SycamoreCreekGolfClub.com
Title
Sycamore Creek Golf Course
Contact
- Sycamore Creek Golf Club
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- Osage Beach Missouri
- United States 65065
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- +1.573.348.9593
Description
I became the head golf professional in January, 1999 but I have had deep ties in the course since its conception. The course was the brainchild of the Kahrs family. It is built around a world class fish hatchery that has been owned and operated by the family for over 50 years. Having this much water in close proximity does add to the excitement of the course, but also adds to its uniqueness. So much care must be taken to keep the hatchery and the course in balance, chemicals must be environmentally safe in order to ensure the life of the fish and in return we use the water from the ponds to irrigate the golf course. It is a tricky balancing act but one that the family would never trade for a single moment.
In the spring when we experience sudden showers during the day, some golfers will take refuse in the hatchery building, which is also onsite. These golfers then get the added experience of seeing the hatchery in the height of spawning season. The most talked about fish would be the paddlefish, or spoonbill. The large fish, four to five feet in length, are held in tanks in the hatchery, until time to spawn, so the golfers get to see these fish up close and personal.
In order to understand the situation better maybe I should start with a little more background information. Jim and Liz Kahrs are proud owners of the hatchery as well as the golf course. Both are unique in the fact that they are truly family owned and operated businesses. I have never met a harder working family. The three boys run the hatchery and can claim the fame of being golf course designers, their daughter runs our weekly Couples’ League, their daughter-in-law is the golf course General Manager, and as for myself the Head Golf Professional, as well as some of the pro shop staff, well we are related too. We are truly a family that never sleeps.
