![]() “It would eliminate watering, mowing and fertilizing,” Kinser said. Kinser is looking at artificial grass for multiple reasons. ![]() To rebuild one green with live grass costs $100,000 per green – meaning it would cost over $1 million to update the greens. “It’s so busy and you’re supposed to rebuild your greens every 30 years…ours have been the same for 66 years.” “I want to put in artificial grass on the greens,” Kinser said. Kinser said updating the greens is the next big project. Customers enjoy the golf, but many have complained about the condition of the greens – an understandable problem considering the age of the course. The names of hundreds of Pitch and Putt golfers who have sunk holes-in-one are posted on the wall – an honor only the lucky and talented have known. New names updated to the Hole-In-One Butler Wall of Fame in 2015Ī tradition that is well known around the Austin golf community is adding names to the esteemed Butler Wall of Fame that is displayed in the clubhouse. Anyone can play, but they’re pretty competitive about it.” “It’s usually a lot of caddies from different courses around the area that play in. Although the Tuesday night tournaments are played for fun, Kinser said there is no lack of healthy competition. However, a two-man scramble, blind draw tournament is still played every Tuesday evening at 6 p.m.– a tradition that has lasted 15 years. Last year 38,530 rounds were played at Butler Park Pitch and Putt.ĭue to its size and the fact that regulars don’t like the idea of the course closing for the day, tournaments aren’t frequently held at Butler. The changes helped and Kinser said business has picked up a lot over the years. Kinser hired the professionals she needed to make the necessary improvements around the course. In 1995, Lee Kinser became the sole owner and general manager of the course and began renovations. ![]() Lee recalled a time when a customer stormed into the pro shop and loudly declared his angst with the poor condition of the course. Winston Kinser truly loved the course, however an overly thrifty mindset and lack of maintenance caused the course to suffer overtime. “I loved my father-in-law,” Kinser said, “we worked here together for years…he loved it here.” She and her father-in-law had a close connection and bonded over the course, working together for 15 years. Lee Kinser, who was once married to Winston’s son Al, was introduced to the course and immediately fell in love with it. ![]() He wasn’t crazy about idea of hiring employees so he recruited his family to run the course. Winston, his brother and business partner, was left to pick up the pieces and run the course alone. 51,, Douglas Kinser died suddenly within one year of the course’s opening. Hours: Dawn till dark daily, weather permitting. Replays are half-price.įood menu: Biscuit sandwiches, including ham and cheese, and fried chicken, $7-$10 sandwiches, including egg salad and pimento cheese, $5 hot dogs $5. “If we get that simple mission right, it will deliver on the duty it has on that piece of property to make everyone know that when they are there, they could only be in Austin.” Butler Pitch & Putt “Our hope is that Butler can be a truly distinctive collaboration that honors the simple joys of golf, cold-cold beer and tasty, local food from one of Butler’s familiar regulars,” Knaggs said. The partners hope that the stylized but casual atmosphere, with an aesthetic curated by Austin creatives and a food menu of biscuits and simple Masters-inspired sandwiches like pimento cheese and chicken salad, at a course with greens designed by Masters champion Crenshaw in a park just a drive-and-a-chip from downtown will make Butler Pitch & Putt a uniquely Austin offering. Anybody can do it, if they give it a shot.”īutler's scorecard rules capture the spirit concisely, with the first rule repeated as the 10th: "Have fun, be nice, swing easy." It’s got a lot more personality and mixed personalities. “I think the sandlot ethos translates to golf in that it takes fun into consideration, most importantly, and strips it down to some of its most basic elements: being outside, hanging out with friends, and you can bring your own personality and your own quirk to your swing. ![]()
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