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Ross Roger Municipal Golf Course
Ross Rogers offers two basic, 18-hole courses of similar design,
referred to as the East and West courses. For over 50 years the
course has been the site of the annual Budweiser Partnership Tournament,
a low ball/low total match play event that draws visitors from all
over the area.
The East Course, originally a 9-hole track but
expanded to 18 holes in 1981, features generous fairways, flat greens
of average speed, and three small lakes. Holes of note are the par
3 No. 6, which forces a carry over water to an elevated green, and
No. 12, which offers a lake cutting into the fairway that can only
be carried with a drive over 200 yards.
Holes 15-17 provide a tough stretch of golf with two long par 4s
and a difficult par 3. However, No. 18 offers a chance for birdie
with a 483-yard par 5 with a dogleg right that can shorten the hole
even more.
Built in 1977, The West Course is shorter than
the East but very similar in design and layout. The design features
little water, and the parallel fairways are characteristic of a
course that was jammed into an area too small for 36 holes, but
still needed to meet the demands of the golfing public. The back
nine boasts two of the better holes: the 201-yard, par 3 No. 11
and the difficult, 425-yard No. 14.
The details : 806-378-3086. 722 NW 24th Ave.,
Amarillo, TX 79107
- East Course: 1968. Leon Howard. 18 holes. Par 72. Back –
6,858 (70.8/112). Middle – 6,486 (69.2/109). Forward –
5,528 (69.5/111).
- West Course: 1977. 18 holes. Par 72. Back – 6,602 (69.2/110).
Middle – 6,361 (68.1/107). Forward – 5,392 (68.2/108).
Getting there : From I-40 east, take I-87 north
to 24th Street. Turn left and the course is 1 mile down on the right.
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