An advisory committee discussed the future of the Golf Course during the spring (Dartmouth News) and in the end it recommended keeping the course open and building a new clubhouse on Lyme Road, an idea that has been around for several years (Valley News, committee page with report).

The new clubhouse would have a much more varied program than the old one. From the report:

We have looked at preliminary architectural plans for that space that include four classrooms potentially for OSHER, the usual golf-related amenities, a restaurant for golfers, Pine Park users and faculty, staff, and students on the north end of campus, as well as a large multi-purpose space that could be used for weddings, receptions, and College events.

(“Osher” is the former ILEAD.)

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if Randall Mudge designed a companion to the Rugby Clubhouse on the other side of Lyme Road?