NOVEMBER 27, 2024 www.wintertexantimes.com 10 WINTER TEXAN TIMES We Love Our Winter Texans! Thank you for making us your home away from home! • Nightly, 7 Day Plus Rates Available • Fully Equipped Kitchens • Free Wi-Fi • Outdoor Pool • Small Pet Welcome (with fee) • Guest Laundry Service Walking Distance to the La Plaza Mall and several restaurants. For Reservations 956-378-4046 www.mcallen-studio6.com 700 Savannah Ave. McAllen, TX Lock In Your Rates For Next Winter Winter Texan 7 Day Plus Special! $327.67 Queen Bed • $375.97 2 Full Size Beds PLEASE MENTION AD FOR SPECIAL! SPECIAL! 7 Day Plus (956)566-1157 Tierra Santa Golf Club, Weslaco Courses have their signature holes and golfers have their signature holes – sometimes the two don’t match. That usually has something to do with what score you’re penciling in. The No. 14 par-5 at Tierra Santa can leave you breathless, literally. No matter how you do on this hole, it’s one you’re going to remember. As the signature hole of the gorgeous and well-maintained course, it stretches from the tips for 610 yards. Lucky for you there are several sets of tips to go from. Still, you want to hit your drive a good 260, which leaves your second shot into the slight dogleg right another full swing away. There’s a lake on the right side and bunkers surrounding the green. It’s one of several holes that this course will make you use a handful of the clubs in your bag. Of course, hitting from different tees just brings different challenges, but that’s what makes this hole so special. Treasure Hills Golf Club, Harlingen Treasure Hills is just a different challenge. The par-72, 18-hole course not only has one of the most unique layouts in the Valley it has had booming growth periods in recent years. Playing at 6,960 from the tips, Treasure Hills is one of the last designs of Robert Trent Jones’ amazing career. Jones was a British American golf course architect who designed – or re-designed – more than 500 golf courses in 45 U.S. states and 35 countries, according to his website. In reference to this, Jones took pride in saying, “The sun never sets on a Robert Trent Jones golf course.” That statement couldn’t fit Treasure Hills any better. For years, rumors flew that the course was going to be shut down, not being able GOLF From pg. 1 to find any buyers. There are terrain elevation changes, plenty of doglegs, water hazards, 35 bunkers and usually a breeze. It’s a fair golf course that rewards a little course management. There are doglegs, elevated greens and a couple of tight spots, though most of the fairways are fairly wide. The back nine might be a little tougher with water on five of the holes. Each hole is extremely unique and brings plenty of challenges. This is a course where you need to think. Hope you’re ok with that. Stuart Place Golf Course, Harlingen Stuart Place, the one-time unknown course – is similar in its meteoric rise to Buster Douglas – remember him? The guy who knocked out the then-invincible Mike Tyson – again showed what paying attention to the details can mean by dominating the votes. This quaint 9-hole par-three course may be small in size, but it wears an Underdog cape when it comes to golf in South Texas. It has become a legend for its growing popularity, tougher than most people think layout and just plain Texas friendliness. Stuart Place Golf Course. Courtesy photo
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