With the Texas Children’s Houston Open coming up later this month at Memorial Park, a fantastic municipal layout where Stephan Jaeger nipped Scottie by a shot in 2024, it seemed an appropriate moment to take a look at the best municipal golf in the state of Texas.

Texas offers 140 municipal venues, second only to Illinois (146), with 12 receiving a GolfDay rating above 90 (excellent–the most of any state), while 42 are rated at 80 or higher (very good).

Houston Native Joe Finger did the original design on 5 of our Top 25 (with long time associates Ken Dye and Baxter Spann) including No. 6 (Cedar Creek) and No. 12 Landa Park). 

Texas native Jeff Brauer designed 2 of our Top-25 (No. 2–The Wilderness and No. 7–Tangle Ridge), while Steve Wolfard (The Colony, TX) in association with PGA Tour professional turned golf course architect D.A Weibring renovated 4 of the Top-25 (including Pecan Hollow and Grapevine GC).

Keith Foster, renowned for his work restoring and renovating Colonial Country Club designed Texas Star (No. 9), while PGA Tour veterans Peter Jacobsen and Jim Hardy, another Houston Native, teamed up to lay out Moody Gardens in Galveston (No. 5).

Tom Doak, who designed Pacific Dunes in Oregon (year after year a Golf Digest Top 100 course) did the renovation at Memorial Park, giving the course plenty of teeth to withstand PGA Tour competition.

You can also click Texas Municipal Courses for a comprehensive list of TX courses you can play.

To view courses by location, use the GolfDay Search Engine and enter the city where you plan to be.

1. Memorial Park Golf Course/Houston

City of Houston

• Holes: 18
• Course Architects: John Bredemus/Joe Finger/Ken Dye/Baxter Spann/Tom Doak
• USGA Course/Slope Rating: 74.2 Rating/128 Slope
• Practice Facilities: Two Level Lighted Driving Range, Putting and Chipping Greens.
• Course Description
• GolfDay Rating: 94.6
• Location

2. The Wilderness/Lake Jackson

City of Lake Jackson/KemperSports

• Holes: 18
• Course Architects: Jeffrey Brauer
• USGA Course/Slope Rating: 73.9 Rating/134 Slope
• Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets and Fairway Bunker, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
• Course Description
• GolfDay Rating: 94.5
• Location

3. Texas Star Golf Course/Euless

City of Euless

• Holes: 18
• Course Architects: Keith Foster/Robert McNeil
• USGA Course/Slope Rating: 74.6 Rating/139 Slope
• Practice Facilities: Course Description Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
• Course Description
• GolfDay Rating: 93.8
• Location

4. Tierra Verde Golf Club/Arlington

 City of Arlington

• Holes: 18
• Course Architects: Gary Panks
• USGA Course/Slope Rating: 73.8 Rating/135 Slope
• Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
• Course Description/Photos
• GolfDay Rating: 93.5
• Location

5. Moody Gardens Golf Course/Galveston

City of Galveston

• Holes: 18
• Course Architects: Peter Jacobsen/Jim Hardy
• USGA Course/Slope Rating: 73.0 Rating/134 Slope
• Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
• Course Description
• Photos
• GolfDay Rating: 93.1
• Location

6. Cedar Creek Golf Course/San Antonio

 City of San Antonio/Alamo City Golf Trail

• Holes: 18
• Course Architects: Joe Finger/Ken Dye/Baxter Spann/Jeffrey Blume/Billy Ray Brown
• USGA Course/Slope Rating: 74.5 Rating/136 Slope
• Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Green.
• Photos
• GolfDay Rating: 92.2
• Location

7. Tangle Ridge Golf Club/Grand Prairie

 City of Grand Prairie

• Holes: 18
• Course Architect: Jeffrey Brauer
• USGA Course/Slope Rating: 73.6 Rating/136 Slope
• Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
• Photos
• GolfDay Rating: 92.0
• Location

8. The Max/Laredo

 City of Laredo

• Holes: 18
• Course Architect: Robert Trent Jones, Jr.
• USGA Course/Slope Rating: 74.6 Rating/ 134 Slope
• Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range, Putting and Chipping Greens.
• Course Description
• GolfDay Rating: 91.8
• Location

