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AMERICA’S GREATEST 18 HOLES

Imagine yourself playing on carefully simulated holes from some of the greatest golf courses in America. This collaboration of incredible replicas offers players a memorable experience of walking in the footsteps of some of the great legends before them.

It is truly an oasis for the serious golfer, designed by Mother Nature, creating a natural landscape that winds through the region. We invite you to join us and see for yourself, why we have been rated one of the Best courses by area golfers. Come see Tour 18 today!

TOUR 18 EXPERIENCE

Welcome to Tour 18 Experience, where golf enthusiasts can experience a truly unique and memorable round of golf.

Located in Dallas, Texas, our course is designed to transport players to some of the most famous and historic holes in America.

We realize it takes so much more than a beautiful, unique & challenging golf course to be considered the Tour 18 Experience. It takes a committed staff dedicated to the small details and the anticipation of your needs.  We offer amenities that include a full service bag drop, refreshment/snack bar in the clubhouse and a complimentary menu item of your choice from the smokehouse at the turn.

The staff at Tour18 Dallas is proud to bring you the ultimate “ Tour 18 Experience .”

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Tour 18 Partners with Arnold Palmer Golf Management

by Golf Enthusiast | Features

Arnold Palmer Golf Management has leapt to the forefront of golf’s emerging replica course market with its acquisition of the first two Tour 18 golf properties in Texas and development joint venture with Tour 18 Inc., the standard-setting developer of these famed resorts.

With layouts in Humble (outside Houston) and Flower Mound (between Dallas and Fort Worth), Tour 18 has pioneered the painstaking process of reproducing famous American holes, then linking them together to form a wholly distinct golf experience. Palmer Golf’s plan for the two Tour 18 resorts includes substantial capital investment at each course, while the joint venture calls for the development of additional replica properties nationwide.

“Tour 18 is the originator and clear leader in the young-but-growing replica golf course business,” says Peter Nanula, Palmer Golf’s president and chief executive officer. “Golfers love the unique experience at Tour 18 facilities. We intend to invest further in their replica methodology and bring our brand of quality and service to what we consider museums of golf history, tradition and excellence.”

“Our founder, Arnold Palmer, has always stood for tradition; he’s created and upheld a great deal of it himself. We all believe the history and tradition of America’s great golf courses must be preserved in a faithful way. Replica courses are sprouting up all over, but we are committed to creating the most authentic, most accurate and most respectful shrines to these historic golf holes,” said Nanula.

The Tour 18 approach to replication is unique. Using aerial photography and CAD technology, Tour 18 is able to reproduce golf holes with remarkable accuracy. The results are uncanny homages to some of America’s most storied golf holes. Indeed, Tour 18 Dallas is ranked among the state’s Top 10 courses, while Tour 18 Houston is counted among the Top 20.

The Tour 18 brand has also demonstrated its power in adding value to adjacent real estate. The residential development at Tour 18 Dallas, for example, has achieved lot and home premiums far in excess of competing golf communities and absorption rates have surprised even the Tour 18 developers. “We are currently evaluating sites in several major cities,” said Dennis Wilkerson, founder of Tour 18. “And, our new joint venture with Palmer Golf will seek to capitalize on our adjacent real estate opportunities as well.”

The Tour 18 brand has created a new market for golfers seeking to follow in the footsteps of golf legends by replaying the drama that has unfolded at America’s most storied courses. “Our goal is to grow and strengthen the Tour 18 brand,” said Joe Redling, chief operating officer of Palmer Golf.

“We will retain the existing management at both Tour 18 courses because they have done such an outstanding job,” said Redling. “We view these courses as shrines to great golf. Accordingly, we will provide both Tour 18 facilities with additional resources — capital improvements, pace-of-play innovations and maintenance enhancements — to raise the experience to an even higher level.”

“The two Tour 18 facilities have also established themselves as corporate-outing favorites in the Dallas and Houston markets,” said Jeff Levine, Palmer Golf’s regional manager. “That said, we won’t rest on our laurels. We plan to enhance the corporate experience at Tour 18 with even better service and new amenities like GPS yardage and messaging systems.”

With more than 30 branded facilities across the country, Palmer has taken great care to preserve and promote the history of each club, while further extolling the grand traditions of golf. In keeping with this commitment, Palmer Golf will create historical displays in each Tour 18 clubhouse, providing educational tours of each replicated hole via books, memorabilia, merchandise, video and CD-ROM.

Armed with the strongest brand name in golf, Arnold Palmer Golf Management specializes in this sort of joint venture. “After interviewing all the top management companies, Palmer Golf stood out as the one company that could deliver and actually enhance our existing concept — with both its capital and management expertise. They understand the unique appeal of the concept and are the best in the business at service and using proven brand marketing techniques to drive the top-line. They are committed to staying true to the original concept,” said Wilkerson.

