‘New Course’ Re-Named to Capture Spirit of Tripp Davis, Justin Leonard Collaboration Celebrating the ‘Golden Age’ of Golf Course Architecture
(THE COLONY, Tex.) – The Old American Golf Club at The Tribute – designed by Tripp Davis and PGA TOUR/Ryder Cup star Justin Leonard – is making its official debut this week and is on track to open this fall to Dallas-area golfers, announces lead developer Matthews Southwest.
The course was formerly referred to as “The New Course” in complement to The Tribute’s existing “Old Course,” a Davis design featuring holes inspired by the great Scottish golf courses on the British Open rota.
“Tripp, Justin and Matthews Southwest felt that ‘Old American Golf Club’ captured the spirit and essence of the design and what we are attempting to convey to the golfer, thematically,” says Jack Matthews, President of Matthews Southwest.
“The Old American Golf Club focuses on emulating design techniques from the great American courses that were designed with strategic interest as the foundation,” says Davis. “Stylistically, we took cues from how these early American designs created strategic interest via features.
The course’s natural contours, hazard styles, native grasses and green shapes conjure images of such storied masterpieces as Shinnecock Hills, National Golf Links, Prairie Dunes and Crystal Downs. Davis, an accomplished amateur player and former All-American at the University of Oklahoma and Leonard, who played his college golf at the University of Texas, toured and played a handful of America’s classic “Golden Age” designed golf courses prior to starting the design process for the Old American Golf Club.
“From a player’s standpoint, we enjoy layouts that take advantage of the prevailing winds to produce hole variety,” says Leonard. “For example, having sets of par 3s that play into and with the wind, or par 4s of varying lengths and fairway widths depending on the dominant wind characteristics. Tripp and I have incorporated this concept into the design of the Old American Golf Club.”
Case in point, adds Leonard, is the course’s back nine, which skirts Lake Lewisville. The 10th is a long par 4 that plays into the wind, and the 11th an even longer two-shotter designed to be a “turning point hole” in a tightly contested match. The closing stretch is sure to become one of the better finishes in the area, capable of dramatic scoring swings. The 16th is a drivable par 4, the 17th a short par 3 and 18 a reachable par 5. Not overly long, the Old American Golf Club measures approximately 7,100 yards from the tips and will offer five sets of tees.
About The Tribute
The Tribute is a master-planned golf resort style community offering first-class amenity centers, pools, parks, playgrounds, on-site schools, hike-and-bike trails, landscaped canals, and hundreds of acres of accessible open space reminiscent of the Scottish Highlands. A total of 1,150 single family lots, 160 golf villas, 183 townhomes, and 700 European condominium units will overlook the Tribute’s two world-class golf courses and Lake Lewisville, just 23 miles from Dallas-Ft. Worth International Airport. Over the next 18 months, developer Matthews Southwest will release a limited number of two to five acre estate lots with sunset views over Lake Lewisville. These exclusive lots will feature three to five miles views stretching over the lake, unheard of in the Dallas, Fort Worth market.
For more information about the Old American Golf Club and available real estate opportunities, visit www.thetribute.com.
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