ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (WAVY) — Going for the green has two meanings these days.

The owners of The Pines at Elizabeth City golf course say they want to keep the endangered property, but to raise the necessary cash, they want to build homes on part of it. Neighbors who bought homes adjacent to the course want to block the project.

It's become a wedge issue. Normally in golf, you get relief from a large man-made structure, but if this plan goes through, the current homeowners say they'll suffer a penalty.

The owners of the Pines bought the property in 2021. They want to carve out about 11 acres to build 117 townhomes and nine single family homes. The footprint would eliminate the practice range and reconfigure two of the existing holes.

"The last thing we want is to stare at a bunch of tow

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