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A 100-year flood wrecked this Spirit hole. Two years later, it might be better than ever
TRINITY, Texas — Stars have come and gone at the Spirit International Amateur Golf Championship at Whispering Pines Golf Club, and plenty of them have been big ones. The tournament, celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, counts five former world No. 1s on both the men’s and women’s sides among its alumni. But this year, the biggest star might be a piece of the back nine that wasn’t even in play the last time the biennial event came to this remote corner of Texas, about 90 minutes north of Houston. Two years ago, Whispering Pines was still recovering from a flood that tore through the property, buried portions of the golf course in silt and left its signature par-3 15th needing to be rebuilt. Now you’d never know it. In fact, the hole might be even more visually stunning than it was before. That’s the backdrop of the event, which starts on Thursday, bringing 80 of the world’s top amateur players from 20 countries and six continents back to the Chet Williams-designed course that has long been regarded among the best in Texas. It’s quite a turnaround from 2024. Flood ravaged Whispering Pines two years ago A 100-year flood swept