Cleveland Metroparks is nearing the finish line on a decade-long renovation of Seneca Golf Course in Broadview Heights, a project expected to restore the facility to its full 36 holes by spring 2026. Separately, the system's nine courses are on pace to top 415,600 rounds, the record set in 2024.
The milestone was detailed in a report from Crain's Cleveland Business, which noted that the Furnace Course's third hole sits at Seneca Golf Course in Broadview Heights, one of the system's marquee properties as it heads toward its reopening. The outlet's report included a photograph of the course credited to Kyle Lanzer of Cleveland Metroparks.
Seneca's History
Seneca's history predates the current renovation: Cleveland Metroparks says the course opened on August 1, 1940. The agency acquired the 36-hole, 350-acre property in 2011, and the renovation has proceeded in three phases, each updating nine holes.
Work on Seneca's remaining nine-hole course was nearly complete as of a July update from Cleveland Metroparks, with crews paving cart paths and finishing grading and seeding. The driving range in the final phase was completed in summer 2025.
A Timeline That Still Has a Few Loose Ends
Cleveland Metroparks has estimated that the final nine holes will be complete in spring 2026, returning Seneca to its full 36-hole footprint.
The renovation push comes amid a broader boom for the Metroparks golf system. The agency has said its rate of play is up roughly 50% from pre-pandemic levels, a jump reflected in its finances as well. Signal Cleveland reported that golf revenue for the system is up 17% year over year in terms of rounds played, and that Ironwood Golf Course received a new fleet of carts to replace its aging ones.
Eight Courses, Hundreds of Thousands of Rounds
Seneca is one of eight golf courses operated by Cleveland Metroparks, according to Golf Course Industry, with the system's properties combining for about 300,000 nine-hole rounds annually. The same report noted that the golf operation is financially self-sustaining, a detail that helps explain why the parks system has been able to fund a project as extensive as Seneca's decade-long rebuild without leaning on other budget lines.
For Northeast Ohio golfers, that national momentum is showing up directly on local courses, with Seneca's renovation standing as the most visible sign of how much the Metroparks system has invested to keep up with demand. When the final nine holes open and the course returns to its full 36-hole footprint, it will cap a rebuilding effort on property Cleveland Metroparks acquired in 2011.
