Van Wert, OH
On December 14th, 1961 Leland Bushong of the Logan Realty Company announced a new golf course to be built three miles south of Van Wert. After several months of investigation and research, Bushong & his associates estimated the course to be completed and ready for play by June 1963. It would be called The Edgecreek Golf Course and would be laid out on the former Stoops farm, owned by Paul Wise & Geore Moore.
Opening March 30, 2026 with early spring playing conditions. Carts will be available and cart path only play.
The sunshine has got everyone ready to tee off, and we are excited to get the course open and operating at full compacity. Hickory Sticks staff and volunteers have been hard at work preparing the golf course for opening. This week we will have over 20 staff and volunteers cleaning up the course from the wind storm. We have several trees down, branches and corn husks are everywhere, a trampoline in our irrigation pond and trash across the course. While this weekend would be a great time to open, we will not be ready after the windy setback we encountered. In addition, Wehrkamp Aeriation will be here this Saturday and Sunday completing the final step in our greens recovery plan that we started in the fall. They will be slit seeding the greens and focusing on the patch kill areas. Between Wehrkamps and our chemical representatives say they expect a full recovery.
Please be patient as we work hard to get the course open. If you are interested in volunteering in our pre-opening process please reach out to Sean Knoch, Corey Clifton, Joel Whitman or Hugh Kocab.
