The OES visited the New Golden Wedge Golf Course on November 5, 2000. Sitting at the intersection of Alum Creek Drive and Rohr Road in Groveport, Ohio, this small 18 hole - 56 par golf course had been there for quite a few years. It was known for it's flat terrain, the water hazards on two of the holes, several sand traps, and small greens that were slightly sloped and fast. Many of those in the surrounding community played their first game of golf at the course. In 1999, industrial development began to boom around Rickenbacker International Airport located about a mile from the golf course. Business for Golden Wedge started going downhill, so the owners closed the course and sold the land to a developer.

At the time of our visit, there were stakes with orange ribbons throughout the golf course marking where the construction of new warehouses would begin. About half of the course had already been developed and the club house was intact. Within a few months of our visit, all that was left of The New Golden Wedge Golf Center was the memories of those who hit their first golf ball off the grassy tee on Hole 1. UPDATE: The grounds of the New Golden Wedge Golf Center are no more. Where the third picture was taken is now a parking lot and warehouse for Wal-Mart. There are several other warehouses on the property also. A final farewell to this golf course.