![]() ![]() Conspicuously absent from The Tribute is North Berwick’s par-3 Redan hole.įrom Golf Digest Architecture Editor emeritus Ron Whitten: Stevens Park Golf Course, a municipal operation in a revitalized area of Oak Cliff just southwest of downtown Dallas, isn’t exactly a preservation of the past, but a celebration of it. The par-3 fifth is Royal Troon’s Postage Stamp, and while architect Davis nailed the topography, the green is far bigger than the original, a grudging concession, I suppose, to the demands of public golf. Some holes are more homage than duplicates. It’s one of the best replica courses in the country, replicating 18 of Great Britain’s most iconic golf holes, as good a links experience as one could expect on Bermuda turf. So it is with The Tribute Golf Links, a Tripp Davis design on the eastern shore of Lake Lewisville, north of Dallas. You’re good, Waylon told him, but you’ll always be one hit behind. After the show, the kid asked the legend what he thought. The young singer looked like Waylon, sang like Waylon, had Waylon's mannerisms and stage presence. When it opened in 2010, Tripp told a reporter that Old American was, "the most strategic course I've done." Now over a decade later, I suspect he still feels that way.įrom Golf Digest Architecture Editor emeritus Ron Whitten: A story about the late country music superstar Waylon Jennings comes to mind-when he was asked once to watch a tribute artist’s performance. Old American is a Tripp Davis original.Īs befits a design by one of the more talented golfers among the golf architecture community, it features options and bunkers galore and holes that demand oodles of local knowledge. But there are no template holes on this 18. Old American, a residential development course laid out in loop design-nine holes out and nine holes back, to maximize holes along the lakefront-was inspired by National Golf Links and Shinnecock Hills, so it also looks linkslike, with some scattered trees. The Tribute, a compact core layout with returning nines, duplicates famous British golf holes. The two have same architect, the same owner, a shared clubhouse and a shared shoreline, but they differ in many respects. From Golf Digest Architecture Editor emeritus Ron Whitten: A decade after golf architect Tripp Davis created one of the finest replica courses in the country, The Tribute Golf Club on the shoreline of Lake Lewisville north of Dallas, he returned and built another 18 adjacent to it called Old American Golf Club. ![]()
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