December temperatures help Coyote Run break 2018 rounds number

Coyote Run Golf Course totals surpassed the previous year’s number of rounds played at the Homewood-Flossmoor Park District’s course in Flossmoor.

 

The mild temperatures in December helped bring in a total of 29,430 rounds of golf for the 2019 season, Tom Denklau, course manager, told H-F Park Board members at their Jan. 7 meeting. 

 

The yearly count was 29,363 rounds in 2018. In 2017, the course recorded 31,793 rounds. The all-time high was 32,028 recorded in 2016.

 

The numbers didn’t look good early on. Denklau said spring and summer rain spoiled golf plans on 17 weekend days. 

 

It was late December weather that brought golfers out, he said. In the last week in December, the course reported 560 players, including 175 on Dec. 26 when the area set a record high temperature of 56 degrees.

 

The conditions of the course also bring golfers to Flossmoor, Denklau said, noting: “We’ve got a good product.”

 

He suggested the board keep the summer golf rates the same as last year. These include summer rates of $28 for residents and $38 for nonresidents walking the 18-hole course Monday through Friday, and $44 for residents and $54 for nonresidents using a cart.  The weekend rate is $38 for residents and $48 for nonresidents walking, and $54 for residents and $64 for nonresidents using a cart.

 

The senior rate for those 60 and older nonresidents is $26 for walking and $37 for carts, and for residents it’s $21 walking and $32 for riding.

 

He proposes a flat rate of $30 for golfers playing between 11:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays. The time is typically a slow period. If the new rate can draw 10 players a day, the golf course revenue is expected to go up more than $21,000, the manager said.

 

Dynamic pricing, a system of online booking for play the same day, accounted for about 15 percent of course business, Denklau said.