Playing Golf

Recently, I get involved with golf. I have played twice already at Chase Oaks Golf Club with Zhen. Steve told me about Los Rios Country Club at a party. He paid about $20,000 for a lifetime membership for himself and his family. J told me that the City of Plano has its own golf course at Pecan Hollow Golf Course. Guangyan and Zhen both mentioned about Ridgeview Ranch Golf Club. The club membership fee at Ridgeview is $30 per month.

In order for practicing playing golf, J and I went to Wal-Mart to buy one golf club for practice. I was going to buy one #5 club. But I could not find the right one at Wal-Mart. J told me that Costco was selling a full set of club for less than $200. I thought that it was better to buy the full set. But when we arrived at Costco, we found out that the club set cost almost $300. We bought it anyway. It is a Nicklaus club set. Later I found out from Zhen that the club set was fine for beginners. Actually, there are golf classes at the community college. I am going to take these classes to get some formal training starting around January 18, 2007. Now I guess I am going to play golf.

I googled the golf clubs they mentioned to me, I found the following the golf club information.

Chase Oaks Golf Club (Municipal)
7201 Chase Oaks Boulevard, Plano, TX 75025
Phone: 972-517-7777
http://www.chaseoaks.com/

Hank Haney Golf Ranch (School)
4101 Custer Road
McKinney, TX 75070
Tel: 1-972-542-8800
Dallas: (972)-529-2221

Los Rios Country Club (Semi-Private)
1700 Country Club Drive, Plano, TX 75074
Phone: 972.422.8068, Tee Time Reservations: 972.424.8913
http://www.losrioscountryclub.com/

Pecan Hollow Golf Course (Municipal)
4501 East 14th Street, Plano, TX 75074
Phone: 972-941-7600
http://www.pecanhollowgc.com/

Ridgeview Ranch Golf Club (Public)
2701 Ridgeview Drive,Plano, TX 75025
Phone: 972-390-1039

WestRidge Golf Course (added in April 2007)
9055 Cotton Ridge Road North, McKinney, TX 75070
Phone: (972) 346 - 2212
http://www.westridgegolfcourse.com/
I like Westridge Golf Course very much. I played at this course with Brian, his son, and Professor Li. This is the best course I have played so far. The course is very wide (compared with Ridgeview Ranch or Chase Oaks). I just had one out-of-bound golf ball for the entire game. I achieved 98 strokes at my first play in this course.