ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Keith Pope remembers standing on the 13th green of the Municipal Golf Course 10 years ago, grass underfoot giving way to dirt, and wondering if the course was a challenge worth taking on. “The course is in really bad condition,” Pope, CEO of the Sarasota, Florida-based company Pope Golf, remembered saying. “What can we do?” Now, a decade later, Pope Golf’s lease is up. Since October 2012, the company has been responsible for daily operations and maintenance of the historic Asheville golf course. Its lease with the city expires Sept. 30, when the course will inherit new…