PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — A public golf course in West Philadelphia, closed for the last few years, is on the verge of reopening thanks to big-time help from some big-time pro golfers.
The Cobbs Creek Golf Course first opened in 1916, and has a storied history, according to Enrique Hervada, chief operating officer of the Cobbs Creek Foundation , which operates the course.
“The golf course thrived for many decades [and] had lots of events there,” Hervada said. “They actually had PGA Tour events there in the 1950s called the Daily News Open that Arnold Palmer and Billy Casper and some of the top players of the day participated in.”…