Old Bryan Golf Course

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In reply to EliteElectric • 10:26p, 4/22/25
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If you put 15 in the middle,at that fall point, it was a near impossible putt from anywhere.


Double cut the green, put the hole in the middle of the green 10-12' from the collar on the bunker side. Let the good times roll. Pun intended.

I also liked putting the pin on the top of 4. Hit it past or chip it past and you are done.
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In reply to JB!98 • 8:29a, 4/23/25
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EliteElectric said:
If you put 15 in the middle,at that fall point, it was a near impossible putt from anywhere.


Double cut the green, put the hole in the middle of the green 10-12' from the collar on the bunker side. Let the good times roll. Pun intended.

I also liked putting the pin on the top of 4. Hit it past or chip it past and you are done.
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In reply to JB!98 • 8:55a, 4/23/25
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JB!98 said:
EliteElectric said:
If you put 15 in the middle,at that fall point, it was a near impossible putt from anywhere.


Double cut the green, put the hole in the middle of the green 10-12' from the collar on the bunker side. Let the good times roll. Pun intended.

I also liked putting the pin on the top of 4. Hit it past or chip it past and you are done.



-Signed someone who may have 4-putted this green.
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9:11a, 4/23/25
I'm a little younger than most of the repeat posters on this thread. I wasn't very good yet when I started playing Bryan Muni, so my memories of the course aren't filled with many positive ones. Hole 10 may still be my least favorite hole I've ever played.

Had a friend hit a worm burner on #15, never got 5 feet off the ground, hit about 50 yards before the green and hit the pin and dropped. Such a stupid way to get a hole in one, but hey, whatever gets the job done!

It rained one day as I was playing solo. Lightening took us off for 20-30 minutes as I was about to make the turn. Almost everyone that was on the course that day just left, but I waited it out. When it cleared I took off down 10, got to 13 and hit a solid drive, caught a flyer on my approach and went over the green. Proceeded to make my first chip in that wasn't closer than 5 feet off the green. Raised my hands in celebration only to remember that no one else was on the course lol.

The last few years it was open, a co-worker was driving his cart with his foot hanging out a little. Just enough to get sniped by a tee shot from 1 while he was driving to his own tee shot from hole 6 that he hit through the left side of the fairway. To this day I never let my foot dangle out of the cart (and because of another situation I witnessed in which someone tore every ligament/muscle/you name it in their knee).

The last year they were open a friend of mine and I were walking off hole 2 towards hole 3 where we parked next to 3 tee box. We heard a "Fore!" as we got to our cart. I ducked my head underneath the cart as he proceeded to head for the tee box. A second later that ball went directly through the passenger side into my left shin w/o making any cart contact. I ran/skipped off about 1/2 to hole 3 green before I began walking back. The whelp was immediate and was pretty close to the size of the golf ball. My friend went to touch it and I had to slap his hand away because he would have.

The guy who hit the ball drove up and said "Sorry about that, I'm getting used to these new clubs still." I told him it's alright just go ahead and play through as I recover. He stuck around and told me a story about when he got hit once and something else that wasn't making things any better. I then again told him, "It's alright, I'll be alright, why don't you go ahead and play on." He offered to buy me a beer and he got the picture when I told him I don't drink.

I don't miss the course apart from it being the course I learned to play on(along with old A&M). It would be nice to take my current game and play it one more time to see how I'd fair, but that's about it.

I'm glad I never have to tee off hole 1 or 10 again. Never have to putt on those greens ever again. And never have to worry about hitting a good tee shot on 5 and get totally boned. I'm sure there were plenty of other recurring bad shots, but I seemed to have let those slip away.
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1:04p, 4/23/25
I enjoyed Bryan Muni partly because golf happened there. But mostly because life happened there.
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In reply to GIF Reactor • 2:49p, 4/23/25
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JB!98 said:
EliteElectric said:
If you put 15 in the middle,at that fall point, it was a near impossible putt from anywhere.


Double cut the green, put the hole in the middle of the green 10-12' from the collar on the bunker side. Let the good times roll. Pun intended.

I also liked putting the pin on the top of 4. Hit it past or chip it past and you are done.



