MrGolfguy said:
Sadly, Waco is now a 1 course town, that course being Cottonwood Creek (which is really nice, esp. considering its a muni). The new owners of Twin Rivers (originally Bear Ridge) stopped maintaining it about a year and a half ago and its in terrible shape, basically unplayable. Ridgewood CC is nice but its private so unless you know a member to get you on its out of the question. Lake Waco GC is iffy to bad most of the time, and Battle Lake near Mart is a decent little country course but condtion is also usually iffy. Other course in the area have closed down. Connally - closed, Western Oaks - closed, Greenbriar in Moody - closed, Bogey's Par 3 - closed.
When Battle Lake was only 9 holes but at least an option back in the late 1960s, it had "sand" greens. Yep, I had never heard of much less seen such. Every green was a square depression (6"-8") below fairway level approximately 30-40 feet square. Once you rolled or flew your shot into the "green" you then had permission to take the equivalent of a sand rake and clear a smooth path from your ball to the cup. necessary since the "sand" was footprint pock marked from previous group.boognish_bear said:
Battle Lake is where I played most often back when I was at BU.
A lot of sand greens in West Texas.( Sundown and Gaines county at one time}SSadler said:When Battle Lake was only 9 holes but at least an option back in the late 1960s, it had "sand" greens. Yep, I had never heard of much less seen such. Every green was a square depression (6"-8") below fairway level approximately 30-40 feet square. Once you rolled or flew your shot into the "green" you then had permission to take the equivalent of a sand rake and clear a smooth path from your ball to the cup. necessary since the "sand" was footprint pock marked from previous group.boognish_bear said:
Battle Lake is where I played most often back when I was at BU.
Was such a strange hybrid of golf/"NOT"golf that we seldom chose it unless the old Connally Course was not available to us.
Groesbeck High School UIL Class A State finalists, 2 years 1969-1970. Good times.
Lots of history at Battle Lake, its the oldest course in McLennan County dating back to 1920.SSadler said:When Battle Lake was only 9 holes but at least an option back in the late 1960s, it had "sand" greens.boognish_bear said:
Battle Lake is where I played most often back when I was at BU.
