The 7,480-yard course at Whispering Pines Golf Club is set within a 400-acre property bordered by lakes and meandering creeks.
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The 7,480-yard course at Whispering Pines Golf Club is set within a 400-acre property bordered by lakes and meandering creeks.











Whispering Pines Golf Club
Whispering Pines Golf Club is located some 90 miles to the north of Houston and the course opened for play in 2000.
Since opening, Whispering Pines has regularly been rated the No.1 course in the Dallas area by the local press and its pristine conditioning is a credit to the club’s passionate staff, helped also by being closed for play for fifty percent of the year. With a mere 160 members playing Whispering Pines in spring, early summer and autumn, the course hardly gets overplayed.
The 7,480-yard Whispering Pines course is set within a 400-acre property bordered by lakes and meandering creeks. It was a Nicklaus design project led by Chet Williams and he used the natural lie of the land to great effect, especially the last six holes which play alongside Caney Creek and Lake Livingston.
Home to the Spirit International Amateur Golf Championship, Whispering Pines is rapidly gaining a reputation for turning amateur golfers into professionals. In its short history, the championship has hosted more than 300 amateur golfers, of which 54 went on to play professionally for the PGA, LPGA and Men’s and Ladies European Tour.
It’s hard to understand how the club make ends meet as half the membership fees are benevolently donated to charity.
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