Eagle Bend to reopen for play tomorrow

April 21, 2020

Eagle Bend Golf Course and Learning Center will reopen for public play, beginning Wednesday, April 22.  The course was closed Wednesday, March 18, when Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health prohibited public gatherings of groups of more than 10 people to assist with social distancing measures amid the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic.

Eagle Bend will open with several provisions aimed at keeping social distance guidelines followed. The guidelines are as follows:

  1. Each golfer must pay for their tee time slot in advance (credit/debit cards only) by phone no earlier than 24 hours in advance, and will be assigned a tee time on a first-call/first-serve basis. (785) 748-0600, 8 a.m.- 6 p.m. any day of the week. Tee times are being taken today for Wednesday play.
  2. After a tee time has been requested, paid and assigned, each golfer will be provided a three-digit code that will be used at check-in with golf staff outside of the west gate. A golfer will not be allowed to enter without the code assigned to them.  Golfers are asked to arrive 10-15 minutes prior to tee time.
  3. Eagle Bend will have riding carts available; however, they are limited to one rider per cart and private carts are not allowed.
  4. All buildings will remain locked, including restrooms. All practice areas will also be closed. There will be no food, beverage or merchandise available for purchase until further notice. Golfers are encouraged to bring their own water.
  5.  Eagle Bend’s maintenance staff have created “touch free” cups using foam inserts that will fill the holes. This will eliminate the need for retrieving golf balls from the hole. All rakes, ball washers, tee markers, pencils, scorecards and water coolers have been removed from the course to eliminate all contact surfaces.
  6. Tee times will be spaced in 20-minute intervals. The standard is a 10-minute interval. Golfers are expected to maintain a normal pace of play to allow proper social distancing. All golfers will be monitored by staff.
  7. There will be no refunds or rain checks.

For more information, please contact Greg Dannevik, Eagle Bend golf professional, at gdannevik@lawrenceks.org, (785) 748-0600 or Lee Ice, assistant director – recreation, at ice@lawrenceks.org, (785) 330-7357.