15 WINTER TEXAN TIMES www.wintertexantimes.com FEBRUARY 21, 2024 Elliott’s Custom Golf 712 N 77 Sunshine Strip #20 Harlingen, TX 78550 (877) 428-5448 • elliott@customclubs.net SKYTRACK LAUNCH MONITOR Improve your game and receive instant and real-time 3D shot analysis and ball-flight data. Identify strengths, weaknesses & dispersion • Bag Mapping to select the right clubs on the course • Wedge Matrix to master short game Five Star Customer Ratings - Google Reviews COMPUTERIZED CUSTOM CLUB FITTING ready-challenging layout even more so. You could be a monster hitter off the tees, passing 300 yards on a regular basis. However, if you don’t hit the approach well, you’ll be chipping up onto the green and needing to one-putt to save par. The holes are well protected by water and numerous sand traps. Some holes dare you to cut off more than you can chew – don’t listen to them, drop down a club and play it safe. It is located at 1 Rancho Viejo Dr. in Rancho Viejo, Texas. Call (956) 350-4000 for more information regarding this 18-hole, 72 par, 6,800yard course. Long Island Village Golf Course There’s a Biblical story everyone knows about little David and the giant Goliath. This, however, isn’t about the wee little golf course being David and the mega courses being Goliath. This is about you being David and, yes, Long Island Village is a mighty Goliath. Long Island Village Golf Course is an 18-hole, par-3 course where most holes are less than 100 yards. It doesn’t sound much like a ferocious giant – it doesn’t look like one, until that first swing. Then you hear and feel the roar as an unforgiving wind, which seems to come from all directions all at once, strikes. You may consider it to be just a quick pit stop to play and just simply cross off your list of courses played. It’s definitely an underdog in your mind when you compare it to courses like South Padre Island or Tierra Santa or Palm View Golf in the Rio Grande Valley. While the wind is infamous across the South Texas landscape, it has a personal vendetta on the sheepish, innocent course, blowing and swirling; sometimes you may have to go up two clubs – to hit the ball 120 yards. Golfers have claimed that the wind is a knock-down wind; others say they’ve seen it blow in two different directions, all within the time a ball is in flight from tee to green. Long Island Golf Course is located at 950 S Garcia St, Port Isabel. For more information, call (956) 943-7520. Brownsville Golf Center Run by the City of Brownsville, the Center is an 18-hole golf course. The original design had a total playing yardage of 6,144 yards. The course and holes are forgiving and friendly – but that doesn’t mean they are a pushover. Large, manicured Bermuda greens with a favorable holding play-ability for approach shots. Their fairways have a good amount of grass – this is not a hard-pan course. There are elevated tee boxes and moderately elevated greens, nothing too difficult but no green is flat (that wouldn’t be fun, would it?). Ponds and small lakes come into play to some degree on 50% of the fairways. The course design will test your iron game and approach shots to the greens. There is an outdoor pavilion to enjoy, along with a practice putting green and a chipping green. The city has always promised that The BGC would be the best value for golf anywhere in the Rio Grande Valley and is one of the best kept courses in the area. For more information, contact Brownsville Golf Center at (956) 541-2582. It is located at 1800 W. San Marcelo Blvd. Valley International Country Club VICC is the complete package when it comes to golf in South Texas. It plays 6,538 yards from the tips (orange tees) and is a par-70 course. There are dog legs going both ways, No. 4 is more water than grass and the course allows you to unwind with some grip it and rip it holes just to let out any frustration you may have. Another calming effect of this course is a wind that lets the tropic scenery seep into your mind, as the palms sway and the scores of rare birds chirp as if they were your own personal gallery. Valley International’s Championship Course is an 18hole course that spans more than 1,000 acres. Its layout really makes the most out of the natural water hazards. Twelve of the eighteen fairways are either bordered or dissected by a Resaca, creating a unique challenge that few, if any, courses can duplicate. The course is located at 301 McFadden in Brownsville. Call (956) 548-9199 for more information. This course needs to be on your bucket list. Brownsville Golf Center. Courtesy photo River Bend Golf Course. Photo by Henry Miller
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