Valero vs Ross Bridge

[OhioBuckeye]

I've been watching these two tournaments (PGA and Champions tour) and the Valero course looks very poor compared to the Alabama course Robert Trent Jones course.

When say poor I mean bland in not in great shape. It actually reminds me of public courses around my parts in Ohio.

On the other hand the Ross Bridge course looks awesome.

I guess I would of thought the PGA would be playing nicer courses.

OB

[Chilli Dipper]

Ross Bridge is the crown jewel of Alabama's Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail. The operators of the Trail hope want it to host the PGA Championship one day.

This is the end of the road for La Cantera, the host course of the Texas Open. The tournament moves to a new course next year, which I'm guessing was one of the contingencies of moving the tournament from the fall into the FedEx Cup schedule.

[MSDOGS1976]

Ross Bridge is the crown jewel of Alabama's Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail. The operators of the Trail hope want it to host the PGA Championship one day.

Yes, it is a very nice course. I've played a couple of the RTJ courses on the trail, but not this one. It's a little on the expensive side.(maybe I'm just cheap)

But I went to the tournament a couple of years ago and it is very nice. If they narrow up the fairways and grow long rough, it would be a good test for the PGA. I hope they get it.

[uttexas]

Cantera is a good course, but all the courses in San Antonio look burned and brown. There are numerous better courses in Texas. The Texas Open should move to Dallas National, Whispering Pines, or Brook Hollow.

[Chilli Dipper]

Cantera is a good course, but all the courses in San Antonio look burned and brown. There are numerous better courses in Texas. The Texas Open should move to Dallas National, Whispering Pines, or Brook Hollow.

Two of those courses are in Dallas, and there are back-to-back tournaments in the Metroplex as it is. My idea would have been to move the tournament to Austin, which generally has better courses than San Antonio, but since it's moving to a TPC course next year, it doesn't really matter.

[uttexas]

I thought a 3 week stay in DFW would be nice for the players/media/etc.

If they want to go TPC, how about TPC Craig Ranch? or have they already decided?

[mn723]

I played Ross Bridge a couple times when I was in Birmingham about a year ago. My impression was that it is a pretty easy course to score on. Wide open driving areas and huge fairways. Sure, there is a lot of water and bunkers, but they are easy to avoid. I'm sure the PGA could pretty much do whatever they wanted to toughen up the course, but I'd say the pros would still go way too low for a major.