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The greens were very disappointing ... worst I have seen in many years

Wow, did they change ownership!? maybe a new greens keeper? What happened to this gem? Lets see, where to start, the greens were just punched 10 days ago but man in a word just terrible. The greens had to been running a 4-5 on the stimp meter, in comparison a regular muni course runs faster. The bunkers were even worse, some had standing water in them, notably #6 & 14. Played it in March and again in May, didn't seem as bad as now. save your money and time. on this day, I shot even par 72. From the blue... No 3 putts :)

I played the course on one of the hottest days of the year, 8/26/11. Consequently my three partners and I had little or no company on the course. We had a great time together. Unfortunately, I have nothing good to report about the course itself. It appears as a shell of it's former self. Drought conditions aside, it was poorly maintained. They had aerated and top-soiled the greens a few days before, but provided no info about this, either on the website or in the pro shop. The inside staff offered no discount to us and little or no welcome other than to take our money. I have played many of these theme courses prior and like the connection to golf's storied past, so the detailed inscriptions on each hole provided a needed respite from the poor conditions. This course in NOT worth playing, and certainly not worth the money. For $60 in the middle oef the summer, one should expect a well-maintained course and positive reception; we received neither.

Course layout is excellent and the replicas of famous holes come close to original. Everything about the course is fantastic except the greens. The contour of the greens if great but the condition is worse than you would find in a muni course. This would be the best course in the DFW area if they could find a way to fix the greens.

I'm fairly new to the golf game and for the most part, I have played on municipal courses or relatively inexpensive courses. With that being said, I recently got the opportunity to play @ Tour 18 for the twilight rate $45. In my mind, the course is totally worth the twilight amount. However if I was paying the usual rate of up to $95, it might be a differnt story (but i wouldn't pay that much anyway). The concept of the course is fantastic. I loved being able to play replicas of some very famous golf holes across the world. When I was at the tee off area of hole # 9, it really felt as if I could be playing in a PGA tournament. The scenary (which I put high emphasis on) was great. The course is full of $1 million + homes, which are nice to look at. The course has some nice hills. Teeing off on an elevated hole # 1 for example, it overlooks much of the course. There are nice wooded areas so you don't feel like you're playing on a suburban course. I loved the staff. The cart girls were definitely something to take notice of and they actually seemed to enjoy their job. They took a couple of minutes to talk to my group each time. It wasn't like they just asked what we wanted and left. The marshall on hole # 1 actually took about 5 minutes to tell us how the greens were playing and how to play certain holes. Now to the course itself. It seemed difficult to me but not to the point where I wanted to throw my club in the water. They have several holes with wide open fairways. Some of the holes like a couple of the par 3's require you to hit perfectly but overall I found the difficulty to be enjoyable rather than frustrating. Quality wise, alot of the complaints about this course have to do with maintainence. I didn't really notice the greens being in bad shape or the fairways being torn up. In fact, on a couple of the holes I even commented about how green the fairways were (we played in February). Amenities wise, this is your standard course. Nice clubhouse, decent driving range (range balls provided for free btw) In conclusion, I loved this course. Yes I am a newbie to the golf game but take it from me, if you get the chance to play there for the twilight rate, take advantage. For the regular rate, I guess it depends on how badly $95 hurts your pocketbook.

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About the course at tour 18 golf.

Imagine yourself playing on carefully simulated holes from some of the greatest golf courses in America. This collaboration of incredible replicas offers players a memorable experience of walking in the footsteps of some of the great legends before them.

Tour 18 Houston is open to the public and offers a full service golf shop, great practice facilities which include a driving range and a putting green as well as the Scoring Tent Grill, where you can enjoy a cold drink and a hot meal before or after your round.

Call the Pro Shop at (281) 540-1818 for Rates or Click Here to Book Online.

Range Balls are $6.00 a bag. 

Rental Clubs available for $35.00 / $50.00 a set.

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1 Lesson $75

BEGINNER: Yes

JUNIOR: Yes

SENIOR: Yes

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AMERICA'S GREATEST EIGHTEEN HOLES!

Address : 3102 FM 1960 East 

Humble, TX 77338

Phone : (281) 540-1818

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Pebble beach, california, tour 18 golf course (houston) (humble, texas).

