by SEDRIC.WALKER512 | Aug 19, 2021 | Courses, Featured
Every time I play golf with someone who fires up a speaker in the golf cart cup holder, I can’t help but think of the 1980 movie, “Caddyshack.” There’s a scene in which Rodney Dangerfield’s crass character, Al Czervick, cranks up Journey’s “Anyway you want it,” from...
by SEDRIC.WALKER512 | Aug 19, 2021 | Courses, Featured, The Game
You can thank Houston Astros owner Jim Crane for the new Memorial Park Golf Course in Houston. It was his generosity and the newly formed Astros Golf Foundation that basically saved the Houston Open from extinction and in the process moved the longtime PGA Tour event...
by SEDRIC.WALKER512 | Jun 7, 2021 | Courses, Featured, In This Issue, The Game
I’d heard things. Being in the golf industry, there’s no way I could have missed all the superlatives, the plaudits, the number-one-rankings and the celebrity and Tour player name-drops through the years. But, how the heck had I made it almost two decades without even...
by SEDRIC.WALKER512 | Apr 18, 2021 | Courses, Featured, In This Issue, The Game
After 10 years, everything at the luxe 600-acre the JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort & Spa in San Antonio still feels brand new. Its palatial lobby stays abuzz with a lively combination of fun-seekers, romantics, escapists, families and businessfolk,...
by SEDRIC.WALKER512 | Nov 23, 2020 | Courses, Featured, In This Issue, The Game
When images of Bluejack National last graced the OTL cover in the summer of 2017, we, like many media outlets hailed the resort-style community and its acclaimed Tiger Woods-designed golf course an “Instant Classic” and a “National Treasure.” We know… it isn’t...
by SEDRIC.WALKER512 | Sep 10, 2020 | Courses, Featured, In This Issue, The Game
When it comes to an anniversary, 14 years is traditionally celebrated by ivory or gold jewelry, but when it comes to Escondido Golf and Lake Club in Horseshoe Bay, the highest ranked course in Central Texas and the Hill Country, the Club is celebrating its 14th...