With the future of the five Tucson City golf courses under scrutiny by the Tucson City Council, one of Tucsonβs most venerable golf facilities β the Rolling Hills Golf Course β is changing.
Effective Jan. 1, Rolling Hills will be leased and managed by Generations Golf LLC. Generations is headed byΒ Tony Martinez, a Tucsonan who grew up playing Rolling Hills before he became a professional and is now on the Board of the Directors of PGA of America. Martinez operates several golf facilities in the Dallas area.
Salpointe Catholic High School and UA gradΒ Brent LingelΒ will be General Manager-Director of Golf.
He has been head pro at Keeton Park Golf Course in Dallas.
The stockholder members of Rolling Hills continue to own the course, but for the next 10 years, Generations Golf will manage and maintain the course.
This move will probably save Rolling Hills, a gem of an executive (shorter) course that has been open on Tucsonβs far east side for more than 60 years. The future of golf in cities like Tucson β much like OB Sportsβ management of eight courses in Southern Arizona β is for a professional operations team to run day-to-day business.
It is a bonus when Tucsonans such as Martinez and Lingel come home to take care of an old friend in need.
