
Texas
Founded in 1906, the Texas Golf Association now takes care of the interests of more than 400 golf clubs in the Lone Star State. Although the Texan landscape and environment are not perfect for golf, some old-fashioned layouts do exist in the Dallas region, the most notable of which is probably AW Tillinghast’s Brook Hollow, but old-fashioned Texan courses are largely eclipsed by modern layouts.
Whispering Pines Golf Club
Texas, United States
Whispering Pines Golf Club
The 7,480-yard course at Whispering Pines Golf Club is set within a 400-acre property bordered by lakes and meandering creeks.
Dallas National Golf Club
Texas, United States
Dallas National Golf Club
Tom Fazio is a man on a mission, a mission to have his name tattooed on many top Texan courses. Naturally, Fazio is the man behind Dallas National Golf Club.
Bluejack National
Texas, United States
Bluejack National
The 18-hole layout at Bluejack National is the first headline design to open in the United States for Tiger Woods and architect Beau Welling.
Austin Golf Club
Texas, United States
Austin Golf Club
Occupying gently rolling, lightly wooded terrain to the south east of Spicewood, the eighteen holes at Austin Golf Club were draped onto the landscape by Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw in 2001.
Brook Hollow Golf Club
Texas, United States
Brook Hollow Golf Club
Built on what was at that time open, rolling farmland, the lush acres of Brook Hollow Golf Club have unfortunately become surrounded by housing...
Trinity Forest Golf Club
Texas, United States
Trinity Forest Golf Club
Trinity Forest Golf Club opened for play in October 2016 and it was designed in a links-like style by the hot architectural duo of Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw. The club hosted the AT&T Byron Nelson tournament in 2018.
Wolf Point Ranch
Texas, United States
Wolf Point Ranch
Mike Nuzzo designed the golf course at Wolf Point Ranch in 2009 for the sole use of its owner and his invited guests. Very little soil was shifted and the finished product has attracted accolades from those who have seen it.
Colonial Country Club
Texas, United States
Colonial Country Club
"It is often said that Ben Hogan’s success was partly due to the fact that, having played his early golf at Colonial Country Club, every other course in the world was easy in comparison."
Preston Trail Golf Club
Texas, United States
Preston Trail Golf Club
The Byron Nelson Golf Classic was held at Preston Trail Golf Club between 1968 and 1982, before the PGA Tour moved it on to pastures new.
Spanish Oaks Golf Club
Texas, United States
Spanish Oaks Golf Club
Former apprentice to Pete Dye and PGA Tour in-house architect, Bobby Weed, designed Spanish Oaks. Weed’s highly acclaimed, sensitive design was considered to be the most environmentally friendly in Texas.
Boot Ranch
Texas, United States
Boot Ranch
The 18-hole layout at Boot Ranch Golf Club is the focal point of a residential development located to the north of Fredericksburg. Opened in 2005, the course brings Palo Alto Creek into play at several holes.
Escondido Golf Club
Texas, United States
Escondido Golf Club
The fairways of the Tom Fazio-designed course at Escondido Golf and Lake Club lie on either side of Pecan Creek. The front nine holes are laid out on open ground to the north of the creek with the shorter back nine routed in a clockwise fashion on the other side.
Cordillera Ranch
Texas, United States
Cordillera Ranch
The sporting activities at the Clubs of Cordillera Ranch are many, but it’s the Jack Nicklaus-designed golf course that takes pride of place within a 8,700-acre residential site in Texas Hill Country.
Austin Country Club
Texas, United States
Austin Country Club
Founded in 1899, Austin Country Club moved to its current Davenport Ranch location in 1984 when Pete and Alice Dye laid out the golf course on a site where the opening seven fairways lie close to Lake Austin...
Shady Oaks Country Club
Texas, United States
Shady Oaks Country Club
Twenty years after businessman Marvin Leonard constructed the course at Colonial, he commissioned Robert Trent Jones Snr to build another 18 holes at Shady Oaks Country Club, disregarding the advice of his friend and advisor Ben Hogan who thought the site was too hilly.
Champions Golf Club (Cypress Creek)
Texas, United States
Champions Golf Club (Cypress Creek)
Former Ryder Cup course at Champions Golf Club, Cypress Creek, is a storied layout. The water in front of the 12th green is known as Bob Hope’s Lake, as he was the first person to lose a ball in it!
Briggs Ranch Golf Club
Texas, United States
Briggs Ranch Golf Club
The Tom Fazio designed signature course at Briggs Ranch Golf Club is the centrepiece of an exclusive residential estate close to downtown San Antonio.
Pine Dunes Resort & Golf Club
Texas, United States
Pine Dunes Resort & Golf Club
At the end of the 1990s, owner Jodi Lutz enlisted Jay Morrish and his son Carter to transform the old 9-hole Dogwood Trails layout into Pine Dunes Golf Club, one of the best daily fee 18-hole golf courses in Texas.
Black Jack's Crossing
Texas, United States
Black Jack's Crossing
Black Jack’s Crossing lies between the Big Bend National Park and the Rio Grande and it’s a Lanny Wadkins design which is set out within the massive 27,000-acre Lajitas Golf Resort.