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ur Texas-based correspondents have been following the improvements and expansions at Horseshoe Bay Resort for years. It was past time for yours truly to make his way to Hill Country to see this burgeoning player in the Southwest golf resort market with his own eyes. An hour northwest of Austin, Horseshoe Bay is an easy reach for Oklahomans by air or land. The Hill Country had been blasted by a prolonged drought when we visited in the fall of 2019, but it wasn’t apparent once inside the oasis of the 2,400acre resort and community by the shores of Lake LBJ. The three courses always open to resort guests – Ram Rock, Slick Rock and Apple Rock – were all creations of the renowned Robert Trent Jones Sr., and all have undergone recent upgrades and improvements.
Director of agromony Ken Gorzycki has be concentrating on daily maintenance. “I love a construction project and think been in restoration mode since November 2015, when Slick Rock, the original I’ve been through 13 of them, but this course built in 1971, was given all new has about cured me of that,” he said. “I’m greens, bunkers, irrigation and extend- excited about getting back to concentrating on geted cart paths. ting these all That same progrown in and cess continued in spectacular on Ram Rock, shape for our which closed resort guests in August 2017 and memand reopened bers.” in May 2018, Not that and then Apple improveRock, which ments are shut down in ending. A new August 2018 clubhouse is and reopened currently unlast July. Settle your bets on the 18-hole grass putting course. der construcWith all three courses now boasting new expanded tion that will serve Apple Rock and Ram greens with 007 bent grass, new bunkers Rock and should open by May. After that, and better irrigation, Gorzycki is glad to a clubhouse will be added to serve the re-
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