Sometime next year, the city of Springfield, Tennessee will seek a new operator for its 18-hole, Raymond Floyd-designed golf course.
Billy Casper Golf has managed Legacy Golf Course since 2000, most recently on a series of short-term renewals, but the city thinks it’s time to see if it can swing a better deal. “Billy Casper Golf has done a good job,” Springfield’s assistant city manager told the Tennessean last month, “but after 14 years, it will be time to put the contract out for bid again.”
BCG hasn’t yet announced whether it’ll challenge for the contract. Just weeks ago, responding to complaints about service and the condition of the clubhouse, it appointed a new general manager at the course.
“We want people to walk in and feel like we’re taking care of the place,” said Josh Geppi, who assumed his new position late last month. “We want people to take pride in the Legacy.”
BCG, which manages more than 140 U.S. golf properties, has four others in Tennessee, among them two municipal tracks in Knoxville.