The Hamlet Willow Creek and Hamlet Wind Watch Golf & Country Clubs have been purchased from the Holiday Organization by Dallas-based ClubCorp, according to a Newsday report.
The acquisition also includes the private Hamlet Golf & Country Club in Commack. ClubCorp, which operates more than 150 private golf and country clubs primarily in the South and Midwest, has designed a multi-million-dollar renovation and improvement plan for the three facilities.
Most importantly for fans of Willow Creek in Mount Sinai and Wind Watch in Hauppauge, the courses will (supposedly) remain open to the public.
Mark Burnett, the executive vice president of the golf and country club division for ClubCorp, did not disclose the purchase price or other financial details of the acquisition.
With the exception of a few changes in upper management, the general operations and employees of the golf courses will be unaffected, Burnett said. The Hamlet club will also remain a private club, and the Willow Creek and Wind Watch clubs will retain their semiprivate status. -- Lisa Du, Newsday, 6/8/2011
Newsday revealed late last month that ClubCorp applied to sell alcohol at the three Long Island clubs, likely a precursor to a future purchase. Now that the acquisition is complete, ClubCorp's improvement plan will reportedly focus primarily on the courses themselves at Wind Watch and Willow Creek.
For more on the picturesque and extremely hazardous (think lots of sand and water) Hamlet courses, check out the Wind Watch and Willow Creek flyovers.
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