Austin golf course could transfer to city after 50-year fight to protect it
The City of Austin and the University of Texas have reached a proposed agreement to transfer ownership of the historic Lions Municipal Golf Course to the city. This deal aims to preserve the 141-acre green space while allowing the university to develop nearby land.
Why it matters
The agreement resolves a 50-year dispute over a site that is both a popular recreational facility and a significant civil rights landmark as the first integrated public golf course in the southern U.S.
For more than half a century, Austin residents have fought to protect the historic Lions Municipal Golf Course from being taken over by property developers. Now, a proposed agreement between the City of Austin and The University of Texas at Austin (UT) would transfer full ownership of the 141-acre golf course to the city, protecting the historic green space for the future. Under the deal, the university would receive updated rules for developing about 190 acres of nearby land it owns along Lake Austin Boulevard. The agreement could end a long-running dispute over the future of the course, known affectionately to locals as Muny. It sits on valuable waterfront land near downtown Austin.Transferring ownership of a civil rights landmarkMuny opened in 1924 on land owned by the university system along Lady Bird Lake.
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