A new 18-hole public golf course is currently under construction in San Marcos, but what makes this new course so special is, according to the National Golf Foundation, it is the first new public, 18-hole golf course to be built in Texas in the past five years.

The Kissing Tree Golf Course, which is developed adjacent to the Kissing Tree 55-plus community, is a product of Brookfield Residential Properties (BRP), and is expected to open next winter in 2017.

The course will be managed by Troon, wh...