Save Strathcona Golf Course

Some of the city fathers keep saying the city should not be competing and providing the same service as the private sector. All golf courses in the city that are public courses are 9 hole facilities. Only city owned Strathcona and Chapples are 18 holes. The other 18 hole courses are Whitewater and FWCC which are private and beyond the financial means of many citizens. 9 hole golf courses DO NOT provide the same level of golf experience nor service as Strathcona and Chapples. TO BE BLUNT THEY ARE NOT OF THE SAME CALIBRE AS STRATHCONA. If some city fathers do not acknowledge or understand this they are showing their complete ignorance surrounding this matter. So please stop making this case for selling. The golf community just celebrated the 90th anniversary of Strathcona; at this event in September Mayor Hobbs called Strathcona a gem and the best golf course in the city. The Strathcona Invitational has been recognized for years as the premier amateur golf event in the district. In the clubhouse at Strathcona the history of the course and the Invitational is laid out before your eyes. Great care has been taken preserving the history at Strathcona. For the mayor to even consider building condos on the property shows his lack of understanding the sense of history and significance Strathcona has played in our community for almost 100 years and can play for another hundred. Our city is better than this. Bob Cumming