More than $2 million will be spent to improve Lincoln golf courses in the 2025-26 fiscal year. The Capital Improvements Projects are designed to make enhancements at municipal golf courses identified within the CIP 10 Year Plan.
Funds for CIP projects come from surcharge fees added to the price of golf at all courses. For the 2025-2026 fiscal year, a total of $2.25 will be added to the fees at 18-hole courses, and $1.25 added to the fee at the nine-hole course.
Wade Foreman, Lincoln City Golf Coordinator, says a $400,000 cart path project at Pioneers Golf Course is expected to begin in late October. A $1.9 million irrigation project at Holmes Park Golf Course is underway and expected to be completed spring 2026.
Foreman said the Holmes course irrigation system is 40 years old, and the tile pipe is at least 10 years overdue for replacement. The new system will use high-density polyethylene pipe, which is expected to last 60 years.
“Completing two major improvement projects will set up the courses for long term success,” Foreman says. Lincoln City Golf operates five municipal golf courses including four 18-hole courses and one nine-hole course.
The four 18-hole courses are Highlands Golf Course, Holmes Park Golf Course, Mahoney Golf Course and Pioneers Golf Course. The Jim Ager Golf Course is a nine-hole, par three.