The Takeaway:   Tour 18 is a novelty course that is a better concept on paper than the ground. The notoriously flat ground in Houston doesn’t catch the essence of several holes Tour 18 attempts to encapsulate, particularly those of Augusta National that rely on hilly terrain, making the course more enjoyable as a standalone offering than a replica course.   Grade C-

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Designer:   David Edsall in 1992

Cost:   $65 - $125 Click for current rates

Phone Number:   (281) 540-1818

Directions:   Get here! - 3102 Farm to Market 1960 E, Humble, Texas  77338 – UNITED STATES

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What to Expect:   The Tour 18 group has two courses in Texas; one in Dallas and one in Houston. The concept behind each course is to replicate some of the best and most famous holes that have been featured on the PGA Tour and tie them together in a routing that works for the property. While that can be a fun concept, it works much better in a fantasy situation, such as a video game, than it does in real life because the single biggest factor that goes into a hole’s design is the natural terrain an architect is presented with. The biggest takeaway people have after visiting Augusta National for the first time is just how hilly it is, so for Tour 18’s most iconic stretch to be Amen Corner from Augusta and to lay it out on flat ground is an anticlimactic moment. Those holes are fun to play on their own, but with the hype of replicating Augusta National, it is a downer because the holes don’t play anywhere near like the real thing. Some holes work better, such as the famous island green from TPC Sawgrass, because they are found on flat ground similar to the original course; though the drama of the setting of the real thing can’t be matched. Unfortunately the routing puts the best holes in the middle of the course which leads to an anticlimactic finish which was unnecessary considering the lack of constraints on the property. In the end, Tour 18 is a decent offering as a public course in Houston, but it is best enjoyed as a standalone course than as a replica course.

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Tour 18 Dallas: Just imagine your prayer on Amen Corner

By David R. Holland, Contributor

FLOWER MOUND, Texas -- Jack Nicklaus once said Augusta National's No. 12, the scenic, but precarious 155-yard, par-3 over Rae's Creek, was the toughest tournament hole in golf.

• Golf courses in Dallas

Tour 18 Dallas is an ingenious compilation of the greatest golf holes in the nation, giving golfers the chance to play replica holes from 16 top courses.

• Lantana Golf Club
• Whitworth Course at Trophy Club Country Club
• Hogan Course at Trophy Club Country Club
• Bridlewood Golf Course
• Denton Country Club

Once you have played it you will know why and you don't have to go to Georgia - you can test it at Tour 18 Dallas .

As you walk across the Hogan Bridge and view the 10-yard wide landing area you will know why it's tough - most folks are going to play it safe, take too much club and bounce over this tiny green. And behind the hole is another surreal shot coming back if you don't go too far into the azaleas. That second shot will be downhill with the potential to reach the creek if you don't have deft touch.

Not only does Tour 18 Dallas have Augusta's No. 12, but it has Amen Corner - Augusta's Nos. 11, 12 and 13 - which are the finishing holes at Tour 18 and alone worth a day playing these famous hole simulations.

Actually Tour 18 Dallas isn't in Dallas. It's in the rolling hills of Denton County, 35 miles from downtown Dallas and 30 miles from downtown Fort Worth. Since it opened in 1995, Tour 18 has been a hit. More than 59,000 golfers a year play the course and play is so heavy in April, May and June that shotgun starts are used.

But everything hasn't been rosy for Tour 18. There was a tumultuous time when Sea Pines Resort on Hilton Head Island, Pebble Beach in California and Pinehurst in North Carolina sued Tour 18 because it replicated their golf holes and marketed the names to draw golfers.

Tour 18 uses the following disclaimer in its literature: "Permission for simulating the original holes from these courses has not been given to Tour 18, nor do the owners of these courses endorse, sponsor, approve of, or affiliate with Tour 18."

The result of the lawsuit was a federal court's decision that blocks course developers from using the trademarks of more famous golf courses and resorts. At Tour 18 Dallas and Tour 18 Houston the red and white lighthouses constructed on the Harbour Town Golf Links simulations were removed and in the yardage book that hole is simply described as Tour 18 No. 7, instead of Harbour Town No. 18.

The plaintiffs in the lawsuit agreed they couldn't stop Tour 18 from copying the holes, but they could stop them from using the names of Pinehurst, Pebble Beach and Harbour Town in their brochures. But there are others who say Tour 18's use of the names would only help the plaintiffs - that after a golfer plays a famous hole at Tour 18 he would want to play that course when given the chance.

Although the lawsuit slowed immediate construction of more Tour 18's, Mike Reeder, General Manager of Tour 18 Dallas, says talks are presently under way for expansion. The original was built in Humble, Texas, called Tour 18 Houston.

"We are in negotiations with the former owner and are looking at different sites - San Antonio, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Ventura County in the Los Angeles area, Washington, D.C. and Orlando," Reeder said. "There are a lot of people who want to play these kind of courses."

Reeder said Tour 18 Dallas will be introducing use of caddies as an amenity in the next couple of months. "We will also address the pace of play and try to improve that," Reeder said. "If we have to add some player's assistants we will. We are adding more fans for the bentgrass greens and will be redoing the bunkers."

Keith Fancher, Assistant GM, said: "Lots of people were skeptical about the Tour 18 philosophy, but others have told us this is a true test of golf. Some have even said this would be a great golf course just on its own, without knowing about all the famous holes. We like to think we give great customer service, from the bag drop to the end of the day, and that all the golfers will think they have had an upscale experience."

