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In 1919 a group of prominent businessmen and civic leaders organized the Van Wert Country Club and adopted its first set of By-Laws. A lease was negotiated with the Van Wert County Agricultural Society for the use of part of its fairgrounds for a nine hole golf course. The first full season of operation of the Golf Course, complete with sand greens, was in 1920. The fairgrounds served as our home through the 1923 season.
In March of 1923, the Van Wert Realty Company was organized for the purpose of owning real estate to be used for recreational purposes. The present site was acquired and our nine hole golf course was laid out and built, complete with beautiful bent grass greens, and opened for play in 1924.
In 1936 the Van Wert Realty Company sold its assets to the Willow Bend Realty Company. The Willow Bend Realty Company has leased its golf course and equipment to the Willow Bend Golf Club every year since 1936.
In 1995 the Willow Bend Realty Company turned operations of the golf course over to the Central Insurance Companies. Willow Bend Country Club is leasing the golf course on a long-term basis from a subsidiary of Central Mutual Insurance Company.
579 Hospital Drive · Van Wert, OH 45891
Clubhouse: 419/238-0111 ·
restaurant@willow-bend.com · Fax: 419/238-2250
Pro Shop: 419/238-1041 ·
proshop@willow-bend.com