CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea — A big 18-hole golf course has opened on Camp Humphreys, a milestone in the long-awaited schedule enlargement of the Army garrison that homes the U.S. Military’s new headquarters in South Korea. The 225-acre course, which started operations on Monday, is the long-awaited alternative for the 29-year-old Sung Nam Golf Course and the existing variety on Seoul’s Yongsan Garrison, which discontinued operations in November. “This undertaking is a long time coming to fruition,” said Col. Scott Mueller, Humphreys’ commander. “It took the efforts of some of the humans and businesses to convey this degree of golfing to Camp Humphreys.” “Since I took command in June of 2017, I am becoming more questions from the community approximately whether this project is going to open before anything else, including the medical institution,” he advised Stars and Stripes.
Nearly $ forty-seven million changed into spent on the River Bend Golf Club, consistent with a file received the remaining month from the nearby U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Funding came from the $10.7 billion relocation program budget, mainly paid for through the South Korean government. The par-seventy-two-course was changed into designed by Robert Trent Jones II, who has another seven courses across South Korea and loads more award-winning publications worldwide. “We’re goal is to make certain that River Bend isn’t just a few vicinities you come to play golfing, but where you come to experience the game,” Mueller said. “This is a golfing revel in a good way to challenge each level of golfer.”
The setup and relocation venture were plagued with delays since the United States and South Korea agreed in 2004 to relocate maximum U.S. Servicemembers, their families, and civilian contractors south of Seoul. The sod that runs at some stage in the course turned into laid almost 3 years ago. The incomplete Brian Allgood Army Community Hospital and Ambulatory Care Center broke the floor in November 2012. Approximately 28,500 U.S. Servicemembers are stationed in South Korea, which remains technically at war with the North after their 1950-53 conflict led to an armistice in place of a peace treaty.