Managed by Arnold Palmer Golf, Tour 18 Dallas does something few courses do in the Dallas area - they overseed in winter wall-to-wall, not just tees and greens. The ParView GPS system is another first-class amenity.

"This is my second round here," said Jim Linker of Lewisville. "I like the feeling of playing famous golf courses, especially Augusta. And for me, one who has never been to these famous golf courses, it serves my needs. The course is in good shape in the summer, but you have to be patient with the shotgun starts, play can get slow."

A Capsule Look at the Other Famous Holes from the Tour 18 Dallas Yardage Book

Tour 18 No. 1 is a simulation of Cherry Hills No. 1 in Englewood, Colorado. Par 4, 401 yards. In the 1960 U.S. Open, Arnold Palmer began his final round seven strokes behind the leader. After driving the par-4 first hole, Palmer fired six birdies over the first seven holes. He shot 30 on the front nine and 65 for the round to capture his sole U.S. Open Championship.

Tour 18 No. 2 is a simulation of Baltusrol No. 8 in Springfield, New Jersey. Par 4, 374 yards. The "changing of the guard" took place at Baltusrol when Nicklaus outdueled Palmer to win the 1967 U.S. Open. His record score of 275 would stand for 13 years until his return to the 1980 U.S. Open at Baltusrol, where he shot 272. Baltusrol has played host to a record seven U.S. Opens.

Tour 18 No. 3 is a simulation of Doral No. 18 in Miami, Florida. Par 4, 435 yards. The 18th hole at Doral, known as the "Blue Monster," is consistently ranked as one of the toughest finishing holes on the PGA Tour. Two-time Doral Open winner, Raymond Floyd, describes the hole as the "toughest par 4 in the world. Players going for the championship will need to hit two perfect shots to this narrow green."

Tour 18 No. 4 is a simulation of Crooked Stick No. 15 in Carmel, Indiana. Par 5, 507 yards. In 1991, Nick Price withdrew from the PGA Championship at Crooked Stick. That gave the sixth alternate, John Daly, the opportunity to play in his first major championship. Little known Daly overpowered the veteran field and Crooked Stick to win his first PGA Tour event. The green is very unique - horseshoe- shaped with a bunker in the middle of the U.

Tour 18 No. 5 is a simulation of Winged Foot No. 10 in Mamaroneck, New York. Par 3, 195 yards. Winged Foot is considered one of the most difficult courses in the country and was the site of the 1997 PGA Championship. In the 1974 U.S. Open, Hale Irwin won the championship with a score of seven-over-par. Architect A.W. Tillinghast considers the 10th at Winged Foot the finest par three he ever built. Bobby Jones, Hale Irwin, Billy Casper and Fuzzy Zoeller have all won U.S. Open titles there. If you are above the hole the putt is almost impossible.

Tour 18 No. 6 is a simulation of Medinah No. 10 in Medinah, Illinois. Par 5, 582. Tommy Armour referred to Medinah as "an examination in golf, as fine a test of golfing as one could ever find." With a course rating of 77.3, the "Monster," as it has been appropriately named, has hosted numerous major championships including the 1949, 1975 and 1990 U.S. Opens and the 1999 PGA Championship won in an historic fashion by Tiger Woods over Sergio Garcia.

Tour 18 No. 7 is a simulation of Harbour Town's No. 18 on Hilton Head Island. Par 4, 470 yards. The lawsuit prohibited Tour 18 from using the name and made them remove the red and white lighthouse. A 200-yard tee shot down the right side of the fairway is required to carry the marsh and get the ball in position for a delicate second shot to the tiny green. Pars are a welcome score on this long hole.

Tour 18 No. 8 is a simulation of Oakland Hills' No. 16 in Birmingham, Michigan. Par 4, 409 yards. Gary Player tamed this monster in the 1972 PGA Championship. His 9-iron shot over a willow tree and a lake to within four feet of the pin is considered one of the greatest shots under pressure in golf history. With a great tourney history, Oakland Hills has played host to five U.S. Opens and two PGA Championships.

Tour 18 No. 9 is simulation of Sawgrass No. 17, the island green hole in Ponte Vedra, Florida. Par 3, 132 yards. This is the most photographed hole in golf. Architect Pete Dye designed this famous island hole to ensure that even the biggest of leads would not be able to "limp home." John Mahaffey called it "the easiest par 5 on the course." Sawgrass plays host to the Tournament Players Championship.

Tour 18 No. 10 is a simulation of Oakmont No. 3 in Oakmont, Pennsylvania. Par 4, 425 yards. Oakmont, established in 1902, has played host to 15 major championships, more than any other course in America. In 1973, Johnny Miller closed with a final round of 63 to win the U.S. Open. Miller's 63 stands as the course record and ranks as one of the greatest finishes in Open history. Many have referred to that round as "the best round of golf ever played."