9. Grey Rock Golf Club/Austin

      City of Austin/Golf ATX

• Holes: 18
• Course Architects: Jay Morrish/Roy Bechtol
• USGA Course/Slope Rating: 74.6 Rating/139 Slope
• Practice Facilities: Driving Range (Grass Friday-Sunday/Mats Monday-Thursday), Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker
• Course Description
• Photos
• GolfDay Rating: 91.5
• Location

10. Pecan Hollow Golf Course/Plano

        City of Plano

• Holes: 23 (Eighteen Hole Regulation Course and Five Hole Lighted Par 3)
• Course Architects: Billy Martindale/Don January/Jeffrey Brauer/Jim Colbert/D. A. Weibring/Steve Wolfard
• USGA Course/Slope Rating: 75.4 Rating/141 Slope
• Practice Facilities: Lighted Grass Driving Range, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunkers (3).
• Course Description
• Junior Golf
• GolfDay Rating: 90.7
• Location

11. Forest Creek Golf Club/Round Rock

        City of Round Rock/Kemper Sports

• Holes: 18
• Course Architects: Richard Phelps/John Colligan
• USGA Course/Slope Rating: 74.8 Rating/139 Slope
• Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Fairway Bunker, Putting and Chipping Greens.
• Video Tour
• Photos
• Junior Golf
• GolfDay Rating: 90.4
• Location

12. Landa Park Golf Course/New Braunfels

        City of New Braunfels

• Holes: 18
• Course Architects: Joe Finger/Ken Dye/Baxter Spann
• USGA Course/Slope Rating: 70.5 Rating/129 Slope
• Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
• Course Description
• Junior Golf
• GolfDay Rating: 90.3
• Location

13. Mesquite Golf Club/Mesquite

        City of Mesquite

• Holes: 18
• Course Architects: Leon Howard/Garrett Gill/George Williams/Jeffrey Brauer
• USGA Course/Slope Rating: 74.2 Rating/128 Slope
• Practice Facilities: Driving Range (Grass Saturday/Sunday, Mats on Weekdays), Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
• Course Description
• Photos
• Ladies/Senior Golf
• GolfDay Rating: 89.7
• Location

14. Indian Creek Golf Club/Carrollton

        City of Carrollton

• Holes: 36 (2 Eighteen Hole Courses: Creek/Lakes)
• Course Architects: Bradford Benz/Richard Phelps/Jeffrey Brauer
• USGA Course/Slope Rating:
  Creek:                         75.5 Rating/141 Slope
  Lakes:                         74.0 Rating/132 Slope
• Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens.
• Course Descriptions
• Junior Golf
• GolfDay Rating: 89.6
• Location

15. Prairie Lakes Golf Course/Grand Prairie

        City of Grand Prairie

• Holes: 27 )3 Nine Hole Courses: Red/White/Blue)
• Course Architects: Ralph Plummer/John Colligan
• USGA Course/Slope Rating:
  Red:                            36.4 Rating/130 Slope
  White:                        35.0 Rating/122 Slope
  Blue:                           36.1 Rating/122 Slope
• Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunker.
• Course Description
• Junior Golf
• GolfDay Rating: 88.6
• Location

16. Eagle Pointe Golf Club/Mont Belvieu

         City of Mont Belvieu

• Holes: 18
• Course Architects: Rick Forester/Dana Fry/Jason Straka
• USGA Course/Slope Rating: 73.9 Rating/135 Slope
• Practice Facilities: Double Sided Driving Range, Putting and Chipping Green.
• Course Description
• Junior Golf
• GolfDay Rating: 88.2
• Location

17. Clay Kizer Golf Complex/Austin

        Golf ATX/City of Austin

• Holes: 36 (2 Eighteen Hole Courses)
• Course Architects: Joe Finger/Randy Russell
• USGA Course/Slope Rating:
  Clay:                73.8 Rating/126 Slope
  Kizer:              72.4 Rating/124 Slope
• Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Target Greens, 4 Hole Par 3 Course with Bunkers, Putting and Chipping Green.
• Course Description-Clay
• Course Description-Kizer
• Junior Golf
• GolfDay Rating: 88.1
• Location

