Turning aside pleas from dozens of residents, the Wichita Park Board voted late Friday to close L.W. Clapp Golf Course in south Wichita at the end of the peak golf season Sept. 30.
But the closure passed with a stipulation that no land will be sold for development until a master plan can be prepared for the site, which could take the next year.
And some board members held out hope that Clapp could still be saved, if Wichita’s golf community rallies around the course and stanches course losses between now and the end of the summer. The 4-3 vote came after nearly four hours of meetings and two unsuccessful attempts at a vote to close the course.
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