Troon to operate Highland Park Golf Course

Troon announced it has been selected to operate Highland Park Golf Course, a 36-hole facility in Highland Hills, Ohio, in the suburbs of Cleveland. Indigo Sports will oversee golf operations and food and beverage operations for the golf facility and the Highland Park Golf Foundation.

The Highland Park Golf Foundation is leading the revitalization, operations and management of Highland Park for the City of Cleveland.

“We are thrilled with the team that has come together to preserve and improve this historic gem,” Cleveland Mayor Justin M. Bibb said. "Highland is the first place I played golf as a young man, and I am confident that Highland Park Golf Foundation’s passion for the course coupled with Troon’s expertise will result in an elevated golf experience that is affordable and accessible."

Highland Park Golf Course was designed by Sandy Alves and opened in the late 1920s with the Blue Course and the Red Course. Both courses have bentgrass greens and bluegrass fairways.

In the 1950s and ’60s, the course was home to local Black golf leagues and hosted the inaugural PGA Minority Collegiate Golf Championship in 1987. The Cleveland Open was held at Highland Park Golf Course in the mid-1960s and saw players like Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Tony Lema. Cleveland native Bob Hope first played golf here and is one of Charlie Sifford’s home courses.

Troon and its family brands, operates 140 municipal courses throughout the U.S., and is operating under a similar nonprofit management model with the National Links Trust in Washington D.C. and three public golf courses – East Potomac, Langston and Rock Creek.

Other Troon-managed facilities in Ohio include Briardale Greens in Euclid, the Raintree Golf & Event Center in Green and the six courses owned by the City of Cincinnati.