Located at 499 Massenburg Baker Road in Louisburg, N.C., Bull Creek Golf & Country Club is for sale at an asking price of $950,000, according to the listing placed on VisualTour.com by Century 21 Triangle Group.
The property, consisting of approx. 169 acres of land, and the clubhouse, is currently under contract by the county and they hope to close the deal before the end of year, according to real estate agent, Michael Rowe to this publication. The course, currently not operating, is going into foreclosure and is at phase II now.
Bull Creek is located about 30 miles northeast of Raleigh and opened in 1996 with nine holes. Two years later the back nine was completed. it was run by Sam Solomon, president, Bull Creek Corporation. A former 300-acre tobacco farm, it had been owned by Sam’s father-in-law before being inherited by Sam’s wife Mary and other family members.
Sam was a public school teacher for 32 years, and a true visionary. Three years following retirement he sketched out drawings and took soil samples, making Bull Creek one of the best greens in the southeast. It offered a challenging combination of pennlinks, bent greens and 419 Tifton fairways, a driving range, putting green, pro shop, snack bar and banquet facilities with seating for up to 100 persons. The facility was a fun, full-service, family-friendly, golf club providing the best in southern hospitality. Sam passed away in 2006 from prostate cancer. His daughter Jill Brown, Executive Director for The First Tee Augusta could not be reached for comment.
UPDATE: (November 2014)
