{
  "id": 15780336,
  "title": "$50 million Tom Fazio private course in Texas with 0 members hosting college tournament",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/50-million-tom-fazio-private-course-in-texas-with-0-members-hosting",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-20T18:00:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/50-million-tom-fazio-private-180054614.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A privately owned golf course in Texas, known for hosting a college tournament, has no members despite costing $50 million to create. The Abilene Christian Intercollegiate is being played at Halbert National, a course owned by billionaire David D. Halbert in Granbury, Texas. Halbert built the course himself for personal and family use, aiming for it to be nicer than Augusta. Tom Fazio, a professional golfer, was hired to design the course. The annual maintenance cost for the 7,542-yard course is around $3 million. This week, the venue is hosting four men's teams and four women's teams from various universities for the college tournament. Golf Channel has been broadcasting coverage of the event from Monday to Wednesday, airing at 4 p.m. ET to 7 p.m. ET.",
  "summary": "If you were watching Golf Channel last night to follow the college tournament, you might have wondered a bit about the course.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}