A consortium that includes former Eagles quarterback Ron
Jaworski and Joe Flacco, quarterback of the Baltimore Ravens, said Wednesday
that it had purchased the Ramblewood Country Club in Mount Laurel.
Jaworski, principal of Ron Jaworski Golf Management Inc.
of Blackwood, did not say what the group paid for the 27-hole course, but said
it would invest $2 million in renovating the clubhouse and its banquet rooms,
which it has shut down. He said it expects those to reopen in April.
Also planned are improvements to drainage, irrigation,
trees, and bunkers.
The group, whose partners include Ken Kochenour and Ira
Lubert, cofounders of GF Hotels Management Inc., is buying the club from the
Goodwin family, which has owned Ramblewood for more than five decades. John
Goodwin, son of former owner Hal Goodwin, will continue as general manager. His
son, Hal, remains director of golf outing sales.
Ramblewood becomes the seventh course owned or co-owned
by Ron Jaworski Golf Management, four of which are in New Jersey. All allow
daily fee play, but also offer memberships that let members play at other
Jaworski courses.
"It's a model that works," Jaworski said. While
a surge of golf course construction in the 1990s created a glut that led to
numerous club failures, he said, the glut has flattened out, making it more
affordable for firms like his to acquire courses.
"I've had my eye on Ramblewood for six years,"
he said.
Source: Philly.com
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