Golf Architect Tripp Davis Begins Project at Willow Brook Country Club in Tyler, Texas

(Norman, OK) — Willow Brook Country Club, the 1922 member-owned golf club in Tyler, Texas, has selected Tripp Davis and Associates to prepare a master plan for the course and practice facilities on what is the oldest golf course in this east Texas town.

"Our first project will be a four-hole short course with holes ranging from 60 to 140 yards,” said Tripp Davis.   “It's a great addition to the practice facilities and a place for kids to learn the game.  This is also giving us the opportunity to show Willow Brook the style of greens and bunkers we will bring to the course eventually.

“Willow Brook is routed over some of the most interesting terrain I have seen,” Davis continued.  “It is not quite as hilly as Pine Valley in the New Jersey Sand Barrens, but it is a similar landscape with the sandy soil and mix of pines and oaks.  In the 1950s, legendary golf course architect Ralph Plummer did a very good job routing the current course and our direction is to take the strategic character of the course to the next level with more interest in the greens and bunkers.”

Willow Brook has a rich history in hosting numerous tournaments including the 2006 and 1996 Women’s Texas Golf Association State Amateur Championship, the 2003 and 1993 Texas Golf Association Senior Amateur Championship, and the 1964 Texas State Amateur won by Marty Fleckman. The Eisenhower Classic was played here for 10 years from 1987 to 1997 with PGA TOUR players such as Payne Stewart, Ben Crenshaw and Greg Norman participating in the event.

For more information about Tripp Davis and Associates, visit www.tdagolf.net or call 405-447-5259.