Green Tree Golf Club In Vacaville Closing Permanently After 5 Decades

VACAVILLE (CBS13) - A golf course in Vacaville that has been in business for 55 years is closing its doors.

Owners of the Green Tree Golf Club issued a statement today citing financial issues as the reason for closing the 27-hole course. They blame the lack of golfers at the course on the Americans' overall declining interest in the game.

"We are very saddened about the necessary closure of Green Tree Golf Club.  We care deeply about the course, its employees and the community but the time has come for us to close operations," said Jim Syar, whose family owns the course.

Green Tree Golf Club opened in the early 1960's and has remained in the Syar family. Owners say at one point the course hosted 110,000 rounds of golf per year, but today it averages just over 30,000 rounds.