HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Golfers are playing a final round of golf on a city-owned course set to close this Easter Sunday.
Golfers say they don't want to see Glenbrook Golf Course close, calling it "the people's course."
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"It's sad, like somebody is ill and dying," Brian Borges said. "This place has so much history. I haven't been here that long but I live up the road. This is one of the best kept, reasonably priced golf courses in the area."
A private group raised more than $20 million required to move forward with a botanic garden plan and signed a contract with the city last year.
Golfer Patrick Louque said, "If you wanted to convert the Astrodome to a botanical garden you could have done that. It's all there. This was a moneymaking thing. I don't think tulips are going to bring in any money. This is a need for a golf course."
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Those playing today say after the closure there will be even fewer options to play golf for a reasonable price in Houston.
The fencing is expected to go up immediately and the first phase of the botanic garden could open in 2020.