Golf resort owners hope for improvement in second year
By RICHARD F. BELISLE / Staff Writer, Waynesboro
The new Whitetail Golf Resort on Blairs Valley Road ended its first full season in December below the expectations of its owners.
Mike O'Keefe, borough manager for the Borough of Hummelstown, Pa., which owns the 250-acre golf course through its municipal authority, said 20,000 rounds were projected at the beginning of the golf season in the spring of 2001.
The course opened in April 2001.
The actual number of rounds played was closer to 15,000, O'Keefe said.
"We're hoping this year will be better," he said.
"No one could have anticipated Sept. 11 or the economic downturn," said Joseph Wisocki, general manager of the golf course. He said a creative marketing effort will be launched this year.
The golf course did get its liquor license after Labor Day, Wisocki said. Montgomery Township, where the course is located, is dry, so liquor outlets are banned.