Tech professor has built a golf course in his backyard



O.K. DAVIS
The Daily Leader
Published: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 at 8:00 a.m.

RUSTON — At first, it was just going to be a putting green. Then, a tee box and a fairway or two. Before you knew it, a golf course was taking shape a wedge shot away from Rick Emerson's home in Ruston.

Now, more than eight years later, the former Louisiana Tech University psychology and sociology professor has a par-3 course in his back yard. READ MORE