Omni Barton Creek Resort & Spa
Omni Barton Creek Resort & Spa, a Texas Hill Country resort sprawling across more than 4,000 acres, has reopened its Fazio Canyons golf course after a seven-month, $5 million renovation project to modernize the Tom Fazio-designed layout.
The project included creating new tee boxes for additional length and versatility and enhancing greens and bunkers. Irrigation was also modified throughout the course.
Originally built by Tom Fazio in 1999, Fazio and his team played a significant role in ensuring the integrity of the course was forefront in the restoration. Fazio Canyons features picturesque views of the surrounding native landscape with stately red oaks, sycamore trees and limestone cliff sides where the course meanders along the Short Spring Branch, a creek that traverses the course.
"The Fazio Canyons renovation is the most recent work completed to ensure Omni Barton Creek Resort & Spa remains one of the top golf destinations in the country," said Spencer Cody, corporate director-club and golf operations. "The modernization and reimagination of the Tom Fazio gem will allow for the same stellar playing conditions members and resort guests have come to expect across the Omni golf portfolio, and will position the facility to host any caliber of event.”
Omni Barton Creek Resort & Spa supports three courses in addition to the Fazio Canyons: Fazio Foothills, Coore Crenshaw Cliffside and Palmer Lakeside.
"The renovation at Fazio Canyons will allow for additional flexibility of the golf course to stand up to today's best players," said Scott Abernathy, Omni corporate director of agronomy. "The new state-of-the-art irrigation system gives us more control and the ability to ensure optimal course conditions throughout the year."
"We are very excited about the work completed at Fazio Canyons," Tom Fazio said. "The evolution of the golf course will maximize playability and playing conditions while the additional length will allow for golf at all levels of play."
