New golf superintendent at home on course

  • McNeely, as a San Saba Armadillo golfer, was one of the earliest competitors on Hancock Park’s front nine holes when that portion opened in the 1990s. ERICK MITCHELL | DISPATCH RECORD
    McNeely, as a San Saba Armadillo golfer, was one of the earliest competitors on Hancock Park’s front nine holes when that portion opened in the 1990s. ERICK MITCHELL | DISPATCH RECORD

    San Saba native Shawn McNeely is no stranger to Hancock Park Golf Course. Last Monday, he began his new role as the course’s superintendent.

    McNeely brings decades of golfcourse management experience to Lampasas after stints at Grand Oaks Golf Club (formerly Grand Prairie Country Club) and King’s Creek Country Club.

    A week into the job, he already feels at home.

    “The people have been super nice — the…