Tour 18 No. 11 is a simulation of Southern Hills No. 12 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Par 4, 445 yards. The 12th at Southern Hills consistently appears on Golf Digest's list of Top 100 holes in the country. Arnold Palmer included this hole in his book of favorites. Southern Hills has hosted two U.S. Opens and three PGA Championships. this hole in a book of his favorite holes in golf. Robert Trent Jones called the view of the green "spectacular and frightening."

Tour 18 No. 12 is a simulation of Riviera No. 6 in Pacific Palisades, California. Par 3, 170 yards. In a span of 17 months, Fort Worth's Ben Hogan, known as "Hawk" captured two L.A. Opens and one U.S. Open at Riviera. From that time forward, Riviera has been known as "Hogan's Alley." The 6th at Riviera features the famous "warbunker" in the center of the green, paying tribute to World War I Veterans.

Tour 18 No. 13 is a simulation of Pine Valley No. 17 in Pine Valley, New Jersey. Par 4, 338 yards. One of the best holes at Tour 18 Dallas. Pine Valley is perennially ranked as the best course in the world. Designer, George Crump, became obsessed with the idea of constructing the finest, most difficult course in the world. Every fairway and green is set off by the sand and scrub that characterizes the region, effectively forcing players to play from one island to the next.

Tour 18 No. 14 is a simulation of Firestone No. 16 in Akron, Ohio. Par 5, 625 yards. The 16th hole at Firestone is one of the most difficult holes on the golf course. The pond in front of the green and its length of 625 yards makes it an improbable green to reach in two, but not impossible. Nicklaus and Daly have reached this green in two while competing in the World Series of Golf, an annual meeting of the globe's best players.

Tour 18 No. 15 is a simulation of Muirfield Village No. 17 in Dublin, Ohio. Par 4, 430 yards. Muirfield Village is regarded as "The Course That Jack Built." Nicklaus named the course after the Scottish links upon which he won his first British Open in 1966. Muirfield Village plays host of the PGA Tour's Memorial Invitational which is considered "The Masters of the Midwest".

Tour 18 No. 16 is a simulation of Augusta National No. 11, the start of Amen Corner in Augusta, Georgia. Par 4, 455 yards. This hole boasts one of the most feared second shots in golf. Hogan once said, "If you ever see me on this green in two shots, you'll know that I have pulled the shot." This is the first hole of "Amen Corner" where Tiger Woods birdied to propel him to a record score of 18 under par for the tournament in 1997.

Tour 18 No. 17 is a simulation of Augusta National No. 12. Par 3, 155 yards. Many Masters dreams have vanished into Rae's Creek guarding this tiny target. In the 1982 Masters, Tom Weiskopf came to this hole with the lead and left with a score of 13.

Tour 18 No. 18 is a simulation of Augusta National No. 13. Par 5, 485 yards. The 13th at the Augusta National Golf Club is the final hole of "Amen Corner". In 1937, Byron Nelson sank a 50-foot eagle chip here in route to his first Masters title. Tiger Woods used a driver and mid-iron in the 2nd round of the 1997 Masters to take the lead for good. Greg Norman and Curtis Strange call the 13th the greatest hole in golf.

David R. Holland is an award-winning former sportswriter for The Dallas Morning News, football magazine publisher, and author of The Colorado Golf Bible. Before launching a career as a travel/golf writer, he achieved the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Air Force reserve, serving during the Vietnam and Desert Storm eras. Follow Dave on Twitter @David_R_Holland .

Ian wrote on: Mar 29, 2009

My buddies and I played the course on Feb. 28th 2009. The course was in really good shape, the bunkers were PGA tour quality. Greens were a bit inconsistent in their speed, but they were in good shape. They still have problems with the slow play, the 10th tee box was 3 groups deep when we got to it. Just allow your self a good 5 hours to play the course to be safe. All and all, we had a great time, I would love to go back during the late spring, early summer when the landscape is green, especially Amens corner, the landscape was in great shape for those 3 holes.

