NOVEMBER 23, 2022 www.wintertexantimes.com 12 WINTER TEXAN TIMES RioValleyEstates@gmail.com | www.RioValleyEstates.com Rio Valley Estates See Ranchero Village’s (Our Sister Park) Activities Ad On Page • Concrete Pad Sites • Full Hookups • Wide Paved Streets • Gated Community • Shower Facilities • Laundry Facilities • 1 FREE High Speed Internet Modem with WiFi • 1 FREE Spectrum TV Cable Box • Swimming Pool & Hot Tub • Recreation Hall • Shuffle Board Rio Valley Estates (Sister Park to Ranchero Village) 715 N. Westgate Dr. • Weslaco 956-968-2708 Expwy 83 Business 83 W Pike Blvd Panther Dr Westgate Dr RVs at BRIDGE OPEN 24 HOURS A DAY 365 DAYS A YEAR Come Experience the In Nuevo Progreso Visit Our Southern Neighbor Never been to Mexico? You don’t know what you’re missing! Nuevo Progreso is welcoming and FUN! Visitors can enjoy from a variety of restaurants and artisan vendors or seek services from a number of certified medical and dental professionals. said, “never have a second chance.” The following is a look at some of the first impressions provided by Mid-Valley golf courses. Don’t forget to vote for your favorites by December 7. Cottonwood Creek Country Club 1001 S. Ed Carey Drive, Harlingen This is a deceivingly fun golf course and as you stand over No. 5. it’s a straight, 175-yard punch over a resaca that protects the hole. What people don’t know is that there’s a giant magnet in that resaca and more balls than you would think end up in there. Now, we know that magnets don’t attract golf balls – but whatever is in that lake has been appealing to thousands of golf balls every year. In other words – take enough clubs or you will join the throngs of those who have dropped into the black hole. You go in, you don’t come out. Harlingen Country Club 5500 El Camino Real, Harlingen This is a place that exudes high class without being stuffy. It’s more than a golf course, it feels like home. The pro shop is stocked with a lot of accessories and has a little seating area. Of course, there’s the bar and the restaurant and a wonderful patio outside of the pro shop where golfers gather to talk about whatever’s on their minds, most often times enjoying a nice meal, snack or beverage. It’s already a wonderful experience by the time you reach the first hole of the 6,541-yard course. It’s not super long but golfers need to make super shots because of a design that will make them consider multiple options. Harlingen Country Club is also refreshing with its large oak and other trees throughout the course. The wind is not a major factor but when it kicks up it becomes a problem because this course is tight in several places. It is one of the best full golf experiences in the Valley, the amenities are exquisite, and the staff always seems to be friendly. Stuart Place Country Club 155 Highland Dr., Harlingen There may not be a better lasting early impression than at Stuart Place, the 2,742-yard 9-hole par-36 facility. This is just a welcoming place, and you can feel it as soon as you drive on the property. As soon as one drives in, sees the cottage-like looking clubhouse and ganders down the street to the course, a calmness overtakes you. The first impression alone will leave you wanting to come back for more. Winter Texan Ken Tanula certainly has a wonderful impression of this quaint (but don’t think it’s easy just because it’s peaceful) course after nailing a hole-in-one earlier this month on No. 9. There’s also no better course to celebrate a special occasion like that than here, inside a tiny clubhouse with cold drinks, snacks and some of the friendliest people on the planet. No matter what the first impression is of this course, when you leave, you’re going to have conGOLF From pg. 1 Stuart Place Golf Course Photo by Anastasia Brunson
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