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Corpus Christi Country Club
The golf : Big-name architects have left their mark
on Corpus Christi Country Club over the years. Fred Mcleaod, then the
winter professional at Maryland's Columbia Country Club, built the course
in 1909, followed by a redesign at the hands of John Bredemus in 1921
and a rare visit by Robert Trent Jones in the mid-1960s. This beautiful
links-style course offers open fairways and undulating greens where stiff
winds can interfere with drives and cause high shots to blow wildly off
course.
When the 9-hole course originally opened on the high-toned North Beach,
President William Howard Taft was in Texas to visit his brother, who owned
a ranch across Nueces Bay. Taft participated in the opening ceremonies
in front of the green wooden building which is distinguished by its white
trim and veranda on all four sides.
The course fell victim to the 1919 hurricane, and club members didn't
reorganize until 1921. John Bredemus came down from Del Rio after the
completion of the San Felipe Springs Country Club and immediately put
crewmen to work clearing and grading for $1.50 a day. The fairways and
greens were fertilized with cottonseed meal, and the first shot was fired
on Labor Day, 1922. At the time, this course on the Texas Riviera was
considered one of the finest in the country.
At the end of the Depression, oil was discovered under the course and
wells produced from 1936 to 1943, increasing revenues but creating some
interesting man-made hazards in the layout. By 1938, the club expanded
the course to 18 holes. The existing Robert Trent Jones design opened
in 1963 on Everhart Road.
The details : 361-991-7870. 6300 Everhart Rd., Corpus
Christi, TX 78413
- 1963. Robert Trent Jones, Sr. 18 holes. Par 72. Back - 6,506 (71.6/124).
Middle - 6,105 (69.8/121). Forward - 5,299 (70.4/114). Price - $$$.
Getting there : Exit the Crosstown Expressway off of
I-37 and head south to South Padre Island Dr. Continue south and exit
Everhart, then proceed for 3.5 miles to the course. The clubhouse is on
the left side of the road.
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