Tour 18 - Houston

Review of Tour 18 in Houston

Imagine yourself playing some of the challenging holes that the legends of golf have played in major tournaments like the U.S. Open, The Masters, The Tour Championship and the PGA Championship. Tour 18, owned and managed by Palmer Golf Management, has replicated 18 of the best holes, some of which you may be familiar with from watching tournaments on the tube: #6 at Bay Hill, #3 at Pinehurst, Amens Corner at Augusta National (#11, #12, and #13), the infamous #17 island green at Sawgrass , Pebble Beach #14, and Doral #18. Each of the holes have a marker at the tee box with some history and you get to try and see how you play the hole compared to the pros. For example:

• on Bay Hill's #6, a par 5 horseshoe around water to a small well protected green let's "you bite off as much as you can chew" and John Daly went for it a few too many times and once scored an 18 – I bogeyed it and felt great!
• Augusta National's #12 is one of the toughest on the tour and Tom Wieskof , while leading the Masters in 1982 got a 13 – it's a short par 3 at 155 yards but you need to carry the water and avoid 3 bunkers protecting a small narrow oblong green – I beat Tom!
• The ninth hole is a replica of Sawgrass's 17th island green – a short 140 yard par three known as the "easiest par 5 on the course" and during the 1992 Players Championship swallowed 64 balls – I added two more!
• on the Disney #6, I landed in the left ear of the well known bunker shaped like Mickey Mouse
• I now have an appreciation for the famous "church pew bunkers" on the 3rd hole at Oakmont Country Club – easy to hit, hard to get out of

If you follow golf, you'll love playing this course. It's fun to try and beat the champs and relive what you watched during the tournaments. When we played in August, the course was well manicured and landscaped and in very good condition. The fairways were in good shape and most were forgiving off the tee box. Some of the rough was cut thin and on some holes the rough was deep and tough. The bunkers had soft fluffy sand and all are strategically placed right where your ball wants to land. The greens seemed very small with mostly gentle slope, in very good condition, true, and a little slow.

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With the U.S. Open now in the rearview, the PGA TOUR’s best head to Connecticut for the final Signature Event of the season – the Travelers Championship.

TPC River Highlands has been the site of plenty of excitement over the last few years, including an emotional homegrown victory from New England native Keegan Bradley a year ago.

With the TOUR’s best in Connecticut, the Olympics field set and the race to make the Presidents Cup teams firmly in the spotlight, we could be heading for an all-time week at the Travelers Championship.

“This is as good as it could get. I don’t know any other way to say it,” tournament director Nathan Grube told CT Insider about the field strength in 2024. “It feels like this version of the Travelers Championship has been 17 years in the making.”

With all the TOUR’s top-ranked players heading to the Travelers Championship, here’s everything else you need to know:

FIELD NOTES: World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler looks to bounce back after his week at the U.S. Open. After a closing 74 at the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday and rounds of 71-74-71-72 to start the U.S. Open, it was Scheffler’s first time shooting five straight over-par rounds. However, Scheffler, who has won five times already this season, continues to lead dozens of key statistical categories on TOUR – and finished T4 at the Travelers last season… Keegan Bradley looks to become the first golfer to go back-to-back at the Travelers Championship since Phil Mickelson in 2001-02. Bradley has had two runners-up this year, including a playoff loss at the Sony Open in Hawaii… World No. 2 Xander Schauffele – winner of the PGA Championship and 2022 champion at TPC River Highlands – returns to action at the Travelers. Schauffele has 11 top-10 finishes this season in 15 events, including four in a row and is having a tremendously complete campaign so far in 2024, sitting second in Strokes Gained: Total… All the TOUR’s top stars are set to tee it up at the Travelers, including two-time winner this season Rory McIlroy , reigning FedExCup champ Viktor Hovland , along with Ludvig Åberg , Collin Morikawa , Patrick Cantlay and Max Homa – all ranked in the top-10 in the world… The field is currently at 69 players, and there will be no cut… Keep an eye on the Presidents Cup standings as we inch closer to this year’s competition in Montreal, Quebec. Along with Scheffler, Schauffele, Morikawa and Homa, Wyndham Clark and Sahith Theegala – both in the field at the Travelers – are inside the automatic top-six spots for Team USA. Hideki Matsuyama , Jason Day , Tom Kim , Byeong Hun An , Sungjae Im and Nick Taylor are the top six on the international side (and are also all in the field in Connecticut).

SPONSOR EXEMPTIONS: Michael Thorbjornsen will make his professional debut at the Travelers Championship. Thorbjornsen finished No. 1 in PGA TOUR University ranking in May, earning PGA TOUR membership for the remainder of the 2024 and 2025 seasons. He played four seasons at Stanford, earned three victories, and climbed as high as No. 2 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking. Thorbjornsen finished solo fourth at the Travelers Championship in 2022 – the first top-five by an amateur on the PGA TOUR since 2017… Other sponsor exemptions include Adam Scott , Webb Simpson and Billy Horschel .

SIGNATURE EVENT STORYLINES: The Travelers Championship marks the final Signature Event of the season… The Aon Swing 5 was unchanged from the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday, with Robert MacIntyre , Davis Riley , Ben Griffin , Chris Gotterup and Victor Perez earning spots in the Travelers field. The Aon Next 10 was also unchanged after the U.S. Open. Åberg, Matthieu Pavon , Shane Lowry , Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Stephen Jaeger , Thomas Detry , Akshay Bhatia , Justin Thomas , Taylor Pendrith and Will Zalatoris earned a spot in the Travelers.

