Editor's Note: The course is currently operating as a five-hole routing with plans to close the entire course from Oct. 1, 2022 until 2027 for a dam-repair project.
Somebody should tell customers that this golf course is shutting down. Used to have 2 par 4 holes now all 3's , one green looks like someone made it with a push mower.
And, according to Pico Rivera, there’s a chance a portion of it may be gobbled up in the construction and never be returned to the city. What is known for sure is that the golf course and surrounding area will be needed as staging areas during the construction effort, Brooks O. Hubbard IV, spokesman for the Army Corps of Engineers, said in an email.
Pico Rivera’s 33-year-old, nine-hole golf course will be forced to close — at least partially for a year and then fully for another five years — as a result of planned repairs at the Whittier Narrows Dam.
And, according to Pico Rivera, there’s a chance a portion of it may be gobbled up in the construction and never be returned to the city. What is known for sure is that the golf course and surrounding area will be needed as staging areas during the construction effort, Brooks O. Hubbard IV, spokesman for the Army Corps of Engineers, said in an email.
Pico Rivera’s 33-year-old, nine-hole golf course will be forced to close — at least partially for a year and then fully for another five years — as a result of planned repairs at the Whittier Narrows Dam.