Cobbs Creek Golf Course map (from the Cobbs Creek Foundation website).
The City of Philadelphia has announced plans for revitalization of the historic Cobbs Creek Golf Course and a multi-year lease agreement with the Cobbs Creek Foundation. This public-private partnership will invest at least $65 million to restore this public golf course and the surrounding areas. Construction is scheduled to begin this spring.
The 105-year-old golf course has been closed since 2020 due to significant capital needs and safety concerns. Years of erosion and flooding from the creek washed away large sections of the greens and fairways, making the course essentially unplayable. In addition, a 2016 a fire destroyed the golf course’s historic clubhouse.
The golf course was one of the finest public golf courses in America when it opened in 1916. The Cobbs Creek Golf Course welcomed players of all ethnicities decades before other courses and the PGA allowed non-whites to play. The newly unveiled plans celebrate the golf course’s long-standing history of accessibility and inclusion for all Philadelphians.
The project will rehabilitate the severe erosion along Cobbs Creek and its tributaries, helping to erase area flooding and create a more resilient ecosystem. The plan calls for the revitalization of more than three miles of Cobbs Creek and related tributaries, as well as the restoration of natural habitats that could create up to 37 acres of wetlands.
Improved roadway and pedestrian enhancements will ensure the community has safe access to the site. Additionally, a new Cobbs Creek education and community engagement center, driving range, short course and restaurant on the Cobbs Creek campus are also planned, with an expected completion in 2023.
Finally, a 9-hole course, short course and an 18-hole championship course capable of hosting PGA Tour events are expected to open to the public in 2024.
When completed, the course will also generate sustainable tax revenue for Philadelphia through the creation of more than 150 jobs – including more than 120 jobs to support the golf course and 16 at the community and education center.
For more information on this project, visit the Cobbs Creek Foundation website.
January 24th, 2022 at 6:37 pm
What’s wrong with selling that land off to a developer and or using that 65million for low income housing? West Philly council is a joke
January 24th, 2022 at 7:06 pm
Here are a bunch of readings relevant to the possibility that We, the People might actually run our City much more directly, and with good principles: https://www.symbiosis-revolution.org/resources/
January 26th, 2022 at 3:44 pm
I wrote this for my beautiful love:
“I’ll light a candle for us all to see. It would sting if you ever lost faith in me. I’ll call the police cause it’s really a crime, the way you treat me almost half of the time. I just had garlic, onions and pate, so please don’t stand so close to me. It’s just a fun song so please don’t panic. Every single thing you do is magic. I’ll go to the store for a quart of milk. I was raised on the radio in case you didn’t know. You always liked cause I am rich and stuff. I’m like a Branch Davidian I’m pretty buff.” 🙂
January 28th, 2022 at 5:47 pm
Cobbs Creek Golf Course is going to be renovated and be like Torrey Pines Course in San Diego where the PGATOUR is playing right now as I am writing this. Not only will the PGATOUR get to play at Cobbs Creek if they have an available slot, but the PGA Seniors, Korn Ferry Tour, US Amateur and many local college golf teams will get to play on this esteemed course
Best of all, Cobbs Creek will be open to the public like Bethpage Course and Torrey Pines.
Let’s wish them the best on restoring this course to its esteemed greatness!