Ohio's Snyder Park Faces Closure Vote

Thanks to reader Tom for Michael Cooper's sad story on the pending decision Monday to close Snyder Park Golf Course, which has seen 1.6 million rounds played in its 93-year history.

You may recall back in February things weren't looking good in large part because conditions had become less than ideal at the course, and now losing around $350,000 a year has the National Trail Parks and Recreation district voting to shutter the Jack Kidwell design.

“We’re definitely disappointed to have to see it close, if that’s the position that that board follows through with,” said city commissioner Kevin O’Neill, the liaison to NTPRD. “Until they vote on it, it’s never done until it’s done.”

National Trail’s golf operations have lost approximately $1.08 million over the last three years, including about $493,000 last year.

The closing of the Snyder Park golf course will save the financially-strapped district an estimated $357,500.
“We know that something has to be done to take care of those expenses,” O’Neill said. “It’s budgetary. We would love to have three golf courses, but it’s just not at the cards right at this minute.”