Burnet buys more acreage for golf course preservation
The Delaware Springs Golf Course is a city-owned course located at 600 Delaware Springs Boulevard. File photo
The Burnet City Council further bolstered its protection of the Delaware Springs Golf Course by approving a $540,000 purchase of 16.6 acres of land at a Tuesday, Feb. 24, council meeting. This makes for the second major land purchase in 2026 on the course’s behalf.
City Manager David Vaughn told the council that the land, located in between holes 4, 5, and 6 of the golf course, would further protect the course from any future developmental disruptions.
“This really has to be a long-term action,” Vaughn said. “There’s nothing more we can do than to preserve that course for the next players that play past our group.”
The city plans to process the purchase as an internal loan from the general fund to the golf course fund, as it has used a significant amount of its golf fund as of late.
The city-owned course, located at 600 Delaware Springs Boulevard, has had several land acquisitions in recent years to secure a buffer zone around it and guard the area from what the city has called “incompatible developments.”
The most recent of these acquisitions, and the one which used a large sum of the city’s golf course funds, included the approval of a $625,000 purchase of 19.5 acres of land during the Jan. 27 regular city council meeting.
This makes for a total of $1.16 million and 36.1 acres in land purchases for the golf course so far in 2026.
Vaughn told the council at the Feb. 24 meeting that the city aimed to secure one final plot of land in its preservation efforts, but would address action on a later date.