15 WINTER TEXAN TIMES www.wintertexantimes.com MARCH 8, 2023 Sunday Morning Golf Special 9-Holes, with cart $15 9-Holes, walking $10 Sundays, 8am-12pm, through April 30, 2023 (956) 428-2000 1/2 Mile North of Hwy 83 on Stuart Place Rd. 155 Highland Dr., Harlingen www.StuartPlaceGolfCourse.com #1 In The RGV Thank You For Your Vote! WINTER TEXANS’ WINTER TEXAN’S Winter Texan TIMES GOLF FAVORITES Come Play the Greatest 9-Hole Course in the RGV OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 9-Holes With Cart $18 Monte Cristo Golf and Country Club John Henderson originally built Monte Cristo in 1976 and used it a little bit like his own playground – sounds fun, right? Then, just like with most play areas, houses were built on it and the course was redesigned, leaving a par 35 on the back with four par 3s. The city took it over in the 80s before the Palacio family purchased it in the mid-80s. Now, it’s home for Winter Texans and non-Winter Texans, it has one of the most refreshing layouts and a beautiful par-3 that used to be approached from the opposite side. “It gives so much more character now,” said course director Adolfo Cubriel. “And we’ve resurfaced a lot of it.” The course still runs one of its most popular events – the annual Can-Am tournament (Canada vs. American – America won this year) along with several other tournaments and scrambles. The course plays 6,700 yards from the back and just 6,000 from the closer tees. Monte Cristo Golf and Country Club is located at 2919 N. Kenyon Road in Edinburg. Champion Lakes (formerly known as Palm View) Keeping up with the Joneses is a cliché that has been around since the early 1900s. It’s a statement referring to comparing one’s goods to another. Nobody has been able to keep up with the Valley’s golf Joneses – Champion Lakes – in a long time. The name was changed from Palm View to make it less confusing for those who thought it meant that’s where the course was located. But its championship name is perfect for the course that has continually invested in the community and its golfers like none other – and McAllen Director of Golf Carlos Espinosa is the driving force behind the results. Espinosa is known for reaching out to especially Winter Texan golfers to see what the course could do to improve it in their eyes. The results have made this course among the nicest in South Texas and they continue to find ways to make it better. Houston Rockets center Willie Cauley-Stein, an NBA veteran of more than 700 career games, said earlier this year that Champion Lakes was one of the “nicest courses I’ve ever played and with, by far, the best greens ever. They were so true and perfect speed. It was a lot of fun.” The course holds some of the largest tournaments in South Texas including the McAllen City Amatuer and the VAMOS fundraiser. Champion Lakes is located at 2701 S. Ware Road in McAllen. Los Lagos Golf Club The moguls have always been a dastardly part of Los Lagos, a course that can challenge every level of golfer – even when the wind doesn’t blow with gale-type forces (which is….? Never.). It stands as one of the most unique and prettiest golf courses in South Texas. Moguls (rolling hills), doglegs and sand traps are strategically placed and H-E-B Park is a beautiful backdrop on many of the holes – just don’t get too enamored with it or you’ll be down even more strokes than you hope. Many of the holes give the golfer two options – take the straight and narrow and hope for a great approach shot or be faced with the possibility of a three-put, or cut off corners and hope to not land in someone’s yard or in a deep bunker. This golf course is a must play for your bucket list. It’s long, playing around 7,200 yards (and the wind is never behind you…never, ever, never….). Los Lagos is located at 1720 South Longoria Road in Edinburg. Shary Municipal Golf Course Created in 1929, Shary Municipal Golf course is one of the original courses of the Rio Grande Valley. A 27-hole golf course, holes 19-27 are the original holes with the original layout. “Those holes are still playable,” Shary Director of Golf Mario Flores once said. “They are a very flat, walkable and historic nine holes and they are always available.” The signature hole on the way back nine (as opposed to just the back nine, referring to 10-18) is No. 22, a par-4 hole with a lake guarding the front and bordering an elevated green. The re-investment into the golf course is something that Shary seems to do on a regular basis. Maybe that’s why the course is flooded with locals and Winter Texans. Shary Municipal plays its 1-18 at a par-71, manageable 6,025 yards. The course is located at 2201 N. Mayberry St. in Mission. El Nino Golf Course Sharyland Municipal Golf Course
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