b"Above: Bluejack's short course, A DREAM BROUGHT TO LIFE In the end, the initial group couldnt deliver the The Playgrounds,In early 2010, the Bluejack National era began. It kickedfinancing, and Blaketree National closed for good. with cottages being constructedoff with a call from Austin-based developer Brady OmanBell revisited the property several more times. Even in the background.to Beau Welling, a longtime Tom Fazio associate whowitnessing waist-high weeds and twigs poking up had formed his own design firm in 2007. Oman had beenthrough the greens didnt change his favorable opinion.hired by a group that now owned the Blaketree propertyLate in 2012, while at Diamante in Cabo San Lucas, and had been tasked with determining an action plan forMexico (a Tiger Woods design), Bell and Welling were it in the midst of the real estate crisis. He asked Welling,discussing potential investment opportunities with indus-a veteran land planner and golf course designer to havetry consultant Mike Abbott, and the Blaketree property a look at it. Welling was shocked at what he saw. was prominently mentioned. Abbott responded that he I was just blown away, recalled Welling. Big tallalready knew of it and felt the same as they did.pine trees everywhere, rolling topography, all theTeaming with Casey Paulson, Abbott then enlisted SCAN HERE stuff you dont think about when you think of Houston,Andy Mitchell and Lantern Asset Management in late which is generally flat. 2013/early 2014 to secure the financing. Bluejack National Welling drew up plans, suggesting that the proposedwasnt yet named, but it had a pulse.new group had the potential to build an awesomeWelling dusted off the plans he had first crafted destination golf course and also accommodate somein 2010, made the necessary adjustments, and the WATCH ITdevelopment once the real estate market came back. Hedominos began to fall early in 2014. By then, the BEING BUILT also reached out to Tiger Woods, who had a design firmdevelopment group had settled on a name for the club Check out thisthat engaged Welling as a consultant. Woods expressedand development: Bluejack National. Credit goes to time-lapse video of No. 18 beinghis interest, trusting Wellings judgment. Bryon Bell,Houston Duncan, who worked for Mitchell, and still built, April 15 president of Tiger Woods Design (now known as TGRdoes, as CFO of Bluejack.October 15, 2015 Design), arrived for a property tour a short time later,I wanted a name that means something to and was equally impressed. Blaketree National was stillTexas, said Mitchell. After tossing around other operating, but it was on life support. possibilities and rejecting them, Houston proposed 14 BLUEJACK MAGAZINE"