Resort Reviews
Golf trip to San Antonio's Westin La Cantera Resort still a fun ride
The PGA Tour may be gone, but the roller coaster rides around the Westin La Cantera Resort remain. Whether it's in the literal sense - as in the Six Flags theme park next door - or on the two golf courses, La Cantera still has a few thrills for its visitors. As the PGA Tour moves across town to the new TPC San Antonio starting in 2010, the Westin La Cantera moves into a new era with $12 million in renovations and a new focus.
... full article »Famed Dome Bar makes Camino Real the top choice for an El Paso golf stay
Many people come to El Paso just to cross over into Mexico, but the Camino Real hotel and its acclaimed Dome Bar, plus a low-cost golf scene highlighted by a new Tom Fazio course, are reasons to stay north of the border.
... full article »The Woodlands just managed to get even better
"Everything is bigger in Texas". When it comes to golf, nothing is bigger or more worth bragging about than The Woodlands. Start with a Tournament Players Course that hosted a PGA Tour stop for 17 years and then toss in private courses designed by Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and Arnold Palmer, with yet another on the way from Tom Fazio.
... full article »Horseshoe Bay Resort: Happiness Is A Challenge Named Ram Rock
On a cool Hill Country day in early spring two Horseshoe Bay residents, Lewis Coalter and Edwin Finley, teed it up on the famed Ram Rock Course and didn't mind at all that the layout was tough and unforgiving. They know on any given day it could bring them to their knees.
... full article »Del Lago Golf Resort: Cleboski’s Dreams Come True On Lake Conroe
The day Fred Couples came to Del Lago Golf Resort and Conference Center was just one of many career highlights for Director of Golf Bobby Cleboski -- just another golf story this retired Houston police officer can tell younger generations.
... full article »Westin Stonebriar Resort: Dirt-Moving Fazio Sculpts New Prize In North Texas
Tom Fazio likes to move dirt.
... full article »Hyatt Hill Country Resort: Texas, Southwestern Hospitality Surrounds You
Ed Wiseman first walked the land that is now home to the Hyatt Hill Country Resort in 1933 as a young cowboy from LaVernia in Wilson County, Texas -- a place his family had farmed and ranched since 1851.
... full article »Garden Valley Golf Resort: Is it Really the Augusta National of Texas?
For the most part, golfers are a simple and trusting lot. All they want is an honest course to attempt to conquer this ever-maddening game.
... full article »Waterwood National Resort and Country Club Sold to Pennsylvania-based Company
Waterwood National Resort and Country Club has been sold to Waterwood National Associates, LP. This organization is made up by Nocito Properties, LLC, a Pennsylvania based company, Nocito Family Partnership and Club Consultants, Inc (CCI).
... full article »Minnesota's Grand View Lodge: Great Golf and More North of the Twin Cities
The Grand View Lodge founded the golf boom in the Brainerd Lakes region, and the resort continues to push it to new heights. Grand View has been entertaining tourists on Gull Lake in central Minnesota since 1919, but the resort didn't jump on the golf bandwagon until the last decade. In the land of 10,000 lakes, fishing has always been the king of summer sports in Minnesota, but golf clubs are starting to replace the fishing poles in the trunks of people's cars around here.
... full article »Tapatio Springs: Canadians Find Home Deep In The Heart of Texas
Canadian golfers don't have to be asked more than once to put away the hockey sticks in winter, pull out the golf clubs and wing it to San Antonio.
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