The best golf courses in Texas, USA

Whispering Pines Golf Club, designed by Chet Williams of Nicklaus Design, is a private 18-hole course set on a spectacular 400-acre property near Lake Livingston, Texas. The course features piney woods, lakes, and natural creeks, providing a challenging and scenic experience. Host of the Spirit International Amateur, it is celebrated for its pristine conditioning and memorable layout.

Dallas National Golf Club is a Tom Fazio-designed private course carved from Dallas’ unique escarpment land. Opened in 2002, it’s renowned for its dramatic elevation changes, impeccable conditioning, and exclusivity. The expansive layout features Crenshaw L-93 Bentgrass greens and is often recognized among the very best in Texas and beyond.

Wolf Point Ranch is an ultra-private, links-inspired course designed by Mike Nuzzo with greens by Don Mahaffey. Crafted for a single owner, the course features strategic, rumbling fairways and vast green complexes. Only a select few have played its firm, fast layout, which emphasizes creativity and ground game play amid the Gulf Coast prairie setting.

Bluejack National is a private, 18-hole championship golf course in Montgomery, Texas, designed by Tiger Woods and Beau Welling. Opened in 2016, it offers a player-friendly yet challenging experience with no rough, firm and fast Zoysia fairways, and Bermuda greens. The layout winds through rolling hills and mature woods, emphasizing strategy, creative shot-making, and enjoyment for all skill levels.

The Club at Carlton Woods (Fazio Course) is a private 18-hole parkland layout crafted by Tom Fazio. Opened in 2005 within the prestigious Carlton Woods community, the course offers rolling terrain, water hazards, and pristine Bermuda fairways. Renowned for its challenging play and first-class conditions, it is considered one of Texas’ premier private golf experiences, recognized for exclusivity and excellence.

Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas is an iconic championship course originally designed by John Bredemus and Perry Maxwell with input from founder Marvin Leonard. Renowned for its strategic layout and bentgrass greens, it has hosted the PGA TOUR’s annual Charles Schwab Challenge since 1946, making it a beloved venue steeped in tradition and golfing history.

Spanish Oaks Golf Club, a private club designed by Bobby Weed just outside Austin, Texas, features a rolling, scenic layout praised for its strategic diversity and environmental sensitivity. The course leverages natural topography, ravines, and water features to create a challenging but fair test for all levels.

Boot Ranch Golf Club is a private, highly acclaimed golf course designed by PGA legend Hal Sutton, opened in 2005. Located north of Fredericksburg, Texas, it features a challenging par-71 layout over 7,155 yards with TifEagle Bermuda greens, enhanced by a major renovation in 2017. It is renowned for its extensive 34-acre Practice Park, one of Texas's largest.

Champions Golf Club (Cypress Creek) is a renowned private course in Houston, designed by Ralph Plummer and opened in 1959. Known for its flat routing, large greens, and subtle strategic challenge, it has hosted major tournaments including the 1967 Ryder Cup, 1969 U.S. Open, and 2020 U.S. Women's Open. It reflects the vision of co-founders Jackie Burke Jr. and Jimmy Demaret.

TPC San Antonio (AT&T Oaks) is a resort course northeast of downtown San Antonio, designed by Greg Norman with Sergio Garcia consulting. Opened in 2010, it's renowned for its challenging layout, dramatic elevation changes, and cavernous bunkers. The Oaks Course serves as the annual home of the PGA TOUR’s Valero Texas Open and is part of the JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort.

Brook Hollow Golf Club is an exclusive, historic Dallas course designed by A.W. Tillinghast in 1920, with revisions by Perry Maxwell, Jay Morrish, and a restoration by Coore & Crenshaw in the 1990s. The course features tight, tree-lined fairways, small, fast A-4 bentgrass greens, and a classic parkland layout revered for its shotmaking demands and impeccable year-round conditioning.

Preston Trail Golf Club is an exclusive, private Dallas course founded in 1965 and designed by Ralph Plummer with input from Byron Nelson. The par-72, 7091-yard parkland layout features Bentgrass greens and Bermuda fairways meandering along White Rock Creek, demanding both strategic shotmaking and accuracy.

Summit Rock Golf Course is a Jack Nicklaus Signature design in the heart of Texas Hill Country, near Lake LBJ. Opened in 2012, this private 18-hole layout offers dramatic elevation changes, panoramic vistas, strategic bunkering, and pristine Bermuda grass. Routinely recognized among Texas’s top courses, it is praised for combining natural hill country beauty with Nicklaus’ masterful, challenging design.

Austin Golf Club is a Ben Crenshaw and Bill Coore design set in the Texas Hill Country northwest of Austin. The club is renowned for its classic minimalist layout and absence of real estate development or excessive amenities—offering pure golf on scenic, oak-studded terrain. The design leverages natural landforms, with undulating fairways, challenging green complexes, and a tranquil, private setting.

Black Jack’s Crossing is a spectacular 18-hole desert golf course at Lajitas Golf Resort in far West Texas. Designed by Hall of Famer Lanny Wadkins and opened in 2011, the course features stunning mountain and river views, dramatic elevation changes, and generous fairways surrounded by native desert. Ranked the #1 course in Texas that you can play.

Old American Golf Club is an acclaimed public course on Lake Lewisville in The Colony, Texas, designed by Tripp Davis and PGA Tour winner Justin Leonard. Opened in 2010, it pays homage to the Golden Age of golf architecture with native grasses, strategic bunkers, and lakeside views, earning recognition as one of Texas' finest public layouts.

TPC Craig Ranch is a private championship golf course in McKinney, Texas, designed by Tom Weiskopf. Opened in 2004, it features Zoysia fairways and Bentgrass greens and has hosted notable professional tournaments including the PGA Tour’s Byron Nelson. The gently rolling terrain and strategic layout provide a challenging yet enjoyable experience for golfers of all abilities.

Pine Dunes Resort & Golf Club in Frankston, Texas, is a Jay and Carter Morrish design renowned for its blend of natural beauty and strategic challenge. Routed through towering East Texas pines with rolling terrain and sandy waste areas, this par-72 course offers demanding shot-making, excellent greens, and an isolated, peaceful setting considered among the best public courses in the state.

Fazio Canyons at Omni Barton Creek Resort, designed by Tom Fazio in 1999, meanders through Austin’s scenic Hill Country. This par-72 resort course features dramatic elevation changes, Red Oaks, Sycamores, and limestone creeks. Certified as an Audubon International Signature Sanctuary, it blends strong shot values with environmental sensitivity and offers a memorable, challenging yet accessible golf experience.

Ram Rock at Horseshoe Bay Resort is an acclaimed Robert Trent Jones Sr. design featuring narrow fairways, dramatic elevation change, and Crenshaw Bentgrass greens. Debuting in 1981, it’s regarded among Texas’ most challenging layouts and is famed for over 60 deep bunkers and 10 water hazards. Its rugged scenery and demanding test make it a destination for serious golfers.

TPC Las Colinas, located at the Ritz-Carlton Dallas in Irving, Texas, is a championship resort course designed by Jay Morrish and Byron Nelson. Known for its pristine conditioning, undulating fairways, and Bentgrass greens surrounded by Bermuda, it once hosted the PGA Tour's Byron Nelson Tournament and features notable water hazards and lush landscaping throughout its 7,166-yard layout.

Tour 18 Dallas is a public, 18-hole replica course designed to recreate the most iconic holes in American golf. Situated among rolling terrain, ponds, and mature trees, the course offers a unique opportunity to experience legendary challenges in a single round. Opened in 1995, it quickly became known for its creative layout and memorable simulations.