{"id":8322,"date":"2025-03-01T17:12:55","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T22:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golfday.us\/blog\/?p=8322"},"modified":"2025-06-24T10:20:44","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T14:20:44","slug":"top-25-public-courses-texas-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golfday.us\/blog\/top-25-public-courses-texas-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 25 Public Courses–Texas 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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There are some fantastic Golf Resorts<\/mark><\/a> in the state of Texas, including Barton Creek, Horseshoe Bay and the brand-new courses at Fields Ranch–but there are a whole lot of terrific daily fee public courses in TX as well. So, we have compiled a list of the Top 25 public courses in Texas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You always want to look for a good deal, but its key to find one at a solid track so you don\u2019t end up wasting a precious day on the links. For a head start on that, we\u2019ve compiled a list of our 25 highest rated TX public daily fee courses\u2014with details including a link to the course website, course descriptions, paractice facility detail, and google maps for location and directions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Texas native Jeff Brauer<\/mark><\/a> designed 4 of our Top-25, including The Bridges (#5–with Fred Couples), The Wilderness (#6), Tempest Golf Club (#15) and Tangle Ridge (#22). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keith Foster<\/mark><\/a>, renowned for his work restoring and renovating classic courses such as Colonial and Southern Hills, contributed a pair of original designs on our Top-25 (#9 Texas Star and #13 The Quarry).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tom Doak<\/mark><\/a>, who laid out Pacific Dunes in Oregon (a perennial Golf Digest Top 100 course) designed The Rawls Course at Texas Tech (#2) as well as the renovations at Memorial Park (#4) where the Houston Open<\/mark><\/a> <\/mark>will be played at the end of March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our #1 Texas Public course, The Golf Club of Houston, is a Rees Jones<\/mark><\/a> masterpiece designed in collaboration with PGA Tour player David Toms, while Robert Trent Jones II<\/mark><\/a> contributed a terrific municipal layout in Laredo (The Max–#23).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can also click Texas Public Courses<\/mark><\/a> for a comprehensive list of TX courses you can play. To view courses by location, use the GolfDay Search Engine<\/mark><\/strong><\/a> and enter the city where you plan to be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Golf Club of Houston<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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  1. The Golf Club of Houston<\/span><\/strong><\/a>\/<\/strong>Humble<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Escalante Golf<\/p>\n\n\n\n