-Signed someone who may have 4-putted this green.
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In reply to AgDotCom • 2:52p, 4/23/25
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I enjoyed Bryan Muni partly because golf happened there. But mostly because life happened there.
That is a very true statement! I think all of us who played there or worked there in the "Old Days" feel exactly the same way.
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In reply to AgDotCom • 3:19p, 4/23/25
100%. Still love and cherish all of the relationships I made there!
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9:25a, 4/25/25
Talked to my little bro last night, he used to work in the cart barn, he claims to have my old city championship trophy and is gonna dig for it and send me a pic. I'll post it here and the FB page when I get it.
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9:05p, 4/26/25









#16...farthest from the clubhouse and where you took it home. It always amused me how wide, wide open the runway was, but note all the trouble distances on the page. That's because everyone I knew, including me, swung out of our shoes on our tee shots at 16...I mean, hell, we had acres of open prairie in front of us, right? Sure enough, the biggest, hardest swings of the day often rewarded you with a huge banana slice, a snap hook across 14 green, or altogether topping the ball to the first of several mounds.

These last 3 holes were one of my favorite stretches, but it was always bittersweet because you knew your time on the course was approaching a close. The it was back home, and worse...back to reality.
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In reply to AgDotCom • 8:58a, 4/28/25
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Sure enough, the biggest, hardest swings of the day often rewarded you with a huge banana slice, a snap hook across 14 green, or altogether topping the ball to the first of several mounds.
My favorite shot there was the low bullet snap hook into the Pampas Grass never to be seen again. I bet there were 100 of my Titleist Tour Prestige (the precursor to the ProV1 for you youngsters) balls in that Pampas Grass, expertly placed there by the likes of me!

You are 100% correct though. Maybe the easiest fairway on the course to hit that I rarely hit!

Cool #16 story for me that I'll share-
I had a dozen or so flat 70's at BGC over the years, but a sub par round had always escaped me. One fall Sunday after skins, a group of us headed out to play another round. You guys would all recognize the names so no need to name drop. I get to 16 tee @ -3. All I have left is 16 and the back to back par 5's 17 & 18. As close to a lock for an under par round as I could ever get. Well, everyone on the tee sprays it left and right just as described. As we are searching for 5 balls it gets dark. Couldn't see. Dream was dead.

Still the closest I have ever came to a sub par round.


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In reply to EliteElectric • 9:35a, 4/28/25
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AgDotCom said:
Sure enough, the biggest, hardest swings of the day often rewarded you with a huge banana slice, a snap hook across 14 green, or altogether topping the ball to the first of several mounds.
My favorite shot there was the low bullet snap hook into the Pampas Grass never to be seen again. I bet there were 100 of my Titleist Tour Prestige (the precursor to the ProV1 for you youngsters) balls in that Pampas Grass, expertly placed there by the likes of me!

You are 100% correct though. Maybe the easiest fairway on the course to hit that I rarely hit!

Cool #16 story for me that I'll share-
I had a dozen or so flat 70's at BGC over the years, but a sub par round had always escaped me. One fall Sunday after skins, a group of us headed out to play another round. You guys would all recognize the names so no need to name drop. I get to 16 tee @ -3. All I have left is 16 and the back to back par 5's 17 & 18. As close to a lock for an under par round as I could ever get. Well, everyone on the tee sprays it left and right just as described. As we are searching for 5 balls it gets dark. Couldn't see. Dream was dead.

Still the closest I have ever came to a sub par round.


Damn, I would have put a tee in the ground close to where I thought my ball was and shown back up the next morning! I shot 68-71-68 on three consecutive days out there once. Never again did I even sniff being under par!

Ruffin flirted with the course record a few times, but his putter always let him down. I also think Boz was close to the record once. For the life of me, I cannot remember what the record was.

Another to flirt with the record was Scott Key. That was a really good dude there. He went from Bryan and ran Pecan Lakes for a good while. Not sure what happened to him.
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9:53a, 4/28/25
Course record was 61 by Judge Bryan IIRC.

