By ERIC VICCARO
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Ron Moxom has returned to Bowie and the new Twisted Oaks Golf Club, which was formerly known as Top O’ The Lake.
The course is located near Amon G. Carter Lake and offers a nice hilltop vista to play golf.
“It’s a small market, but a good one,” said Moxom, a member of the Professional Golfers Association (PGA).
Twisted Oaks was chosen because of the number of oak trees on the property, and the fact many of them became twisted when a tornado passed through in May 2013.
Moxom said he recalled a time when Bowie’s golf course gained a national reputation as one of the best 9-hole venues in the country, and that’s what the new ownership is striving for.
Moxom, a former golfer for then West Texas State, has served as a teaching professional at courses in Ohio, New Mexico and Florida. He previously served as head pro at the former Top O’ The Lake from August 2012 to January 2013.
New owners Dewayne Hamilton, Andy Duke and Greg Vicars have taken a hands-on approach in trying to turn around the golf course.
The men are performing course maintenance, sometimes more than 12 hours per day.
“They’re all trying to get the course back in shape,” Moxom said. “They want to make this the best little golf course in Texas.”
Recently, several greens went through a process called overseeding, in which grass seed is directly planted into existing turf without tearing it up. Read more in the weekend Bowie News.

Ron Moxom has returned to Montague County, back as the teaching professional at the newly named Twisted Oaks Golf Course in rural Bowie. Click on the image for the complete photo. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)