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Irving Golf Club completes cart-path replacement ahead of schedule, staff outlines future improvements
Summary
Parks and Recreation staff reported that Irving Golf Club’s cart-path replacement—about 17,500 linear feet—finished ahead of schedule and under budget, and described additional plans for range leveling, shade structures and clubhouse upgrades.
Irving — Irving Parks and Recreation officials told the City Council during a May 4 work session that a recent cart-path replacement at Irving Golf Club finished ahead of schedule and slightly under budget, and staff outlined smaller follow-on fixes for the driving range and clubhouse.
The city project replaced more than 17,000 linear feet of cart paths—roughly 3.3 miles—using steel-reinforced materials, with construction that began in August 2024 and finished in April 2025. City staff said the work had been budgeted at about $1.8 million and finished “just over $1.7 million.”
“The company did a great job on getting the project done on time, ahead of schedule and under budget,” said Joe Moses, Parks and Recreation (first reference: Joe Moses, Parks and Recreation), who presented the update. City slides included before-and-after photos showing fewer rough areas and expanded passing and parking space along the paths.
Moses and other presenters said Irving Golf Club now hosts more than 40,000 rounds annually since reopening after a 2019 renovation, and that food-and-beverage revenue increases have returned the facility to profitability.
Staff listed additional improvements they plan to pursue: leveling sunken areas in the driving-range hitting area, installing shade structures over part of the range, renovating bunkers and drainage, and future enhancements to the clubhouse to create “a more comfortable restaurant-type feel” that could attract non-golf visitors.
Local golfer Mike Banas, included in presentation clips, praised course conditions in on-screen remarks used by staff: “Greens are great. Fairways are cut well,” the video quoted.
City staff framed the cart-path work as a quality-of-life and asset-protection investment. Moses said the reinforced concrete paths reduce damage and vehicle encroachment onto turf by widening and adding curves in places where cars had previously driven onto greens.
Council members asked procedural and follow-up questions but made no formal motions during the update. Staff said they would return with cost estimates and timing for driving-range leveling and the shade structures when designs and budgets are available.
The Parks and Recreation presentation was part of the City Operations Update on the council’s May 4 work-session agenda.
