{"id":335265,"date":"2025-12-07T15:32:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T15:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/335265\/"},"modified":"2025-12-07T15:32:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T15:32:15","slug":"new-owners-of-huntsville-golf-club-vow-to-continue-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/335265\/","title":{"rendered":"New owners of Huntsville Golf Club vow to continue legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"

LEHMAN TWP. \u2014 The Huntsville Golf Club has new owners, but they are familiar faces and promise to enhance the legacy of the course.<\/p>\n

Members of the ownership group include Doug and Kim Barbacci, Jeff and Sue Metz, John and Lynn McCarthy, Gary and Katie Lambert, Neil and Mary Ellen Horn, Maureen Metz, and John Metz, along with their families.<\/p>\n

They said former club founder Richard \u201cDick\u201d Maslow built something special nearly 40 years ago and they wanted to be a part of its future.<\/p>\n

\"NewNew investors recently purchased Huntsville Golf Club in Lehman Twp. and promise to continue the legacy. (Courtesy of Huntsville Golf Club)<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s such a beautiful piece of property. We wanted to continue the legacy that Dick built,\u201d said Jeff Metz, president and CEO of Dallas-based Metz Culinary Management.<\/p>\n

The new owners didn\u2019t reveal the sale price, but multiple property transactions indicate the land itself sold for more than $11 million. The par-72 course is nearly 475 acres.<\/p>\n

In 1988, Maslow enlisted renowned golf course architect, Rees Jones, to design a premier golf course for the area. After finding the current location and acquiring the property, the course opened in 1994.<\/p>\n

\"NewNew investors recently purchased Huntsville Golf Club in Lehman Twp. and promise to continue the legacy. (Courtesy of Huntsville Golf Club)<\/p>\n

It\u2019s gained a reputation as one of the best golf courses in Northeast Pennsylvania and the state.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe looked at it as one of the best in the business,\u201d John McCarthy said.\u201cWe want to make it the best course in the area.\u201d<\/p>\n

Huntsville\u2019s clubhouse was designed by architect Peter Bohlin of Wilkes-Barre\u2019s Bohlin, Cywinski, Jackson Architects, who designed Apple\u2019s flagship store on New York City\u2019s Fifth Avenue and billionaire tech giant Bill Gate\u2019s home in Seattle.<\/p>\n

\"NewNew investors recently purchased Huntsville Golf Club in Lehman Twp. and promise to continue the legacy. (Courtesy of Huntsville Golf Club)<\/p>\n

Going forward the golf course will be more than golf, said co-owner Katie Lambert.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the things we talked about as a group was the family experience,\u201d Lambert said. \u201cWe are going to enhance the experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a news release at the time of the sale, the new owners said \u201cthe goal is to ensure that Huntsville Golf Club maintains its special welcoming environment where families can feel at home and create memories that last a lifetime, while remaining one of the region\u2019s premier golf destinations for generations to come.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nick Werner, a Wyoming Seminary graduate, two-time state champion and a freshman golfer at Penn State University said the course paved the way for his career.<\/p>\n

\u201cHuntsville is an amazing golf course. It has some of the best practice facilities I\u2019ve ever seen.The course is always in great shape and it\u2019s very challenging,\u201d Werner said. \u201cBut what really makes Huntsville special are the friends I\u2019ve made and the support I have received from members and staff. I\u2019ve made lifelong friendships there and without question, I wouldn\u2019t be playing golf at Penn State if it weren\u2019t for Huntsville and its members.\u201d<\/p>\n

Maureen Metz said the future is bright.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are excited for the future of the club and how we can enhance the amenities and social aspects,\u201d Maureen Metz said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LEHMAN TWP. \u2014 The Huntsville Golf Club has new owners, but they are familiar faces and promise to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":335266,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[28,427,169341,983,68247,3,3234,1170,99,79144],"class_list":["post-335265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-business","tag-golf","tag-lehman-township","tag-local-news","tag-luzerne-county","tag-news","tag-pennsylvania","tag-real-estate","tag-sports","tag-top-stories-cvc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=335265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335265\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/335266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=335265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=335265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=335265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}