A Bronx landfill could become the newest of the New York golf courses to host a tour event.

Thanks to Tiger Woods’ drama-filled win at the 2002 U.S. Open, Bethpage Black is what comes to most peoples’ minds when talking about great, municipal New York golf courses.

That was supposed to change by this year, when a new, tour-caliber golf course was to be open for play in the Bronx, the northernmost of the city’s five boroughs. Unfortunately, seven years after the Ferry Point Golf Course project was announced, the future of the New York golf course is still in doubt.

In a recent New York Times article, we learned that the city’s Department of Parks and Recreation cancelled its contract with Ferry Point Partners, the investment/development group that included Jack Nicklaus, but, according to the city’s comptroller, not before overpaying the firm by nearly $6 million.

After auditing the project, the comptroller claims that most of the $7 million that Ferry Point Partners billed the parks department to clean up the toxic landfill site (upon which the course was to be built) should have been absorbed by Ferry Point Partners as part of the deal they worked out with the city. The parks department disputes the comptroller’s findings, but is looking for a new firm to finish the project, which the article estimates could cost about $85 million.

This tells us not to expect a new addition to New York City’s golf courses anytime soon. Perhaps the layout will be ready by 2009, when the U.S. Open returns….to Bethpage Black.

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