AUSTIN, Texas -- Veteran journalist and editor Steve Habel has joined the Bechtol Golf Design team and will act as the media coordinator for principal Roy Bechtol and his three Austin-based companies.
Habel, a frequent contributor to TravelGolf.com and CyberGolf.com and the regular golf columnist for Victory Publishing in Marble Falls, is a member of the Texas Golf Writers’ Association.
“Steve’s coverage of our golf course design business as a member of the press has been unparalleled, and I knew he was someone I wanted for my team,” Bechtol said. “His knowledge of golf and business and the business of golf and his professionalism will be an asset for our continued success.”
Habel will maintain his presence as managing editor of Business District magazine in Austin and the Texas football beat writer and a contributing editor for Horns Illustrated, the Austin-based magazine for University of Texas sports. Habel also writes a weekly golf column for The River Cities Tribune in Marble Falls, Texas.
Since 1990, Habel has traveled around the globe covering news, business and sports assignments for various news bureaus, newspapers, magazines and websites.
Habel’s expertise is in writing stories that make people think. He has been lauded and awarded by his peers for his news judgment, his writing and his editing and is glad to be associated with Bechtol Golf Design, Planned Environments Inc. and Waters Of America, Bechtol’s three companies.
“I look forward to working with Roy on a regular basis because I have always enjoyed playing his golf courses and think he is one of the industry’s top design minds,” Habel said. “This job is like a dream come true for me.”
Habel will write press releases and coordinate media coverage for Bechtol’s three companies. He will also be responsible for writing follow-ups on Bechtol-designed golf courses and will spearhead a new service Bechtol will offer to clients to provide a running, written chronology of golf course projects as they progress. He will act in the same manner for both Planned Environments, Inc. and Waters Of America.
About Bechtol Golf Design
Bechtol Golf Design, an Austin, Texas-based company, has designed more than 50 golf courses throughout the United States either as the lead architect or as a collaborator with other golf course designers. Led by its principal, Roy Bechtol, Bechtol Golf Design combines cutting-edge technology with creative, traditional design practices to determine the best possible plan for land development.
Upcoming projects include courses in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, in the Colorado Rocky Mountains near Vail, in the Texas Hill Country along the upper banks of Lake Travis and on Mustang Island on the Texas coast.
Bechtol Golf Design’s completed projects, both in partnership with former team member Randy Russell and via its continuing relationship with World Golf Hall of Famer Tom Kite, include:
The Waterford Club (Smithwick, Texas)
Gaillardia Country Club (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)
The Club at Comanche Trace (Kerrville, Texas)
Legends on Lake LBJ (Kingsland, Texas)
Riverplace Golf Club (Austin, Texas)
The Golf Club at Somersett (Reno, Nevada)
The University of Texas Golf Club (Austin, Texas)
The Golf Club of Texas (San Antonio, Texas)
The Golf Club at Star Ranch (Hutto, Texas)
Black Bear Golf Club (Delhi, Louisiana)
ShadowGlen Golf Club (Manor, Texas)
The Ambush at Lajitas (Lajitas, Texas)
ConCan Country Club (North Uvalde County, Texas)
Saddle Creek (Copperopolis, California)
Media Contact:
Steve Habel
512-474-0806 (office)
512-535-6120 (direct)
512-699-2133 (cell)
stevehabel@hotmail.com