18. Cleburne Golf Links/Cleburne

        City of Cleburne

• Holes: 18
• Course Architects: Leon Howard/John Colligan
• USGA Course/Slope Rating: 73.7 Rating/128 Slope
• Practice Facilities: Grass Driving with Target Greens, Putting and Chipping Greens with Bunkers (2).
• Course Description
• Junior Golf
• GolfDay Rating: 87.9
• Location

19. Grapevine Golf Course/Grapevine

        City of Grapevine

• Holes: 27 (3 Nine Hole Courses: Bluebonnet/Pecan/Mockingbird)
• Course Architects: Joe Finger/Ken Dye/Byron Nelson/Jeffrey Brauer/D. A. Weibring/Steve Wolfard
• USGA Course/Slope Rating:
  Bluebonnet:                         36.8 Rating/127 Slope
  Pecan:                                     37.6 Rating/139 Slope
  Mockingbird:                      36.7 Rating/133 Slope
• Practice Facilities: Lighted Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens (2) with Bunker
• Course Description
• Photos
• GolfDay Rating: 87.9
• Location

20. Lady Bird Johnson Golf Course/Fredericksburg

      City of Fredericksville/Lady Bird RV Park

• Holes: 18
• Course Architects: George Hoffman/Jeffrey Brauer/Jeffrey Blume
• USGA Course/Slope Rating: 72.2 Rating/127 Slope
• Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range, Putting and Chipping Greens (2) with Bunker.
• Course Description
• Photos
• Junior Golf
• GolfDay Rating: 87.9
• Location

21. Cedar Crest Park Golf Course/Dallas

        City of Dallas

• Holes: 18
• Course Architects: A. W. Tillinghast/John Bredemus/D. A. Weibring
• USGA Course/Slope Rating: 73.8 Rating/134 Slope
• Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range, Putting and Chipping Green.
• Course Description
• GolfDay Rating: 87.3
• Location

22. Gus Wortham Park Golf Course/Houston

         City of Houston

• Holes: 18
• Course Architects: John Maguire/John Bredemus/Ralph Plummer/Baxter Spann
• USGA Course/Slope Rating: 71.2 Rating/126 Slope
• Practice Facilities: Driving Range (Grass Friday-Sunday/Mats Monday-Thursday) and Putting Green.
• Junior Golf
• GolfDay Rating: 86.9
• Location

23. Ross Rogers Golf Complex/Amarillo

        City of Amarillo

• Holes: 36 (2 Eighteen Hole Regulation Courses: Wild Horse/Mustang)
• Course Architects: Leon Howard/Charles Howard/John Colligan/Trey Kemp/D. A. Weibring/Steve Wolfard
• USGA Course/Slope Rating:
  Wild Horse:     73.5 Rating/130 Slope
  Mustang:         73.6 Rating/129 Slope
• Practice Facilities: Driving Range (Grass/Mats), Putting and Chipping Greens.
• Course Description
• Photos
• GolfDay Rating: 86.5
• Location

24. San Saba River Golf Course/San Saba

        City of San Saba

• Holes: 18
• Course Architect: Sorrell Smith
• USGA Course/Slope Rating: 73.2 Rating/121 Slope
• Practice Facilities: Driving Range, Putting and Chipping Greens.
• Course Description
• Junior Golf
• GolfDay Rating: 86.2
• Location

25. Cottonwood Creek Golf Course/Waco

         City of Waco

• Holes: 27 (Eighteen Hole Regulation Course and Nine Hole “Junior” Par 3 Course)
• Course Architects: Joe Finger/Ken Dye
• USGA Course/Slope Rating: 74.1 Rating/135 Slope
• Practice Facilities: Grass Driving Range with Targets, Putting and Chipping Greens.
• Course Description
• GolfDay Rating: 85.5
• Location

The GolfDay rating is based on a variety of criteria, including the stature of the architect(s) who did the original design(s), updates that have been done on the course(s), USGA Course and Slope Ratings, the quality and diversity of practice facilities, general course conditioning and current reviews.

 

 

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