Parade: Club plans Fall Family Bash

along in the following years. Business was brisk early on, but the privately held Surrey Hills Golf Club fell into decline in the 1970s and the 1980s, eventually closing down altogether. The surrounding additions slowed down in the 1990s.

New life for golf club

Fortunes changed when CCDC Inc. — consisting at the time of Michael Love, his father Joe Love and business partner Claud Cypert — entered the picture in 1999. They began developing about 1,200 acres in the neighborhood while trying to reinvigorate the golf club.

Eventually, they claimed and updated the golf club and rehabilitated the course, opening it back up to the public last spring. Mark Fuller came on board from Oak Tree Country Club to take over as general manager and director of golf.

“The golf course has always been good,” Fuller said earlier this year. “It just wasn’t maintained and kept up like it needed to be over the past 10 years.”

The club has been rebranded The Golf Club at Surrey Hills, and it will play host to an inaugural Fall Family Bash and Open House from 1 to 4 p.m. Oct. 2. The day will include miniature golf contests, bouncy houses, hot dogs and more.

Joe Love died in 2007, but Michael Love and Cypert have continued developing land, including Southfork at Surrey Hills and The Fairview at Surrey Hills, which is nestled next to the golf course.

Turnpike aids growth

Kilpatrick Turnpike has factored in the growth, Love said.

“It really opens things up. Now you can get downtown in about 15 or 20 minutes, and Edmond is just 10 minutes away,” he said.

The Parade of Homes is free to the public, but entry will require a ticket that can be downloaded free from the homebuilders association’s website or picked up at any of the parade homes. Tickets scanned at five parade homes will be entered into a drawing to win a $1,000 gift card.

OKLAHOMAN] [PHOTOS BY CHRIS LANDSBERGER, THE The dining room and kitchen at 10412 Glover River Drive in Southfork at Surrey Hills.

Built-in desk at the Authentic Custom Homes model in Southfork at Surrey Hills.

Double bowl sinks are features of the Authentic Custom Homes model at 10412 Glover River Drive, one of more than 120 new homes on the annual Parade of Homes Fall Classic.

Master bedroom at 10412 Glover River Drive.

The expansive master closet at 10412 Glover River Drive, in Southfork at Surrey Hills. The home and 120 others will be open free to the public from 1 to 7 p.m. daily through Oct. 2 in the Parade of Homes Fall Classic.