13 WINTER TEXAN TIMES www.wintertexantimes.com NOVEMBER 22, 2023 956-580-3370 Serving Valleywide for 35 years Sales • Parts • Rentals • Onsite Service Easy Ride Golf Cars Drive Around In Your Brand New Golf Cart Today! Lithium Battery ezridegolfcars@sbcglobal.net www.easyridegolfcars.com 2508 W. Interstate Hwy 2 Mission, TX 78572 Street Legal From our family to yours, have a Happy Thanksgiving! and leave as a family member. That might be the greatest gem of all the gems at ACC, the people. Whether you are arriving or leaving, chances are you will see dozens of people milling about ACC’s beautiful pool and outdoor patio. They’ll be eating food, having some adult beverages and chatting up a storm. At first, you may not consider that a precious gem, but it won’t take long to realize that there are countless numbers of friendships and family-like bonds have been formed under the roof of the patio or in the depths of the pool. It makes ACC a true gem. LOS LAGOS GOLF CLUB, EDINBURG Can “wind” be a gem? One of the more unique golf courses in the Valley, Los Lagos has been working on making their course more golfer friendly – that doesn’t mean they are eliminating the wind and making it a course under a dome (or putting erasers on the back of their pencils). The biggest thing has been the elimination of sand traps (the ones your balls always landed in). The course is wonderfully challenging and “delightfully” windy (again, trying to turn the wind into a gem). Los Lagos has beautiful rolling hills, like those in the countryside in Verona, Italy, leaning fairways and holes that will give you plenty of options on how you want to reach the green. It’s overall beauty – those moguls are fun – and almost impossible – to avoid. They stand there in front of you, hiding your view from the hole and daring you to just hit it over them – you can hear them snickering. Don’t let its beauty lull you into a false sense of security, this course is one of the most enjoyable courses in the Rio Grande Valley. You hit a great shot here – truly a previous gem, maybe one of the greats, you will remember it. TIERRA DEL SOL, PHARR In 2013, Tierra del Sol put close to a million dollars of work into their golf course. Since then, many of the holes can be considered hidden gems, with shiny new greens, new cart paths and several renovated tee boxes. Of course, their breakfast tacos shine brighter than just about anything and we’re good with that. (Hey! A person has to eat!) But there’s also something neat about coming up No. 18 with the majestic colonial-looking clubhouse on top of a minor hill that puts a great finishing touch on the day. The course continues to regularly polish up, not wanting the investment into a complete transformation to go awry. It was a major renovation with aesthetics added, green slopes modified and a much more complete tee to green cart path that both cart drivers or walkers appreciate. SHARY MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSE, MISSION At one point it seemed that different parts of this course were under construction for a long time. Temporary greens, ground under construction and more. It never stopped attracting golfers and it’s all been worth it. You won’t recognize these greens now. The staff at Shary is a true gem. They have worked for years on constant upgrades and, when it seemed that this public course wasn’t going to have any more relevance to its community, it sprang to life, a resurrection and rebirth. Instead of giving up, they just gave. The course purchased some new equipment that doesn’t tear out the grass and the greens, especially with the recent rain, are comparable to the best greens across the Rio Grande Valley. No. 1 is a true gem of a hole since it gets your brain going right away. There’s no warming up – it’s boom, here’s the fastball, hit it if you can. It might be worth taking a few extra practice swings and taking in what it has to offer you. After your tee shot, do you want to cut the water already or play safe and lay up? What about that big tree at the edge of the water? And the bunkers? Do not go long... do not tee off to the left...there is a lot to think about, and we are just talking about the first hole! That’s a whole lot to think about on an opening hole – but it’s worth every minute of it. Tierra Del Sol Golf Course. Photo by Henry Miller Tierra Del Sol Golf Course. Photo by Henry Miller
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