Al, I have played Garden Valley many times and it is a fun course to play. I have not played the others mentioned, I wish I would have played them. If Flying into Tyler and if someone has a golf club membership that will reciprocate with other courses, you have to play Holly Tree in Tyler. Pond owners have to like that place, it has 17 water hazards lol. Take lots of Balls when playing it the first time. Going back to Dons request, I have to say golf courses come in many forms in Texas. I love playing a golf course where the fairway is like hitting off of your living room carpet. And they greens are so large and smooth the ball rolls in all different directions. But, I hate missing that shot that put me outside of a few feet from the pin, and I don't have to read all that green.
There all are a few like that in Texas but not many. Austin has a couple of resorts like that, Houston has some but they may be hard to get to tee times on and Dallas has one there a Byron Nelson
Champion course.
