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THIS AREA.
TETON LAKES GOLF COURSE
HELD A RIBBON CUTTING AND A
TOURNAMENT FOR THEIR NEW 9
HOLES. IT'S BEEN A PROJECT
IN THE MAKING IN REXBURG FOR
SEVERAL YEARS. JOINING US
NOW IS EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER STEVEN POPE.
STEVEN, DID YOU HELP BREAK IN
THE GOLF COURSE? I WAS
LUCKY ENOUGH TO HIT A FEW
BALLS, BUT IT WAS THE NEARLY
200 PEOPLE THAT SHOWED UP
TODAY WHO PLAYED IN THE 5 MAN
SCRAMBLE. GOLF ENTHUSIASTS
ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE NEW
GREENS, AND IT ISN'T GOING TO
COST TAXPAYERS A DIME.
GOLFERS LOVE A NEW CHALLENGE.
"NEW 9 IS GREAT. BEEN A FUN
DAY, HAD A GREAT TIME. NICE
AND OPEN, EASY TO HIT THE
BALL,"THAT'S EASY FOR JARED TO
SAY AS HE SINK THIS PUTT."IT
WAS A LOT OF WORK.THERE WERE
TIMES WE WERE ON, WE WERE OFF,
WE WERE ON. NO IT'S NOT GOING
TO WORK, YES IT'S GOING TO
WORK. IT FINALLY CAME TOGETHER.
THE GOLF COURSE? WE'RE SELF
SUFFICIENT, WE'RE TOTALLY PAID
FOR BY THE THE GOLFERS ARE
PAYING,""I'M NO GOLFER, BUT I
CAN TELL YOU AFTER A WEEK OF
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING, EVEN
I ENJOY CLEARING THE COBWEBS
OUT ON THE GREEN.""JUST
HANGING OUT IN THE SUNSHINE,
AND ENJOYING THE NICE WEATHER,"
THE GOLF COURSE FUNDED THIS
EXPANSION OVER SEVERAL YEARS,
AND UTILIZED SOME COST SAVING
MEASURES. GOLF COURSE DESIGNER
KEVIN ATKINSON COULDN'T BE
MORE PROUD."DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR,
I THINK IT'S THE BEST GOLF
COURSE THAT I CAN THINK OF IN
THE UNITED STATES IN THE LAST
FEW YEARS TO OPEN UP. WE MINED
OUR OWN SAND AND GRAVEL FROM
THE SITE.WE HARVESTED OUR OWN
SOD FROM THE GOLF COURSE. WE
USED A LITTLE BIT OF PRISON
LABOR TO DO SOME ODDS AND ENDS
AROUND THE GOLF COURSE,"THE
NEW 9 HOLES BRINGS THE TOTAL
HOLES TO 27.THE HISTORY BEHIND
THE NEW 9 AND EVEN THE
ORIGINAL HOLES IS INTERMIXED
WITH THE TETON DAM FLOOD. THAT
FLOOD GAVE THE COURSE
INSURANCE MONEY TO BUILD IN
1976, AND IN 1995 THEY BOUGHT
AN ADDITIONAL 52 ACRES.BUT IT
TOOK SEVERAL YEARS TO FINANCE
AND THEN BUILD THE NEW GREENS.
"IT'S THE LONGEST OF ALL OUR
9'S. IT'S A TERRIFIC 9 HOLES.
IT'S COMPLETELY DIFFERENT, YOU
GET OUT THERE AND YOU FEEL
LIKE YOU'RE IN ANOTHER WORLD.
YOU'RE LIKE WOW, WHERE ARE WE?
THIS ISN'T REXBURG, THIS ISN'T
TETON LAKES,"BUT IT IS, AND
IT'S LIKELY TO SEE QUITE A FEW
GOLFERS SPENDING THEIR SUMMER
DAYS HERE.
IN 2005, THE CITY COUNCIL
CAST A TIED VOTE IN
DETERMINING TO BUILD THE NEW 9
HOLES. FORMER MAYOR SHAWN
LARSEN CAST THE DECIDING VOTE