Centerville adds features to attract more Yankee Trace golfers

City also adds $5,200 rental option for Benham’s Grove venue to compete with other facilities.

Centerville has CENTERVILLE — added features for its Yankee Trace Golf Course, including new simulators and an all-weather driving range that allow golfers to play year-round.

The city also made changes to how it will rent Benham’s Grove, a venue that is used for a variety of functions from small meetings to large formal gatherings.

The work is all part of an effort to help the city compete with other venues.

Mariah Vogelgesang, assistant city manager, said that the golf simulators at Yankee Trace are open, and junior memberships will now go up to age 25 from age 18. New golf carts are ordered, too, and should arrive by March 1.

She said the new items put together at the venue will make customers happy.

The state-of-the-art simulators can be reserved by the hour. The rate reflects the price of the bay rental time, regardless of number of golfers. A session can be as short as one hour or as long as four hours. On average it takes about 45 minutes for one person to play 18 holes.

On weekdays, the simulator fee is $33 per hour, but Friday that goes to $36, and Saturday and Sunday the cost is $39 per hour. Players can compete on 80 championship courses around the world using the simulator.

For actual play on Yankee Trace, the cost for 18 holes during the week is $29 to walk and $36 to ride, except on Fridays, when it is $32 and $39, respectively. On the weekend it is $35 to walk and $42 to ride.

Seniors (55 and older) can walk the course on weekdays for $23, Fridays for $24 and weekends for $25 after noon. The cost to ride is $30 weekdays, $31 on Friday