Tyler Golf Courses

Hey there, Tyler. This city may have started with 1930s oil booms, but it's the flower blooms that give it a name these days. That and some great golf courses, too. Pick yourself a good tee time, and let's golf now.

If you're here in the spring, follow the Azalea Trail, a tour-of-homes featuring the flowering shrub of the Rhododendron family. And yellow roses? More roses are packed and shipped from Smith County than anywhere else in the nation. According to legend, the "Yellow Rose of Texas" was a woman who "entertained" General Santa Anna, distracting him enough for Texas to win its "freedom" from Mexico. Ah, there's no better bayonet than Texas history: rarely dull and often backed by bullets.