Scott Key, there's a blast from the past, played many rounds with old Hootie! I though he ran the Hempstead (Lawrence Marshall) course though, but you may be right!
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In reply to EliteElectric • 9:56a, 4/28/25
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Course record was 61 by Judge Bryan IIRC.

Scott Key, there's a blast from the past, played many rounds with old Hootie! I though he ran the Hempstead (Lawrence Marshall) course though, but you may be right!
I know he was at Pecan Lakes for a while because he would let us play free! He may have went from there to Hempstead. I remember it be held by one of the Bryan's but could not remember the score. Good memory!
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In reply to JB!98 • 10:12a, 4/28/25
I remember me and Hootie and Stone playing in 1st flight together in the city championship. Stone rode with me and Hoot, as always, walked. For those that don't know them, Stoney and Hoot were VERY Christian and tea teetotalers, I on the other hand was hammering beers like John Daly the day he leaves rehab!

We get done and are emptying the cart and Hoot says to me "Dang how many beers did you drink?" "All of them" and it got a chuckle out of Stone. Good times man, good times.
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In reply to EliteElectric • 10:36a, 4/28/25
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I remember me and Hootie and Stone playing in 1st flight together in the city championship. Stone rode with me and Hoot, as always, walked. For those that don't know them, Stoney and Hoot were VERY Christian and tea teetotalers, I on the other hand was hammering beers like John Daly the day he leaves rehab!

We get done and are emptying the cart and Hoot says to me "Dang how many beers did you drink?" "All of them" and it got a chuckle out of Stone. Good times man, good times.
Yeah, I cannot believe that we got Jermey to go with us to Brackettville. The level of debauchery there was top notch. Matt Hurt talked him into going. He only made that trip once! Hoot tolerated us.
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In reply to JB!98 • 10:57a, 4/28/25
several of "those guys" just tolerated us
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In reply to JB!98 • 12:14p, 4/28/25
JB!98 said:

Matt Hurt talked him into going.


Hurt talked him into a lot of stuff he wouldn't usually do.

I remember one of the times that API had the strippers on 12, Stoney (playing with Hurt) acted like he didn't see the naked lady on the tee box writhing to get his attention a few feet from him. As he is going through his pre-shot routine, she walks over to his already teed ball, straddles it, then bends over downwards and looks between her legs towards him and pulls her g-string to the side exposing all of herself. He still ignores her, then after she clears the area, he goes and knocks it stone dead! He turns to me and says "it's Sodom and Gamora out here today!" Then walk to the cart.

I'm still in pretty regular contact with Stoney and Rusty
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In reply to EliteElectric • 12:48p, 4/28/25
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JB!98 said:

Matt Hurt talked him into going.


Hurt talked him into a lot of stuff he wouldn't usually do.

I remember one of the times that API had the strippers on 12, Stoney (playing with Hurt) acted like he didn't see the naked lady on the tee box writhing to get his attention a few feet from him. As he is going through his pre-shot routine, she walks over to his already teed ball, straddles it, then bends over downwards and looks between her legs towards him and pulls her g-string to the side exposing all of herself. He still ignores her, then after she clears the area, he goes and knocks it stone dead! He turns to me and says "it's Sodom and Gamora out here today!" Then walk to the cart.

I'm still in pretty regular contact with Stoney and Rusty
Tell Jeremy I said hi the next time you talk with him. I assume his health conditions cleared up? I want to say he was having some type of heart issues a long while back.

Yeah, the good old days of API. We sold them a full field 144 players for two days take or pay, then we basically handed over the keys to the course! Lots of fun happened around the 12th, 13th, and 14th tee boxes back then. The secluded nature of 13 green and 14 tee was good times.

"Sodum and Gamora"

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In reply to JB!98 • 12:53p, 4/28/25
For some reason "debauchery" never seemed to bother all of us "younger" guys lol


I have so many stories I'd tell if I could.
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In reply to EliteElectric • 12:55p, 4/28/25
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For some reason "debauchery" never seemed to bother all of us "younger" guys lol


I have so many stories I'd tell if I could.
Yes, I do not think the statute of limitations has run out on most of them.
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12:53p, 5/1/25
I played quite a few rounds there - and all I really remember was the first 3 holes set the tone for the day. If I could get through those at +2 or better then it was on. Could also be +6 or worse and ready to walk off.
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I played quite a few rounds there - and all I really remember was the first 3 holes set the tone for the day. If I could get through those at +2 or better then it was on. Could also be +6 or worse and ready to walk off.
Looking back they were not really hard holes, but going out there cold off the tee and bad decisions made them harder.