COMCAST BUSINESS TOUR TOP 10 UPDATES: Ludvig Åberg moved up two spots to No. 5 following a T12 finish in his U.S. Open debut… Hideki Matsuyama jumped over Byeong Hun An after an impressive solo sixth finish at Pinehurst… Patrick Cantlay reentered the Top 10 in the final spot with a T3 finish in the season's third major championship… The top four players in the rankings remain unchanged heading into the final Signature Event of the season at the Travelers Championship.

FEDEXCUP: Winner receives 700 FedExCup points

COURSE: TPC River Highlands, par 70, 6,835 yards. One of the TOUR’s shortest layouts, the course opened in the 1920s before being completely redesigned by Pete Dye in 1982 and renovated in 1989 by Bobby Weed. The key stretch at TPC River Highlands comes late as golfers play around a four-acre lake on Nos. 15-17. Jim Furyk shot the TOUR’s lowest round, a 58, at TPC River Highlands in 2016.

72-HOLE RECORD: 257, Keegan Bradley (2023)

18-HOLE RECORD: 58, Jim Furyk (fourth round, 2016).

LAST TIME: Despite a few down-the-stretch bogeys, Keegan Bradley had built up enough of a lead that it mattered little as he won by three in front of adoring New England fans. Bradley was 5-under through 12 holes in the final round and even going 3-over for his final six holes didn’t open the door enough to the chasing pack. He won for the sixth time on the PGA TOUR and set the tournament scoring record at the Travelers Championship with a 23-under 257. Bradley was the first New Englander to win the event since Connecticut’s J.J. Henry in 2006. Zac Blair and Brian Harman tied for second at 20-under, while Scottie Scheffler, Patrick Cantlay and Chez Reavie rounded out the top five at 19-under.

HOW TO FOLLOW:

Television: 

• Thursday-Friday: 3-6 p.m. ET (Golf Channel).
• Saturday-Sunday: 1-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3-6 p.m. (CBS)

PGA TOUR Live:

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• Main feed: Primary tournament-coverage featuring the best action from across the course
• Marquee group: New “marquee group” showcasing every shot from each player in the group
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Wildfires force New Mexico village of Ruidoso to evacuate homes: See map

The village of ruidoso ordered all of its residents to evacuate: 'please do not try to gather belongings or protect your home - go now'..

Two wildfires burned through thousands of acres in New Mexico and residents were ordered to evacuate as the fires developed rapidly. Videos show smoke from the fire billowing into the sky, looking like orange clouds, as people watch nearby.

"I strongly urge residents of Ruidoso and the surrounding areas to remain calm and heed official instructions to help minimize risk," said New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham in a statement on Tuesday.

The South Fork Fire and the Salt Fire were discovered on Monday. The fires, which are burning on tribal land, prompted mandatory evacuations for the entire Village of Ruidoso and Ruidoso Downs, a two-hour drive southeast of Albuquerque.

The cost of the damage done by the fires is unknown, according to USA TODAY's data .

By early Monday evening, the flames damaged multiple structures, states  the New Mexico Forestry Division , but how many remains unknown.

"My administration is in close contact with state, tribal and federal officials about the status of these fast-moving fires, and we are quickly deploying as many resources as possible to protect people and property," said Grisham.

Map of New Mexico wildfires

Which communities are being evacuated.

The following areas are under mandatory evacuation orders, states the Village of Ruidoso's website:

• All of Ruidoso Downs
• All of the Village of Ruidoso
• All the areas "west of Highway 48"
• All of Alto "up to the Outlaw Golf Course"
• All of Gavilan Canyon Road from Highway 48 "to McDonald's."
• Alpine Village
• Brady Canyon
• Cedar Creek
• Lower Eagle Creek
• Ponderosa Heights
• Sierra Vista
• Ski Run Road
• Sonterra 1, 2, and 3
• Upper Canyon
• Villa Madonna
• West Gavilan

The Village of Ruidoso is demanding people leave immediately.

"Please do not try to gather belongings or protect your home - GO NOW," the Village of Ruidoso said in a post on X .

What streets in Ruidoso are closed?

The following roads and highways are closed to traffic, said the village in another tweet :

• Highway 70 closed from Highway 244 to the east Reservation line.
• Highway 48 is closed from Alpine Village to State Highway 220.
• State police closed Carrizo Canyon Road to all traffic.

Evacuation routes:

"The evacuation route is via Highway 70 and out towards Roswell," states the city's website.

Where can people in Ruidoso evacuate to?

