Cape Girardeau Jaycees donate 120-acre golf course to city

Cape Girardeau has operated a municipal golf course since 1977. Now, it owns the land too.

The Cape Girardeau Jaycees, who created the golf course in the 1960s, have donated the 120-acre site on Perryville Road to the city. The city had been operating the golf course under a lease arrangement.

City council members welcomed the donation. "We're really getting something worth a lot of money," he said.

Scott McClanahan of the Jaycees agreed. "We know it's worth several million dollars," he told the council.

Under the agreement, the golf course will continue to be called the Jaycee Municipal Golf Course. Jaycee members will be able to use the golf course free of charge under the arrangement, city officials said.

The city must continue to use the land as a golf course or the property reverts back to the Jaycees, officials said.