A small plane coming from North Carolina made an emergency landing on the Bacon Park Golf Course in Savannah, Georgia. Thursday evening, but the course was back open on Friday.
According to flightlog data, the privately-owned plane departed from the Wallace-Pender Airport in Wallace, North Carolina, at 6:43 p.m. on Thursday.
The course, which is about to celebrate its 100th anniversary, was designed by Donald Ross in 1926 and remains Savannah’s only municipal golf course. The course is owned by the city of Savannah and managed by OC Welch Golf Properties. Since 2014, Bacon Park has been restored to Donald Ross’ original design.
But during its flight, Chuck Kearns, CEO of Chatham Emergency Services, said the plane declared an emergency and was trying to make it to the Hunter Army Airfield. The plane had to switch paths and landed on the golf course…