Two PGA Courses To Make Their Debut
Published Mar 28, 2008
The Alamo Area is home to a wealth of first-class golf courses.
One course is designed by Greg Norman, with help from Sergio Garcia. The other has noted architect Pete Dye as the designer, with assistance from Bruce Lietzke.
These four men are well known to golf enthusiasts, and enthusiasm seems to be an appropriate word these days in anticipation of the opening of TPC San Antonio. Two professional golf courses will make up TPC San Antonio, with an opening date of March 2010.
The PGA Tour courses will be on the grounds of a new 1,002-room JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort & Spa, which is also under construction right now, according to John Pierret, executive vice president of Texas-based Forestar Real Estate Group LLC, which is the master developer for the entire construction project.
Also being built on the north Bexar County acreage is a planned community called Cibolo Canyons, which will include 2,000 houses, 850 apartment units and 150,000 square feet of commercial space.
“As for the golf courses, both will be private and available only to resort guests as well as Cibolo Canyons members,” Pierret says. “In addition, there will be a limited number of memberships to the general public.”
Pierret says that, from day one, both courses were designed to handle PGA Tour events.
“They are oversized to easily accommodate large galleries, sponsor tents and media tents,” Pierret says. “We already have one PGA tournament – the Valero Texas Open – that will begin play at TPC San Antonio either in 2010 or 2011.”
Besides TPC San Antonio, other excellent golf venues that are available for play in the Alamo Area include Tapatio Springs Resort in Boerne, The Bandit in New Braunfels, The Buckhorn in Comfort and River Crossing Golf Club in Spring Branch.
“Golf is growing more popular every day in this part of Texas,” Pierret says. “It’s an exciting time around here.”
Story by Kevin Litwin
Photo by Staff
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