{"id":1954,"date":"2016-02-04T14:03:06","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T14:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/anthonypioppi\/?p=1954"},"modified":"2016-02-04T18:57:31","modified_gmt":"2016-02-04T18:57:31","slug":"freeway-golf-course-first-african-american-owned-facility-closed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/anthonypioppi\/golf\/1954\/freeway-golf-course-first-african-american-owned-facility-closed","title":{"rendered":"Freeway Golf Course, One of few African American-Managed Facilities, Has Closed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Freeway Golf Course, in Sicklerville, N.J. is closed and the land is up for sale at $2.4 million. At least one developer is interested in turning the site into homes, according to African American Golfer&#8217;s Digest, which lists the layout as the fist African American-owned golf facility in the United States.<a href=\"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/anthonypioppi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2016\/02\/head_pic10f-1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1955\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1955\" src=\"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/anthonypioppi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2016\/02\/head_pic10f-1.jpg\" alt=\"head_pic10f-1\" width=\"300\" height=\"146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/anthonypioppi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2016\/02\/head_pic10f-1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/theaposition.com\/anthonypioppi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2016\/02\/head_pic10f-1-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theaposition.com\/anthonypioppi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2016\/02\/head_pic10f-1-768x374.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Freeway has been owned and operated by the Greater Philadelphia Golf and Country Club and headed by President Paulette Copeland-Bolton. There are more than 300 shareholders. African American Golfer&#8217;s Digest names <a href=\"http:\/\/www.africanamericangolfersdigest.com\/african-american-owned-operated-or-managed-golf-courses-in-the-u-s\/\">13 African American-owned, operated and\/or managed courses in the U.S.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe here in the local community are trying really hard to keep it as a golf course,\u201d said Keller William Realty, Broker\/Manager Jerry McCarthy who lives in the area told the publication.\u00a0 \u201cWe hope that somebody who does not know about the course being for sale will step-up and take interest in buying it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.africanamericangolfersdigest.com\/the-historic-freeway-golf-course-closed-and-up-for-sale\/\">According to the article<\/a>, McCarty has received five offers on the property, with some buyers seeking financing, grants, and other means to acquire it.<\/p>\n<p>Since opening in 1967, a number of famous African Americans have played the course, including \u00a0Jim Dent, Lee Elder, Calvin Peete, Charlie Sifford and Jim Thorpe according to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.africanamericangolfersdigest.com\/the-historic-freeway-golf-course-closed-and-up-for-sale\/\">club&#8217;s website<\/a>. Freeway also has a direct link to the PGA Tour. The inaugural Sammy Davis Jr. Open was held there, which later became the PGA Tour&#8217;s Sammy Davis Jr. Greater Hartford Open. The layout is Horace Smith design 6,536-yards.<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"post-title\"><\/h1>\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Freeway Golf Course, in Sicklerville, N.J. is closed and the land is up for sale at $2.4 million. 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