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Coach's Corner
"...Then I played two rounds of late-July, Hill Country golf...."

July 28, 1995 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Public Notice: Time Keeps on Slipping ...
Everything old is new again?
"...Last week's lead item was the Hancock Golf Course/Park proposals percolating through the city and neighborhoods. As..."

Oct. 23, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: November Song
Will Council make a golf course its parting act?
"...was 45 years ago envisioned to be a public golf course. Now, in the waning days of the "economic..."

Nov. 21, 2014 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: City Hall Shark Tank
Council might be no fun, but there's lots of cool stuff going on this weekend
"...Meanwhile, the Walter E. Long private golf resort on public parkland scheme seems improbable, Accessory Dwell­ing..."

Nov. 14, 2014 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Two Teams Played a Basketball Game Last Night?
Somewhere in San Antonio, ten dudes played hoops
"...the main entrance into the arena, the Willow Springs Golf Course lives on as the oldest golf course in..."

June 12, 2013 Sports Post by Chase Hoffberger

Staking Out the Brack Tract
West Austin residents participate in Brack's planning process but question whether their concerns will be taken to heart
"...sit on the tract, including the city-leased Lions Municipal Golf Course ("Muny" for short), the UT Bracken­ridge Field Laboratory,..."

Nov. 14, 2008 News Feature by Jacob Cottingham

ImproviNation
Can I get a suggestion for an Austin festival in which troupes from across the country gather to create instant comedy?
"...on. The Out of Bounds Improv Festival and Miniature Golf Tournament was launched in 2002 by Well Hung Jury's..."

Sept. 2, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Day Trips
"...are lots of activities at the park. A nine-hole golf course, one of four in the state park system,..."

May 9, 2003 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Texas Amusements
"...Celebration Station (Rankin Rd.) Bumper boats, go-carts, miniature golf, and a children's playland with a train and dinosaur..."

May 10, 2002 Features Feature by Elizabeth Morgan

Coach's Corner
Coach's "double-Scorpio" wife Kelly makes some unreasonable demands.
"...don't feel right. Instead, I offer a story of golf fashion and the female mind...."

Sept. 28, 2001 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Coach's Corner
In his "View From the Couch," the Coach takes on a variety of pressing subjects, from the demise of the Detroit Red Wings and Pat Riley, to the sad state of women's golf.
"...and I had a grand time. The scenery. The golf. The good-natured bonhomie. Outstanding stuff. This said, I could..."

May 4, 2001 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Naked City
Two weeks ago, the council added an item to the November ballot to "alienate" parkland at Lake Walter E. Long to allow a private developer to build the Prairie Grass golf course and hotel.
"...charter, to allow construction of the proposed Prairie Grass golf resort and conference center. Excuse me? A motion to..."

Sept. 1, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Coach's Corner
Coach goes to the Harvey Penick Invitational, an LPGA golf tourney. But he doesn't learn anything.
"...no time for breakfast. We're going to watch a golf tournament. Which of these circumstances disturbs my friend the..."

May 12, 2000 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Council Watch
sos board votes no on the proposed bradley settlement
"...the Trinity Aquifer for any purpose, including watering the golf course on the Spillar Ranch and Pfluger Ranch properties...."

March 3, 2000 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Public Notice
You name it, we stood left of it.
"...in his writings the sport now known as disc golf. Back then, it was called Frisbee golf or Frisbee..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Column by Kate X Messer

Coach's Corner
"...like one: Instructors teach, empty baskets litter the ground, golfers lean on clubs, talking, watching, and admiring the shots..."

Oct. 18, 1996 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Sun City Undercover
The Spinning of Del's Webb
"...attraction. Central Texas has plenty of master-planned subdivisions, with golf courses and water features and streets named for dead..."

Aug. 2, 1996 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Movies, Mothers, and 4th of July Fun Highlights the Week's Events
Make your holiday weekday worth it
"...bars: Anyone feeling underserved by the corporate-fun of Top Golf may find the exact balance of silly and spirit-filled..."

June 28, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Exploring the McNeil Crossing Strip Mall
Exceptional forays into Indian and Vietnamese cuisine, plus a short trip to Subway
"...destination strip malls. Where else can you play virtual golf while singing karaoke? Be served thali by a robot?..."

April 12, 2024 Food Feature by Taylor Holland

Five Events to Help Give Back to Your Community
Donate your money, your time ... your toys?
"...Neighborhood Park, 910 Armadillo. austinparks.org Swing Fore the Arc Golf Tournament..."

May 19, 2023 Arts Column by Richard Whittaker

Public Notice: Top 10 Stories of 2021
Some top topics on the community news front
"...Feb. 12: "Conserve What?" The historic Hancock Golf Course has been a perennial money-­loser for the Parks..."

Dec. 17, 2021 News Column by Nick Barbaro

We Have an Issue: Rocky Road
In this week's issue, the brawl over what to do with I-35 rages on; plus, the Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival is back, baby!
"...this column last week, I speculated that the inoperable golf cart that is parked in our office's backyard had..."

Sept. 10, 2021 Column by Kimberley Jones

25 Years Ago, Sublime Arrived in Austin and Cut One of the Decade's Biggest Albums
Local producer Paul Leary put some Austin in the Long Beach surf/punk/dub trio's mix
"...be too long, but at Pedernales they had a golf course. They'd record a nine-minute song and I'd send..."

May 7, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Public Notice: Damn the Analysis – Full Speed Ahead
City report cut to protect "false narrative" on LDC?
"...Transforming Hancock Golf Course will be the topic of conversation Saturday, Feb...."

Feb. 28, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

We Have a Lot of History Here: The Austin Chronicle and Between the Lines
How Jeff Goldblum’s first starring role helped shape the paper we became
"...anniversary issue as a Rashomon-like oral history called "The Golf Cart Story: What Really Happened ... The Great Chronicle..."

Aug. 2, 2019 Screens Feature by Nick Barbaro

Point Austin: If You Build It, They Will Come
Arguments over infrastructure reflect community visions
"...Walter E. Long Metropolitan Park. The developer (Decker Lake Golf LLC) proposed to build two professional golf courses in..."

Feb. 2, 2018 News Column by Michael King

Collide
A backpacker and drug smugglers clash on a high-speed highway
"...pricey new kidney, Geran wants an 18-wheeler filled with golf balls which are in turn filled with cocaine which..."

March 3, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Public Notice
Privatize, privatize, dance to the music
"...facing the city: MoPac expansion, and the Decker Lake golf proposal. Re: MoPac, we were told, dismissively, that HOV..."

May 15, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Frank's Wild Years
The back roads of Ramsay Midwood
"...ago on the 11th hole of the old Bergstrom golf course. My first thought was that he was a..."

Dec. 6, 2013 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran

Development Plan Goes Nowhere Fast
Hancock Golf Course plan stokes outrage
"...Board on Tuesday tackled a proposal to develop Hancock Golf Course for residential and commercial use. The wildly unpopular..."

Aug. 30, 2013 News Feature by Elizabeth Pagano

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