Monday, the family threw a party that included a barbecue and a golf tournament to celebrate the final day of the Kinser family’s management. Kinser said she plans on retiring and start volunteering. “For 71 years, we’ve not only have grown a business that everybody loves, we’ve been good stewards to this land.” There wasn’t any of these trees here,” she said. “I don’t think they really showed a lot of respect into what me and family have done to this piece of property, because when we took it over, it was on the outskirts of town. Kinser’s family has been operating the golf course, which is on city-owned land, since 1948. “I’ve been here almost 10 years, but this place has always been kind of home for me,” he said.īack in June, the Austin City Council voted to turn over the lease to Pecan Grove Partners, after rejecting manager Lee Kinser’s bid because she missed a signature. Weston Schmitt, 27, said the pitch and putt is quintessentially, “Austin.” Other golfers on this last day had similar feelings. Just come out here and give it a try, it was a lot of fun,” Martin said, “There’s not a lot of flash to this place, but it is, very homegrown.” ![]() “It was a place, I didn’t feel like I was judged or anything like that. RELATED: Butler Pitch And Putt Under New Management ![]() The longtime Austinite said he has been coming to the course since 2007. Steve Martin spent his lunch break, Monday, at the course. Many supporters of the par-3 golf course in South Austin, stopped by for one last round under the management of the Kinser family.
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