Saw this on Shackelford's site and it ruined my day (well, maybe not ruined, but made it less good). I played Pecan Valley many many years ago. It was a tough layout, as the number of balls I contributed to the course will attest, but a lot of fun.
I'm curious about what can be done to save courses like this one? Hard to pass around a hat for donations when you're talking about that much money, and municipalities are not generally in financial shape to swoop in and save the day.
Does it take a new company coming in and seeing an opportunity where others don't? And if so, are there golf companies that are in good enough shape now to do that?
Would love insight from the experts.
By the way, here's the link to the local story:
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Pecan-Valley-set-to-close-on-Sunday-2439277.php