Chicopee golf instructor confused

Jeff Frasier, director of instruction at the Chicopee Woods Golf Course on Atlanta Highway in Gainesville, is on his way out after more than a decade on the job.

The trouble at Chicopee sparked fears that the course would be unable to pay off debt on capital improvements, potentially leaving taxpayers on the hook for these costs.

In 2013, Hall County agreed to back more than $3 million in bonds on capital improvements at the golf course, with the debt to be paid off with course revenues.

“My business is and always has been my business,” Frasier said, adding that he also sells tens of thousands of dollars in pro shop equipment annually, revenues that go directly to the course’s coffers.

Frasier said he doesn’t know whether his ouster is tied to Arendt, but said he never moved to Hall County from Athens because he never felt the full support of top course officials.