Kevin Robbins writes about golf for the Austin rag and has a damn interesting blog:
http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/golf/index.html. Skip down a little and watch/listen to the interview with Jack Nicklaus on a new course he's building at Horseshoe Bay in the Texas Hill Country. The Golden Bear has built a lot of courses around the world and what's fascinating about listening to him is that even in his seventies, the guy is still completely hands on--he isn't mailing it in with his name on the resort and someone else doing the work. No, he's making calls on every hole in terms of design, layout, revisions, etc.
http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/golf/index.html. Skip down a little and watch/listen to the interview with Jack Nicklaus on a new course he's building at Horseshoe Bay in the Texas Hill Country. The Golden Bear has built a lot of courses around the world and what's fascinating about listening to him is that even in his seventies, the guy is still completely hands on--he isn't mailing it in with his name on the resort and someone else doing the work. No, he's making calls on every hole in terms of design, layout, revisions, etc.
Nicklaus has built quite a few courses in Central Texas, namely The Hills at Lakeway, considered by many to be one of the finest layouts in the state. About a year or so ago, I played one of his recent designs (also in Lakeway) Flintrock Falls and found it downright harder than hell and the word, "punitive" kept coming into my mind during the round along with how I could go about selling my golf clubs and taking up sailing or heroin. I'm pretty sure that Jack was in a really pissy mood the day he drew up Flintrock. Maybe Ohio State just got their ass kicked or someone stocked his cooler with Rolling Rock. Anyway, have some game if you intend to play there. Or, a lot of Budweiser. Or, Rolling Rock.
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