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10NEWS TEXANTuesday, August 17,1965toopes rm asm)-mNew Of4Aourseea rsOfRepresents ClimaxorkBy WALTER WILEY When thelight of dawn touches the blades of bermuda grass on the greens at GrandPrairie Municipal Golf CourseThursday, the first official players will tee off.The 6,409 yard course is the culmination of many years'work on*the part of Grand PralrUns. A lot of planning went into the making of the course without having a Kind election, but the work was done.The land on which the course lies Is the property of the Dallas Power and Light Company, leased to the Dallas Park Board and sub-let to the Grand Prairie ParkBoard, Cooperation of Ithese organizations was nec-•asary for the course**coming to he.The natural rolling beauty of the site makes the courseideal for all players; it istype of course that is pleasant to play. The course is not inordiantelv lone—6 40()yards, nor is it particularlydifficult.The course is going tothe type of course that Iswon by strategy--not luck.The average player will probably be able to get aroundEWE 1*1 TT/V;• •* *, , .A ‘'preview’* of the golf course found many civic club members last week trying out the fine new facility. Here, a group wajts while a player “putts out*'1' on a hole, NEWS*PlanMlngit without hiving a Heart attack from the lakes and bunkers; the really good player will have a chance tothat he lias what it takes to make a good player.For instance, a 275-yard drive on the par-four number eight would put the hall on the green, Kit the hole is rated at 368 yards. The 275-ard drive Is over water; a fifty yard drive would get the hall across for a cautious player who took the bug way around.This is typical of the wholecourse. The longest hole is 494 yards—the par-five number one. The shortest hole, the par-three number five, Is178 yards long, hut has awater hazard.The country acourse makes you think that maybe this place was especially created for a golfer. Rolling hills, cool lake andplenty of trees make merely walking on the turf a pleasure,AUTOMATED WATERHEATERThe advantage of automation built into a gas waterheater is that the appliancewill keep up with your household’s hot water demandswithout any attention from you.According to die Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association. the instant on hot water, your gas waterheater turns on, too. It heats fast as vou draw off the wateraThe links were cut out mesquite thicket, and the workwas done well, No oneguess that the land was oncean impassible tangle of thornsand branches,This place would be great without a clubhouse, but ithas one. and the thing lookslike it grew there, It is Kg, good looking Ktilding that either looks Ske the home of a country gentleman or the club-at a golf course.ch, beamed ceilings, big rooms and traditional* looking furniture make a golfer feel at home. The pro shop is Kg, and should have a tremendous stock of golfers needs,The shop got its first shipment of caps bearing the course emblem in several weeks ago. The caps were hardly out of the boxsomeone stopped by to check on the course’s opening date, saw the caps and bought one saying,, “I might as well buy one of these now, I’m goingto be doing a lot of playing out here as soon as you open’ A beautiful, pleasurablecourse, a comfortable,house-looking club house and tremendous park surroundin the place for those who don'play golf all add up to some thing worth waiting for.It’s a good thing, though, that we don’t have to wait for it any longer.LAKE PARKA Eh El) FOR35 YEARS
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Grand Prairie Daily News Texan
Grand Prairie, Texas, US
Tue, Aug 17, 1965
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