TEMPLE TERRACE - Having provided a check for 125,000 per year for leasing the club but failed to make its first two quarterly payments last year. That responsibility fell to the club members.
Whittemore said several wealthy members put up the 260,000 yearly debt that the city pays on a 199 a month.
The club is under new management and filling key positions that had been vacant, among them a food and beverage manager and head golfing professional, Christovich said in a recent meeting.
Christovich said that the staff has undergone training to provide "a consistent, high-touch, private club'' experience for members. Infrastructure and cosmetic improvements are being made, and the club plans to put more money into maintaining the golf course.
Temple Terrace has the only 18-hole course in Florida that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The city of Temple Terrace was founded in 1925 as one of the first planned golf communities in the nation.
Contact Philip Morgan at pmorgan@tampabay.com.