If:

#1 5 iron off the tee - wedge to the green
#2 8 iron center of green - 2 putt
#3 7-8 iron on the green - 2 putt - 3 could bite you with the sand and water

I am even and ready to go!

Instead:

#1 Hell lets have some beers while waiting - cut driver trying to hit the green - trees - try to hit a miracle from the trees over the water - in the water - take a drop - 2 putt - Boom double bogie

#2 Drink 2 more beers waiting - i am no sissy watch me kill this 9 iron - sculled into a coot - take a drop - two putt from 4 ft because it hit coot crap - Nice little double on the score card. (Yes, I killed a coot with a topped 9 iron)

#3 Drink 3 beers because you are pissed - try to rip 8 iron from the back of the box - clear the water into the trap - chunk it out of the trap - two putt - Bogie

Yeah, I showed them I am +5 through three! The beauty of Muni. At least I have a buzz from the beers I smuggled in from the parking lot.
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In reply to JB!98 • 2:17p, 5/1/25
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In reply to JB!98 • 2:18p, 5/1/25
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Quit telling stories about me JB.
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2:28p, 5/1/25
Lookie lookie what I found!


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Quit telling stories about me JB.
That was our story! Especially the beer consumption portion! I found a picture I would post from an Oilman's, but it would identify my brother and I on here and I am not sure I am ready for that!
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In reply to JB!98 • 8:25a, 5/2/25
and it's a glorious picture!!!!!
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JB! Stone and I would love to return to Bracket. Los Moras creek!
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I totally forgot that. API was pretty wild.
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In reply to Matt_The_Lawyer • 9:19p, 5/2/25
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JB! Stone and I would love to return to Bracket. Los Moras creek!
Damn brother good to see you are still alive! I know it is shocking that I still am!

We are seriously thinking about doing it next year. The brain trust is huddling for 2 days in June to have a council to decide!

Shoot me your contact information through PM and I will keep you in the loop.
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JB!98 said:
DargelSkout said:
Quit telling stories about me JB.
That was our story! Especially the beer consumption portion! I found a picture I would post from an Oilman's, but it would identify my brother and I on here and I am not sure I am ready for that!
I am assuming that Daniel still has your contact information? I don't want to resort to this to assemble our team of degenerates!

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Finding this posting tonight made my week.

I worked there (thanks to Stone) from '94-97. The old names. Boz. Ruffin. Stacey. Stone. JB. Billy Bob. EZ.E.

We were happy on cold rainy February days cuz we would close the shop and go to chicken oil and drink beer by the fire all afternoon.

We had the lunch game every Friday-Sunday. Bad-guys. Boz taught me all I needed to do was birdie 9 and 18. Lot of money changed hands on those crappy white tables by the huge weenie roaster thing. JB you loved those things. DB and Harold Swanzie would do the math. Some summer fridays it would take 30 minutes to get thru bad guys, skins, and the $5 or $10 medal bet.

Then "the fix" would show up with free Pizza Hut on closing nights. Courtesy of JB.

There was the time JB got the Ben Hogan trailer and sold everyone new Hogans for a month or two. At least the face tape was cool.

One time I got pissed in a round and threw a club and DB yelled at me and said to quit. He said "you're not that ing good" to get that mad. He was right and I never forgot it.

The summers when Darren Newhouse was back in town was some hard damn golf. He never shot higher than 70 the summer of 96 I believe. They said he could putt with a broomstick. Birdied 17 half the time. Him and Ruffin would battle it out and I was lucky to just be in the 5-some and watch.

Ruffin gave me two of his old Hogan wedges. A lob wedge and a 56. I still play with them. Best lob wedge ever. The grooves are flat in the center. So I found a pristine set on eBay 5 yrs ago just in case.

