BASTROP, TEXAS (May 2011) – Here’s your checklist for this summer’s ultimate guys or gals golf getaway: Unlimited golf for four on Texas’ most scenic, thoughtful and challenging resort layouts. Check. Accommodations for four in a spacious two-bedroom junior suite. Check. Daily breakfast and beverage cart or clubhouse grill credits. Check.
No distractions. Check.
The Wolfdancer Golf Club at the Hyatt Regency Lost Pines Resort and Spa offers the Ultimate Golf Getaway Package featuring unlimited golf, suite accommodations, daily breakfast for four at Firewheel Café, $50 daily credit to be used on the Wolfdancer Beverage Cart or at Major Neighbor’s Grill and four golf-themed mementos delivered to your suite. The cost is $959 per foursome per night (less than $240 per person per night) through October 31, 2011.
Wolfdancer roared onto the Austin, Texas golf scene in 2006. Buoyed by an incredible setting and a thought-provoking, challenging layout – all under the respected Hyatt brand flag – Wolfdancer was immediately bestowed prominent national awards including GOLF Magazine’s “Top 10 New Courses You Can Play” while at the same time storming to the top of regional and state rankings.
The centerpiece of an easy-to-arrange, one-stop resort destination that includes a world-class spa, premier accommodations, horseback riding and five friendly mascots, the sprawling, 405-acre Hyatt Regency Lost Pines Resort and Spa is a 491-room destination resort comfortably adjacent to a larger, 1,100-acre natural park.
For those in the know, this resort offers an elegant, backwoods experience minutes away from the hustle and bustle of civilization. Hyatt Lost Pines is located 20 miles of east of the “Live Music Capital of the World” and just 13 miles due east of Austin-Bergstrom International Airport on Highway 71, yet feels completely secluded in its sleepy farmland surroundings buffered by the McKinney Roughs nature preserve.
Designed by Arthur Hills/Steve Forrest and Associates, the 7,205-yard, par-72 Wolfdancer Golf Club was named after the land it occupies formerly belonging to the Tonkawa American Indian tribe, who performed ceremonial dances covered in wolf skin and imitating the behavior of wolves by dancing on all fours.
A golf course is only as good as the land it sits upon, and the property at Hyatt Lost Pines is superb. The Hills layout rambles over a dramatic, 150-acre stretch of terrain dotted with oak, cedar elm and pecan trees and cut by the Colorado River, which dramatically frames the right side of layout’s memorable finishing holes.
Wolfdancer legitimately stakes claim as Austin’s toughest track from the black tees. Holes dubbed “Through the Trees” and “Random Long” serve as a warning of what to expect at Wolfdancer – as well as a reminder to check one’s ego at the door. While the tips at Wolfdancer are manageable only by low single-digit handicappers, the middle-back tees are rated 74.3, and four shorter sets of tees are available daily down to under 5,000 yards from the women’s, making the golf course navigable, fun and interesting for golfers of all level of playing ability.
Generally wide open off the tee, the Wolfdancer fairways are enjoyably generous. It is the approach shots that define the character of Wolfdancer, with scoring opportunities rising and falling upon the execution of a player’s shot into the greens, which can be difficult to hit particularly when those aforementioned Texas winds start howling. Make no mistake, this is not a resort course where low scores come easily, as the Bermuda grass green complexes – varied in size and typically longer than wide – are challenging for golfers of all ability.
The Wolfdancer golf experience also includes a 13-acre driving range, a full-scale practice facility featuring 10 target greens and eight tee boxes, and a short-game area with two chipping greens and bunkers, and GPS units in each golf cart. Visitors not wishing to travel with their golf clubs to the resort can take advantage of the Callaway club rental program.
A beautiful clubhouse features outstanding cuisine and beverage selection at Major Neighbor’s Grill – one of eight dining options along with Firewheel Café. Hyatt Lost Pines is also home to a variety of outdoor activities including horseback riding trails visible from points of the golf course, rafting on Texas’ Lower Colorado River, full-service Spa Django, live music and a water park featuring a 1,000-foot Crooked River with two-story water slide.
Learn more about Wolfdancer Golf Club and book your Ultimate Golf Getaway Package at www.WolfDancerGolfClub.com or 512-308-WOLF.
Contact:
Martin Armes (919) 608-7260, martinarmes@nc.rr.com
Brad King (336) 306-9219, king@bradkingcommunications.com
