Golf Course Maintenance Coordinator Hello everyone, Holmes and Pioneer golf courses have joined the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary for golf courses. Some of you may know of the Audubon Cooperative programs for home owners and businesses but did you know there is ACSP for golf courses? [...]
