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Through the green -– and blood red -– golfer plays on
You typically pay a premium for a lot and home directly on a golf course. Sometimes you pay in blood, as one resident of Austin, TX’s Grey Rock golf community found out recently. We first learned...
Fan's appreciation deep in the heart of Texas
Heart of Texas: Robert Trent Jones Jr. presented Mill Creek Golf Club with a valentine when he designed the course in the 1980s. The heart-shaped green is at top center in the photo. Photo by Travis...
Members play through clubhouse fire
The half-complete University of Texas Golf Club clubhouse late this summer. This coming March was to mark a highlight in the short, impressive history of the University of Texas Golf Club in Austin,...
Weird and wonderful: Austin wrap up
At River Place, fairways look either up at or down to the surrounding houses. Here are some observations about Austin, Texas and its golf communities after my weeklong visit: Topographically, the...
The course stunk...and I loved it
The best view of many great ones at the University of Texas Golf Club was behind the 15th green, with a look down to Lake Austin, which is actually the Colorado River. Golf Course Review: University of...
Austin defies gravity of housing trends
A few areas around the country have so much to offer to so many that they defy the gravity (double entendre intended) of falling house prices and the reality of higher home inventories. Austin, TX,...