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USA: Texas - San Antonio
Situated
at approximately 30 minutes from the New Braunfels's center, the
The Bandit golf course is considered as one of the most interesting
in the region for its quality / price. Indeed, possessing really
reasonable rates, it is nevertheless one of the most difficult
golf course. In other words it deserves the cost. Situated on
the banks of Lake McQueeney and Long Creek, the water is present
on 13 holes. Besides The Bandit possesses also 71 sand traps,
which makes your round a little more harder. All the clubs are
moreover necessary. The club possesses a well supplied pro shop,
a grill restaurant which gives onto the golf, and a set of services
which we usually find in a club of quality.
Placed
at the border of the region of Texas Hill, Canyon Springs is nested
in the heart of a woody valley of oaks with sinuous creeks. At
the same moment close to the San Antonio center and far enough
from the noises and movements of the city, the club offers magnificent
points of view in a peaceful atmosphere. The golf course is punctuated
with wide and wave-like greens which are fast and well protected
by bunkers. Fairways, lined with majestic oaks are wide and accommodating.
Canyon Springs was classified 8th best golf course by Golf Digest
among all the golf courses in Texas offering daily golf rates.
The club house offers at disposal a grill restaurant and a bar
as well as a pro shop.
Situated
on the site of a historical Ranch, at some minutes from San Antonio,
this resort possesses walls built in natural earth and wooden
halls, what confers him a charm and an atmosphere of serenity.
It offers at disposal 500 rooms among which 58 luxurious suites.
Activities, services: conference room, fitness center , spa, aquatic
park, tennis, basketball, golf.
This
club combines the standards of a golf club of quality with the
experience of a Resort. Considered as one of the best clubs of
San Antonio, it was classified in its first years as the best
new resort by Golf Digest and was a part of the" Top Ten
Courses You Can Play ". The international golf course 18
holes which was drawn by Arthur Hills & Associates, adds up
a 6321 meter length. Constituted by rippling meadows, stiff hillsides,
wooded ravines, trays covered with trees and with lakes, it is
at the same moment a beautiful and difficult golf course which
asks for length and strategy. Greens, varied in size and in shape,
are protected by strategically placed bunkers and holes covered
with grass. The Club house offers a set of quality services.
Drawn
by the architect Press Maxwell in 1963, the golf course was built
on a magnificent rippling field of 80 hectares, an old nut pékan
orchard, covered with majestic trees. The golf course possesses
difficult and fast greens. His past is rich in histories and traditions,
it indeed welcomed 50th tournaments of the PGA in 1968, and more
recently in 2001 the USGA Amateur Public Links Championship. With
the help of the architect Bob Cupp and of 6 million dollars, the
golf course was restored to regain its legendary origin conditions.
Pecan Valley was recently classified number 1 of the public golf
courses in Texas by Dallas Morning News and also number 1 of San
Antonio's golf courses by the Express New Golf Sample group. The
club house offers at disposal a banquet room which can welcome
more than 150 guests and proposes golf packages for special events.
A team of PGA professionals proposes complete golf classes.
Drawn
by the nationally known architect Keith Foster, the Quarry golf
course is considered in the region for its unique arrangement
and its character. The first 9 holes twist through the natural
wave-like prairies of the field, whereas the following 9 holes
are in the heart of a 100-year-old career. The golf course offers
a challenge at every level of the game, from the amateur player
who comes for a round without risks to the fearless golfer of
the weekends. In 98 and 99, the golf course was classified in
the Top 10 of the best golfs in Texas by Golf Digest, considered
the best public golf course in Texas by Dallas Morning News and
was part of the" Top 100 Women Friendly Courses in the United
States ". The club house offers at disposal its restaurant
which proposes specialities in front of a panoramic sight on the
golf.
Built
along Salado Creek, among the most majestic trees of the region,
the Republic golf course which is one of the most recent in San
Antonio, quickly gained the reputation to offer excellent conditions
of golf. It possesses vast fairways and impressive greens by their
size on most holes, making possible good scores. Situated at only
10 minutes from the famous Riverwalk of San Antonio and Alamo,
he deserves to appear in the list of the golf courses of the region
to be discovered.
Opened
in 1997 and half-private, SilverHorn acquired the reputation to
be one of the golf courses possessing the best guality/price value
of the region. It was classified in" The Top 25 Journeys
in Texas ” by Dallas Morning News. The Golf Digest also
listed it in the guide of the " Places to Play ” in
2001. Contenting not only to be considered as one of the best
golf courses of the region, it also possesses a difficult arrangement.
SilverHorn indeed offers a unique challenge to players of all
levels. His particular character is do to the work of his architect,
Randy Heckenkemper. It possesses fairways lined with trees, a
strategic implementation of sand and water traps and the magnificently
by-passed greens.
Situated
on an approximately 120 hectare domain in the heart of the magnificent
hills of Texas at the North of San Antonio, this Resort offers
a magnificent view on the surrounding hills and the San Antonio's
down town. Classified among the " Top 50 Golf Resorts ”
of the nation by Cónde Nast Traveler, it offers an ideal
combination of luxury and quality golf.
The
resort offers at disposal two international golf courses 18 holes.
The first one, The Resort Course, who opened
in 1995, was drawn by Jay Morrish and Tom Weiskopf. The same year
it welcomed the historic Texas Open, one of the most old stages
of the PGA Tour. Spreading out in the middle of texan hills, this
Par-72 was classified among the Top 10 golf courses to open to
the public by Golf Magazine and one of the best new golf courses
by Golf Digest. Recently welcoming the Valero Texas Open of the
PGA Tour, it is considered for his magnificent points of view.
The
second golf course, The Palmer Course, opened
in 2001. As his name indicates it, it was drawn by the famous
architect Arnold Palmer. Situated on a 91 hectare field, this
Par-71 has approximately a 6400 meter length. It contains several
important holes among which the hole n°4 in Par-3 who possesses
impressive water cascades along the green. Looking onto the 18th
hole, the club house which is of a Colonial Texas style as the
Resort, it is a real success. The Pro shop is also a quality of
surety, it was indeed classified among the 100 best pro shops
of the country by Golf World Business magazine in 2003.
This
new magnificent hotel is situated in the heart of San Antonio
and looks onto The Historic Paseo Del Rio or River Walk. Due to
its architecture of Spanish and European colonial style, it possesses
the charm and the elegance of a Grande Hacienda. It offers at
disposal 337 completely equipped luxury rooms. Services, activities:
the prestigious La Canarias Restaurant, classified ' Four Diamond
', first class Spa, Fitness center, Baby-Sitting, shops, business
center and a swimming pool.
This
grand luxury hotel is situated at 12 miles from the San Antonio's
airport. It is the most recent luxurious property of River Walk.
Situated in the main section of this last one, it has the advantage
to be near shops and restaurants. It possesses moreover himself
two big gourmet restaurants. It offers at disposal 213 luxurious
rooms among which 5 suites and a presidential one, drawn by the
architect Dodd Mitchell of Los Angeles. 