HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Two of the four golf courses in the Hutchinson area could change ownership in the future. Cottonwood Hills and Crazy Horse in the Highlands were both listed on real estate websites. However, according to Lane Neville, the real estate agent in charge of Cottonwood Hills, that course is currently off the market. According to several real estate websites, the Cottonwood Hills golf course and adjacent property was listed as late as July 16 for an asking price of $2.29 million.

Neville says while there has been some interest in the property, the bank that currently owns it has taken it off the market. How that progresses in the future isn’t known.

As far as Crazy Horse goes, owner Jon Mollhagen is listing the 18-hole course north of Hutchinson for $3.7 million.

Less than two years ago, rumors surfaced that Cottonwood Hills was for sale. However, at that time, Neville said that was not true. A year later, the property was back in the hands of the Bank of Camden of Tennessee. The bank, now known as Apex Bank, originally purchased it at auction in 2012. It was then purchased by Wichita developer Drayton Alldritt. The course, which opened in 2007, was closed after Neville could not secure the necessary funding to keep the project moving forward. The course was closed from 2012 through 2015, then reopened under Alldritt’s leadership.

Crazy Horse, or the Highlands as it has been known for years, was purchased by Mollhagen in 2016. The golf course, which opened as Panganica in 1972, has been in and out of financial trouble. At one point, the county ended up footing the bill for the course and its infrastructure costs after the developer could not finance the project.

That past also had the county reluctant to give Neville any leeway in getting the proper permits and financing in place to provide the infrastructure for Cottonwood Hills. Neville’s inability to get the security deposits in place for the infrastructure kept the development from reaching its full potential.