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CourseCo and city staff report improved finances, capital plans for municipal golf course
Summary
City staff and CourseCo reported that municipal golf operations have stabilized since CourseCo began managing the course in 2016, with fiscal-year 2026 revenues projected at about $5.2 million, a $1.67 million capital program this year and a projected operating shortfall offset by reserve funds.
Tina Nelson, the Parks and Recreation business manager, and CourseCo Chief Operating Officer Tom Bugby briefed the Parks and Recreation Commission on Sept. 24 on the Santa Barbara Municipal Golf Course’s operations, finances and capital plan.
Nelson summarized the course’s history and the 2016 transition to CourseCo management. She said the golf enterprise operates as a self-sustaining fund: revenues generated by golf pay for staffing, maintenance, capital improvements and reserves, and the course does not receive general-fund subsidies for operations. Nelson provided fiscal-year 2026 figures the staff prepared: total operating revenue projected at about $5,200,000 (comprised of golf fees and charges as the largest share at approximately $4,800,000, interest income and restaurant concession receipts),…
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