by Sedric Walker | Oct 30, 2011 | Courses, In This Issue, The Game
As you drive down River Oaks Boulevard toward the resplendent clubhouse that sits just in the distance, it takes a sizeable measure of thought to imagine the surroundings as they were some 83 years ago here in Houston. What was at that time a densely-wooded place for...
by Sedric Walker | Oct 11, 2011 | Courses, In This Issue, The Game
The history of golf is a long and storied one. Its tales – its lore, in fact – are filled with incredible moments and incredible people in incredible places. Every once in a while, the history of golf intersects with history of another sort; a history of another time...
by Sedric Walker | Oct 23, 2010 | Courses, In This Issue, The Game
The beauty of a foreign language is that a particular word can embody much more meaning and varied emotion than only that which comes from a literal translation into English. The word “hidden” is defined by the Random House Unabridged Dictionary as “concealed,...
by Sedric Walker | Oct 23, 2010 | Courses, In This Issue, The Game
The course was founded in 1936 by Marvin Leonard, a partner in the locally famous Leonard Brothers Department Store who sought to bring championship golf to Fort Worth. Leonard also sponsored Hogan, who was at that time a struggling young local golfer trying to...
by Sedric Walker | Oct 23, 2010 | Dining, The Life, Uncategorized
When Dee Lincoln and her partner first came up with the idea for Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steak House in the early 80s, they never dreamed that in the mid 90s they would sell their Del Frisco’s concept to Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon for a record $23 million and...