NOVEMBER 20, 2024 www.wintertexantimes.com 10 WINTER TEXAN TIMES Call today to schedule a free consultation and let us show you how professionally designed marketing materials with clear and consistent messaging can elevate your brand. You Only Get One Chance To Make A First Impression Make It Count With Promos & Prints On Your Side Sales@promosandprints.com (956) 580-7800 1217 N Conway Ave, Mission, TX A Division of Nexus Publishing LLC River Bend Golf Club, Brownsville River Bend is the real-life version of “don’t judge a book by its cover.” When you first look at the course, it looks nice. When you play it, however, its looks, layout and play will make you scratch your head during several holes. It is scenic, it is pleasant, and it can easily lull you into a false sense of security by its uniqueness. It has plenty of challenging holes, including the 397-yard par 4, where the different sets of tees put golfers at different angles heading to the hole. The fairway also inclines, and you almost feel like you’re teeing off from a bowl. No. 17 is the signature hole – a 220-yard par 3 that sits along a distracting levy. Your tee selection will decide how you play it – and the wind, from whatever direction it might be coming in from – will also play a factor. And the scenery along the levy will just add to your distraction. But, like so many holes on this course, the architecture, the views and the wildlife you may come across make this one of the more unique and pleasant courses, not just in the Lower Valley, by across the entire region. South Padre Island Golf Club, Laguna Vista The crème de la crème. Just the name South Padre Island Golf Course implies beauty. This course, which should be without doubt the gem of the Valley, started falling behind the rest of the courses. New ownership came in and now it has returned to a destination hot spot. Maybe it rested on the laurels of the enchanting views it provides of the Laguna Madre and South Padre Island across the water. While No. 3 is considered the signature hole, it’s numbers 4 and 5 that golfers will remember because of those breathtaking views. No. 4 is a par five hole. Don’t get distracted by the beauty of this 525-yard hole that drifts slightly toward the right. Don’t hit it too far that way because your ball will find a resting home in the native foliage area, and you’ll have to take a drop. You won’t find your ball and won’t want to find anything else that area calls its home. No. 5 is a short par 4 of 296 yards. Don’t be tricked though, it’s the perfect illusion. That same refreshing breeze coming across the Laguna that makes one feel great is the same blustery wind that can make this short hole unreachable to even the strongest of hitters. You need to hit a long ball, and its result could certainly make you change your mind about the view. Rancho Viejo Golf Club, Rancho Viejo When people describe a hole as picturesque, they might be accurate. However, most of the time they are forgetting a phrase that should tag along somewhere in the conversation – “It’s a beast of a hole.” GOLF From pg. 1 Brownsville Golf Center. Photo by Henry Miller
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy MTczOTk5Mg==