The following locations are open to people evacuating, according to multiple tweets from the village:

• ENMU-Roswell gym : The Red Cross set up an emergency shelter for evacuees. If it's full, Godfrey Athletic Center is a secondary option.
• Lea County Fairgrounds : The location has Stables and RV hookups, but the village asks that people contact Fairgrounds Director Wyatt Duncan at 575-333-0252.

Other places evacuees can go to according to the village's website:

• Capitan High School - Capitan, New Mexico, 88316
• Carrizozo High School - 800 D Ave., Carrizozo, New Mexico, 88301
• Christ Community Church - 2960 N. Scenic Drive, Alamogordo, New Mexico, 88310
• Church on the Move - 901 W. Brasher Road, Roswell, New Mexico, 88203
• Church on the Move Dream Center - 2700 W. 2nd St, Roswell, New Mexico, 88201
• Eastern New Mexico University - 52 University Blvd., Roswell, New Mexico, 88203
• Godfrey Athletic Center - 101 W. College Blvd., Roswell, New Mexico, 88201
• Inn of the Mountain Gods - 287 Carrizo Canyon Road, Mescalero, New Mexico, 88340

Shelters for the animals of evacuees:

THe following locations provide shelters to animals, according to the village:

• Mescalero Rodeo Grounds, for livestock - Rodeo Grounds Road, Mescalero, New Mexico, 88340
• Eastern New Mexico State Fairgrounds - 2500 S.E. Main St., Roswell, New Mexico 88203
• Lea County Fairgrounds - 101 S. Commercial St., Lovington, New Mexico 88260

Emergency operations relocated

"The Emergency Operations Center for the Ruidoso Fire Department has been relocated to the County Courthouse in Carrizozo," said the Village of Ruidoso.

They can be reached at the following lines for information:

• 575-937-7785
• 575-973-5604
• 575-973-8977

Contributing: Adam D. Young , Alex Driggars ; Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

Julia is a trending reporter for USA TODAY. She has covered various topics, from local businesses and government in her hometown, Miami, to tech and pop culture. You can connect with her on  LinkedIn  or follow her on  X, formerly Twitter ,  Instagram  and  TikTok : @juliamariegz

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Sounds of Silence

U.S. Open 2024: Rory McIlroy and Patrick Cantlay are frosty, but not cold in their pursuit of major glory

Ross Kinnaird

PINEHURST, N.C. — When Rory McIlroy and Patrick Cantlay greeted each other with a quick fist bump and the very briefest of pleasantries on the first tee Sunday as they began their final rounds of the 2024 U.S. Open, I had the thought that they might not exchange another word until the very end of the final round. I was wrong: On the third hole, Cantlay pulled his tee shot left, and before walking up the fairway, McIlroy had to take a moment to clarify with him whether it had in fact gone out of bounds, and whether had to retee.

Other than that? Nothing, at least through the first eight holes. This is no surprise. It's hard to say how often one golfer calls another a "d***," but it’s safe to say it rarely happens on the record . It did in this case, with McIlroy conferring the honorary title on Cantlay in an interview with the Irish press . We don't need to retread their entire history, but briefly, their first notable public conflict came at last September’s Ryder Cup, when Cantlay was taunted all day about not wearing a hat by the European fans, and it culminated in a match-winning putt on 18 … after which, Cantlay's caddie Joe LaCava stood so long waving his hat around to taunt the fans that it messed with Rory reading his own putt. That led to words, which led to a parking lot tantrum between McIlroy and a wrong place/wrong time innocent bystander, Jim “Bones” Mackay, of all people. Since then, Cantlay and McIlroy have been silent enemies on the LIV merger battle, with McIlroy on the side of a merger and the Cantlay faction wanting to move more slowly. In short, these guys are not friends.

But McIlroy shook hands with LaCava on the first tee, fist bumped Cantlay, winked at one or both of them, and then no more words were exchanged beyond the OB confusion on three, including when they were standing two feet apart on the tees. Somehow, though, the silence didn't feel very dramatic or all that icy. The final round at the U.S. Open, when you're in contention, isn't a particularly chatty atmosphere in the first place, and it's not like anybody expected these guys to be exchanging addresses for Christmas cards. Plus, unlike the Ryder Cup, this isn't a team event; even though we're in the U.S., Rory was the recipient of more fan support because he's one of the world's most popular players.

The only potential drama beyond that was Cantlay's notoriously slow pace of play. On the Golf Channel Saturday night, Paul McGinley predicted it might bother McIlroy, but if it did—Cantlay was slow on a few putts—he wasn't showing it. And it wasn't affecting the pace of the final groups past their own, because Bryson DeChambeau and Matthieu Pavon behind them were just as slow.

So: Is it possible the two erstwhile enemies have a knock-down, drag-out donnybrook on the back nine? Sure. But it feels like the most likely outcome was the one playing out at Pinehurst—two professionals going about their business in a high-stress situation, paying as little attention to their opponent as possible.

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