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GolfClubAtlas.com => Golf Course Architecture Discussion Group => Topic started by: Steve_ Shaffer on October 16, 2018, 09:19:28 PM

Title: Golf & Bowling together? Royal Oaks CC ( Forse) in Lebanon, PA
Post by: Steve_ Shaffer on October 16, 2018, 09:19:28 PM

Opponents of a plan to add a bowling alley to a central Pennsylvania golf course have rolled a strike with Commonwealth Court.
In an opinion by Senior Judge Dan Pellegrini, the state court overturned a ruling by a Lebanon County judge that backed the proposal to move the Cedar Lanes Bowling Alley to the Royal Oaks Golf Club.
https://www.pennlive.com/news/2018/10/pa_court_torpedoes_plan_to_mov.html (https://www.pennlive.com/news/2018/10/pa_court_torpedoes_plan_to_mov.html)https://www.golfatroyaloaks.com/golf-course/course-infomation (https://www.golfatroyaloaks.com/golf-course/course-infomation)

Title: Re: Golf & Bowling together? Royal Oaks CC ( Forse) in Lebanon, PA
Post by: Tim Leahy on October 17, 2018, 01:47:23 AM

Most bowling takes place at night. So it may make use of the parking lot when it may be empty. But in todays economy they couldnt find a vacated retail space for the bowling alley?

Title: Re: Golf & Bowling together? Royal Oaks CC ( Forse) in Lebanon, PA
Post by: Jon Wiggett on October 17, 2018, 04:07:21 PM

And here was me thinking Crown Green  :-\

Title: Re: Golf & Bowling together? Royal Oaks CC ( Forse) in Lebanon, PA
Post by: Steve_ Shaffer on October 17, 2018, 10:16:10 PM

Courtesy off Joe Bausch's collection:


http://myphillygolf.com/uploads/bausch/RoyalOaks/index.html

Title: Re: Golf & Bowling together? Royal Oaks CC ( Forse) in Lebanon, PA
Post by: Steve_ Shaffer on October 17, 2018, 11:43:12 PM

Good article by Larry Hirsh on the " highest and best use" for golf course properties specifically citing this topic:


To achieve long term economic stability golf courses need to consider the concept of highest and best use.  If that use can include continued operation of the golf course everyone wins.  If the golf course becomes another housing development, who knows?




https://golfprop.com/blog/local-politics-and-golf-course-longevity/ (https://golfprop.com/blog/local-politics-and-golf-course-longevity/)

Title: Re: Golf & Bowling together? Royal Oaks CC ( Forse) in Lebanon, PA
Post by: Rich Goodale on October 19, 2018, 09:25:33 AM

When I was growing up in the 60's Wee Burn CC had a couple of bowling lanes and Winchester CC had a crown bowling space as well as a curling rink (both of the latter are now gone....).  Weston CC still has a couple of bowling lanes, as far as I know.