![]() ![]() I played this course several years ago, and it was in decent shape then. The previous owners had not kept it up to Brooks' standards and he's been at work ever since, trying to get Southern Oaks to the point where he can play a round and not be distracted by the goose grass. There was a lot to be done when Brooks bought the place in 2002. During a recent round, his game was constantly distracted by pointing out what needed to be done. The fact that Brooks has had several serious operations recently hasn't seemed to slow him down. That puts him in good stead with the hard-working people of Lake City, a hard-scrabble town between Jacksonville and Tallahassee where most people hunt or fish when they aren't working the 9-to-5. "I'm just an old country boy who's worked hard all my life," Brooks said. ![]() Or you might see him stop during a round, get down on his knees and yank out a clump of goose grass. The Southern Oaks Golf Club here in north-central Florida is the former: a happy, active place where on any given day you might see owner Ron Brooks out on the course, operating a backhoe or one of those big, industrial mowers. ![]()
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