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Houston
Elevation : 55
Population : 1,786,691
Houston and golf go a long ways back. The inaugural Houston Open took
place in 1946, and to this day is one of the most popular non-major PGA
Tour events. This is due, in no small part, to the list of names associated
with Houston golf: Jimmy Demaret, Jack Burke, Jr., Dave Marr, Doug Sanders,
Steve Elkington, Jeff Maggert, Mike Standly, and John Mahaffey, to name
a few.
Houston also boasts some notable teaching professionals as well-Willy
McGuire, Jackson Bradley, Claude Harmon, Dick Harmon, and Robin Williams,
for starters.
In terms of facilities, the Houston golf arsenal is staggering. Some 200
courses are attributed to the metro area, over 100 of which are available
for public consumption. While summers range from muggy to oppressive,
the fall, winter and spring seasons provide some of the best golfing weather
in the US.
The average annual temperature is 70 degrees, and the city sees over 250
sunny days per year. Houston's shimmering skyline and posh residential
neighborhoods ooze big bucks. But the city is still unabashedly interested
in the plight of the common man, as evidenced by its investment in its
public golf facilities.
Two city-run courses have garnered some serious press in recent years.
In 1996, Memorial Park Golf Course underwent an extensive overhaul that
included contoured fairways, resurfaced tees and greens, reinstallation
of bunkers, and new landscaping. The course's Spanish-colonial clubhouse
has become something of a landmark in the Golden Buckle. Memorial Park
is just a five-minute drive from downtown Houston and is rated as one
of the best municipal golf courses in Texas. Just a 5-iron away in the
Museum District sits Hermann Park Golf Course, one of the city's oldest
municipal courses and one of its finest tracks since the completion of
a two-year renovation project.
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Notes
A hole in the wall thats been serving cold beer to thirsty local
since shortly after prohibition was repealed. Pick a tune from the juke
box One pool table. College kids and blue collar fella
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