Eric the surfing geologist Ph.D from California with a mop for hairdude could play.
Hotard and his smokes.
Francis Scott Key. That guy had a heckuva swing.
Those were great times and crazy times.

The summer Dat Nguyen worked in the shop. Every time he answered the phone: "thanks for calling Bryan Municipal golf course, this is Dat Nguyen. [Long pause.]. Yes, that Dat Nguyen."
Great guy too.

One year in the Bryan City championship Stone started the first round by 5 putting 1. Hard to do. And he is a great putter. Flag was on the steep part near front. He hit it all way to back in 2. So fast he was afraid and left first putt 12' shortbefore it catches the steep part. Then ran it off front (anyone would have it was so steep) then hit it 3 feet past and above, missed that, made a 5. Still remind him of that today. Wasn't funny that day.

Ruffin taught me how to play that course. Driver on 1 left of the green. Even if left of the cart path easy shot.

Stacey is (was at least) head of the entire Texas Golf ASS'N.

Two favorite memories were:
1) during one of the sorority tournaments we set the teams out so there would be an extra gap for us to play. So we sent the players out shotgun and we started on 1 like we owned the place. But we were out of carts so we had to walk. EZ.E doubled bagged a dozen natty lights. By the time we get to 7 we tee off and a gust of wind comes down thru the trees from the maintenance barn and starts a dust devil. EZ hauls ass from the tee box carrying his AGC white bags with beer and ice into the middle of the dust devil and then throws his head back and sticks his arms out like he had died and gone to heaven. Sunshine shining behind him. Funniest thing ever.

One other time EZ took a golf cart across Villa Maria and old college to the EZ MART there at the corner to get a few cases of Natty light. Jumping curbs and all the things. That dude.

2) Wednesday night bud league. One Wednesday morning in spring break, me, Trey D the lefty, and JB go in somebody's Camero to play Pecan Valley in S.A. Then come back. We stopped in some small town and get beer on our way back from pecan. Probably an hour or so from Bryan. I get two Mickeys malts. I'm not driving so I drink them and we haul ass back to BGC in time for bud league. I feel like Trey was driving but whoever it was we were going about 90 to be back in time. We make it, jump out of the car, head to 1 T. Trey is my partner. I swing and literally whiff on first tee. May have fallen over. Can't remember but it was hilarious. Trey is pretty drunk too and I'm quite certain we are gonna make 8 on 1. But He smokes one, we birdie 1 and we ended up winning that night. Took me 2 or 3 holes to see straight.

Years later when I was in law school Jeremy and I went up to play the lunch game one daywe were at a friends house at lake Conroe. Jennifer Newhouse and another friend of ours was the 4th. can't recall who played with me and Stone.

All the years working there I never shot lower than 68. This day in 2000 I shot 63. 21 putts. Bogeyed 9 and 10.3 putted both. 15 putts on the other 16 holes. Holed out for 2 on 14. Chipped in for 3 on 18. Just a crazy day. Jeremy shot 70 and Jennifer shot 69. She was home from Tech for summer. DB and others were in the group ahead of us and were tired of hearing us making so much noise. After the round Jeremy re-did the whole card in his perfect handwriting so I could keep it.

Jennifer and I played a "couples" tournament in Floydada later that summer when we were both back in school in Lubbock and we won. Bunch of the mad old lady regulars there called the Tech golf coach to complain.

Those were the good ole days. I wish it was still open so I could show my kids.

I think J Stone still keeps up with Wilgonowski. Think He still goes elk hunting in CO every fall.

stone and I still play several tournaments a year and he still hits it an unreal distance and I still don't know how. His health is great. Just some back stiffness.

Thanks for the memories.
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Matt_The_Lawyer said:
JB! Stone and I would love to return to Bracket. Los Moras creek!
I have some good news and some bad news about the tournament.

Good news:

It still exists and has turned into a 4-man scramble

Bad news:
The cost is still staggering at $50 per person without a cart fee. You can however enter the long drive contest for $5.
BBQ lunch is included - scrumptious.
The old ladies (They are probably 110 years old by now) are still running the tournament
Mexico is closed
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We were dumb as hell going over to Mexico.
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