It may not be Augusta National or even one of America’s top 100 golf courses, but the Tournament Course at Redstone Golf Club looked pretty darn good on television yesterday during the first round of the Shell Houston Open. In fact, the aerial shots looked downright gorgeous.
Inasmuch as Redstone is not a subdivision course, there are no homes lining the fairways to detract from the overall appearance. Moreover, Redstone has bountiful trees, ponds and marshes that provide a pleasing appearance. Check out my FilmLoop Tour below of the Tournament Course that I prepared upon playing the course shortly after it opened a couple of years ago, the related blog post for which is here. Finally, the Chronicle’s Steve Campbell is blogging the SHO here and the Chron’s SHO page is here.
The course was gorgeous in person too.
As you’ve noted, not the easiest for people trying to follow groups because of the distances between certain holes. The HGA is trying to make the best of that by having shuttles to take you to the back of the course.
Gossip alert: Someone told me that last year Singh and Daly were told they had to walk from 17 to 18 and that there wasn’t any cart service. They threatened to drop out of the tournament–and then they were toted to 18.