CA

Five years ago, Dairy Creek Golf Course was on the verge of collapse.

An unsolvable water shortage at El Chorro Regional Park had turned its fairways brown—driving golfers away and putting the once beloved municipal course on a path to closure.

But instead of throwing in the towel, the San Luis Obispo County Parks and Recreation Department made a commitment to the community: to reinvent the asset and make it a successful—albeit different—place to play golf again.

Years into that work, the results are in. Dairy Creek downsized from an 18- to nine-hole course, but added The Siren Restaurant, an arcade-style driving range called Top Tracer, and other activities, like disc golf, to broaden its appeal.