Old Tri-County Country Club property sold; it won’t be used as golf course again

Changes are coming to the former Tri-County Country Club property following its sale to a Gray couple.

Kevin and Karen Moses of Gray recently purchased the old Tri-County Country Club site, and are working to level the property off for development. It is likely that they will move their business, Wildcat RV, onto at least a portion of the property. No decision has been made on what to do with the rest of the site.

Kevin and Karen Moses purchased the property from Carroll Land Management, LLC of Pineville for $965,000.

Among the multiple area businesses in which the couple has been involved are Wildcat RV and Moses Drilling.

Kevin Moses said the property will not be used as a country club or golf course, which became evident last week when excavation and demolition work began on the site.

The trees have been cleared. The ponds have been drained, and Moses said the clubhouse will be demolished in preparation for the site to be made level.

Moses said it will make the site more attractive for developers.

“There is no other flat land on U.S. 25E between the bypass and I-75 except for the old truck stop,” Moses said.

The site work is expected to be complete by late July.

As to what comes next, Moses said there are several options on the table, but the most likely scenario would be for 15 to 20 of the approximately 40 acres to be the new home of Wildcat RV, which is now located on property off of Exit 29.

“Something high end would be nice,” Moses said of the remaining property noting it would be a simple matter to have it annexed into the City of Corbin to permit a restaurant to serve alcohol.

“I’m open-minded for anything,” Moses said.

Moses said he had initially looked at the property approximately four to five years ago when it was up for sale.

“I had the fever then, but really didn’t have the money,” Moses said.

The couple had recently sold their part of Moses Drilling and, after checking on the property, which had once again overgrown, they made an offer.

“That started a frenzy and about three days later, I owned it,” Moses said adding that he didn’t have a plan for it.

Since the crews began clearing the property, Moses said there have been a number of people that have stopped in to walk around and remanence about the country club.

“A lot of people are probably a little saddened about it,” Moses said noting that reopening the golf course, either as a public course or country club, would not be financially feasible.

When he went into the old clubhouse, Moses said everything of value was gone. A few items, such as the scoreboard on the side of the clubhouse and even the ball washer, were still there along with a few tags on the lockers.

“It served its purpose as a country club and now it will serve a new purpose,” Moses said of the property.