Hello GCAer's,
I must say first that without Tommy Naccarato's helping to get the pictrures in a proper file size, none would have been posted. Thanks Tommy! Also, since I can go on almost as long as Tom Paul when writing about my favorite subject, WH, my article was improved by Ran having to edit alot of surplusage in my original writing. Unlike a trained writer, I don't know when or how to stop... :-/ I have a couple hundred pictures of Wild Horse and poor Ran got some 40 submitted with the article, which would have caused that window in "my home course" to take about a week to open, if all of them were inserted in the article.
So, if anyone wants to see a pic or two in an e-mail, and/or of any particular hole, , contact me and I'll try to send some pics not posted here in this article.
Mike, the course is in Gothenburg NE, about 30 miles east of North Platte that has commuter flights daily. Or, it is 2.5 hours west of Lincoln, 3 west of Omaha airports and 4 hours from Denver. Really, the only place in Gothenburg to stay is Super 8. North Platte has a dozen or more good places to stay and eat because it is western NE's convention center. Green fees were $32-36 last season, I don't know what they'll be next season. It is the best of walking courses, but they do have carts too...
Scott, your concerns are well founded. The only way a community effort like Wild Horse was going to fly is if they had some lot sales. There are 54 lots all sold out that surround the course. To date about a dozen homes have been built. There are no ostintatious mansions, just nice middle class housing. There will be no homes within the boundries of the course, but in the end, roof lines will compromise the distant long sand hill prairie views.
I hope we can put together a GCA group get-to-gether out there next fall. There are other courses of interest in the area that we can work into the mix for variety.