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Woodbury's municipal golf emerges <br />from the rough, financially speaking <br />Given three years to shed its losses, or else, Woodbury’s Eagle Valley Golf <br />Course is seeing a bit more green. <br />MAY 9, 2015 —3:31PM <br />New Life Academy sophomores Sydney Sheridan, Kristine Nelson, Nicole Hager and <br />Sidney Fortunato practiced at Woodbury’s Eagle Valley Golf Course. <br />david.a.peterson@startribune.com <br />Story and photos byDavid Peterson • <br />Wally Bomgren, coach of the new girls’ golf team at New Life Academy in Woodbury, doesn’t <br />want to offend any of the courses the team plays on, but he’scertain of which one his players like <br />best: <br />Woodbury’s municipal course, Eagle Valley. <br />“It’s the nicest,” he said. “Scenic views. There’s water. There’s a real variety to the holes, and <br />there’s wildlife —our girls get chased by geese, constantly.” <br />Bomgren was surprised to hear that the course he sees today, with its country-club ambience of <br />soft leather chairs in the lounge, was on the financial brink just a few years ago and given three <br />years to turn things around. But it has —thanks in part to discounts that have the club selling <br />thousands more rounds than it used to. <br /> <br />