Gerald Breukelman is done with one golf course and on to the next one.
The owner of Northern Lights Golf Complex said the work he’s put into that course, including double greens on every hole, is complete. So as of last month, he took over as owner of the newly named Centennial Pines Golf Course on Thompson Road. He has the equipment, the knowledge and the two courses are only five minutes away from each other.
“I figured that would be another challenge in life and it was a pretty good fit for myself,” Breukelman said Sunday afternoon standing in Centennial’s newly renovated club house.
Breukelman said golfers shouldn’t expect any major changes on the course other than maintenance on the clubhouse, a few bunkers and a water system. A vision to expand the nine-hole course to 18 might also be in the future.
“Hopefully in a year or two I can get started on it but that depends on how the golf market is in this town,” he said.
And that market isn’t growing, but Breukelman doesn’t expect it to decline either. The major challenge for him is people travelling for golf instead of playing courses in the city.
“People play just as much but they play a variety of courses,” he said.
It’s one of the reasons Breukelman is offering a dual membership for both of his courses. Until the end of the month, an $800 membership for Centennial will also include a membership for Northern Lights.
