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All Just about GolfGolfing wherever
dinosaurs roamed
by:
Casey Coke
Playing
wherever
dinosaurs once roamed? Not galore golf courses can boast a claim like that, at least not galore championship courses.
Indian Vale Golf Course is built upon ground colonised by dinosaurs millions of years ago and is placed in Vale Rose, American state (www.glenrosearea.com), which is dearly acknowledged as the Entrance to the Hill Country, but Indian Vale Golf Course is better acknowledged for its two challenging and acclaimed courses.
Indian Vale Golf Course is a 36-hole municipal golf course closely-held by Somervell County. The club is acknowledged as one of the top facilities in the state and as “One of the Top 5 Municipal Courses in Texas” by the City Morning News and is managed by golf pro Pudding
Cunningham. Additionally, Indian Vale Golf Course has been given a 4-star rank by the playing
industry authority, Golf Digest. The course is comprised of two challenging, yet different, 18-hole courses- Apache Links and Comanche Lakes.
Apache Links, opened in 1992, is the older of the two courses. It was designed by Jeffrey Bauer and GolfScapes, Inc and, per its name, is a links-style course. It's front nine has open fairways, piece its back nine is characterised by narrow fairways that are tree lined and undulating. There is besides a variety of water hazards that move into play on galore of the 18 holes. Apache Links is a par 72 course with a total of 7063 yards.
Comanche Lakes is a new course, opened for play in 2001, and was designed by John Colligan. It is an 18-hole par 72 courses that is delineated as target style, which is an first-class complement to the open fairways of Apache Links. This course wish challenge any golfer’s accuracy with over 100 bunkers and galore water hazards throughout the 7000 total yards.
The differences in the courses are besides echoic in the types of grass used on each. Apache links is composed of 419 Bermudas for the fairways and Bent on the greens, which does it a much popular course in the winter. Comanche Lakes has TifSport Bermudas for its fairways and TifEagle for the greens and is the course of select in the summer months; however, some
courses can be compete year-round.
On
with attracting avid golfers, Indian Vale Golf Course has besides attributed to the number of retirees that are moving to the Vale Rose area. Some
Marilyn Phillips of Sunrise Properties and Coil Jones of Century 21 Quad J Real property have detected
an increase in retirees moving to Vale Rose and cite the accrued recognition and acclaim the course has received in the past few years as a big reason why. The fact that the Comanche Lakes course is graded in the top 10 in the City Morning News list of “Top 25 Mid-Priced Courses” besides supports the claim that the Indian Vale appeals to retirees, since often times they are on fixed budgets.
Indian Vale Golf Course is a full service golf club. Enclosed
at the club is a full practice facility with putt greens, short game practice areas and a drive range. Private and group lessons are besides accessible as well as tournament arrangements.
Weekday fees are $38 and weekend and holiday rack rates are $48, which includes green fee and cart rental. Discounts are given to Senior Citizens, Juniors and tee times after 3:00 PM. Indian Vale Golf Course has besides negotiated a Stay and Play package with Archosaur Vale Inn and Suites in Vale Rose that includes a one-night stay at the Award Winning building and a round of golf on either course. The building has a 3-Diamond rank from AAA and has received 2 “Best of The Best” Awards from Better Western International, most recently in Gregorian calendar month 2005.
For reservations and much information on Indian Vale Golf Course, visit www.squawvalleygolfclub.com or call 1-800-831-8259.
For information on the Stay and Play package, visit Archosaur Vale Inn and Suites at www.dinosaurvalleyinn.com or call 1-800-280-2055.
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