Residents to volunteer to reopen golf course?

A group of frustrated Matanzas Woods-area residents have formed a committee to figure out what to do about the abandoned golf course they say is denting property values, and they’re determined to do something even if it means picking up yard tools and cleaning up the weedy mess themselves.

The Matanzas Woods Golf Course, closed since 2007, is owned by The Golf Group of Palm Coast.

The Golf Group bought the course several years ago, along with the Pine Lakes Golf Course and the Cypress Knoll Golf Course.

Most of these people, they bought into the community for one reason only: it was a golf course community with a golf course nearby.” City Manager Jim Landon said the city’s code enforcement employees have spoken with The Golf Group, and that they have been “very cooperative.” Similarly, he said, the city can ask the Golf Group to mow the grass on the course when it’s not rainy season, and too wet to mow but it can’t require the Golf Group to keep the grass at golf course height.

“Bringing back the golf course is the only answer to bringing back the golf course community.”