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Golf

It's true. We Texans love our land. And we have a lot of it. So it's nothing for the Lone Star State to pepper the landscape with pockets of lush oasis-like playgrounds, otherwise known as golf courses.

 

With more than 800 courses in our grand state, you won't be shy any rounds if you come to play the links. And many of the courses are stops on the tour itself, including these tournaments:


· The Shell Houston Open, held in Humble
· The EDS Byron Nelson Championship in Irving
· The Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial in Fort Worth
· The Valero Texas Open in San Antonio

Plus, Houston and Dallas/Fort Worth are homes to two very special courses. Their Tour 18 courses offer a virtual tour of some of the most challenging and famous courses in the world.

On Houston's Tour 18 course, you'll tee off at an exactly duplicated hole found at Hilton Head's Harbor Town 18th-complete with the famous red- and white-striped lighthouse. A few holes later, you can test your mettle against an identical twin to Augusta's "Amen Corner." On the back nine, go up against Desert Inn's famous 10th hole-a 518-yard par 5. Next up, the "Mickey Mouse bunker" hole from the Magnolia course. You'll even play the Fort Worth Colonial Country Club No.3 hole on this course. And if you're not challenged by the time you get to the 18th, The Doral Resort and Country Club's famous 435-yard par 4 "Blue Monster" will command your respect and serve as a fitting end to a round on this "dream course."

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