LINCOLN, Nebraska – Landscapes Golf Management has been selected to manage Wild Ridge and Mill Run golf courses at the Wild Ridge Golf and Event Center in Eau Claire, Wisc.
The engagement was awarded based on Landscapes Golf Management’s stellar record of producing healthy business returns for similar courses nationwide.
Primed to advance Wild Ridge and Mill Run’s status as the area’s premier public golf and event venue, Landscapes Golf Management is focused on enhancing service levels, programming and turf conditions alongside modern-day marketing, including new golfer loyalty programs.
“In light of the retirement of our general manager and food-and-beverage manager, our RFP Review Committee embarked on a nationwide search for a third-party operator to help us build on our success the past two decades,” said Darin McFadden, President of the Wild Ridge Golf and Event Center ownership group. “Landscapes Golf Management delved deep into our business needs and presents the most promising opportunity to achieve our objectives and elevate our business to new heights.”
“We are primed to hit the ground running,” said Tom Everett, President of Landscapes Golf Management. “Our primary objective is to show the community the utmost in golf course, event and overall social and recreational enjoyment while serving as a business driver for Wild Ridge Event Center ownership.”
An 18-hole, links-style layout that provides the only true championship golf experience in Western Wisconsin’s Chippewa Valley, Wild Ridge presents five sets of tees from 5,200 to 7,000-plus yards. Golfers are wowed by spectacular views, dramatic elevation changes, incredible sunsets from the clubhouse overlooking the back nine and abundant wildlife, including deer, turkeys and eagles.
Mill Run has been a favorite for golfers of every age and ability for more than 35 years. Built in a quiet, park-like setting, the layout is rife with strategically placed bunkers and hazards, and subtly breaking greens to challenge better players and provide reprieves for others. Golfers love the walkability from 4,750 to 6,100 yards, getting in their required exercise time and again.
Wild Ridge and Mill Run boast one of the Chippewa Valley’s only full-length natural grass tee practice range with nine target greens, two practice greens and a chipping green with sand bunker. PGA instructors are known throughout the community to rapidly help improve their students’ games.
Banquet facilities include a ballroom with indoor seating for up to 300 guests and floor-to-ceiling windows with breathtaking views of the golf course, an event patio also overlooking the course and an outdoor site specifically for weddings and other ceremonies. The range of catering includes menus from casual to exquisite, and almost every other accoutrement imaginable makes weddings, business meetings and special occasions memories for a lifetime.