Texas Golf Course Reviews
Cheap play: San Antonio's Northern Hills Golf Club offers great greens for little 'green'
Good greens are what you'll find at San Antonio's Northern Hills Golf Club, an economically priced semi-private facility on the north side of the Alamo City. The course is blue-collar golf at its best. It isn't a pushover, but pretty much everyone can play it, Mike Bailey writes.
... full article »Tour 18 Dallas: An original copycat golf course
Most people won't get a chance to ever play courses such as Augusta National or Winged Foot. But if you're in Texas you can play a collection of greatest hits from famous golf courses at Tour 18 Dallas, which opened in 1995, three years after the first such course opened in Houston. If you're visiting the area, Tour 18 Dallas should be on the short list, Mike Bailey writes. It's just plain fun.
... full article »The Old American Golf Club at The Tribute near Dallas is a true players' course
The Old American Golf Club, which is unlike any other golf course in America, offers first-class treatment and the perfect contrast to the original course at The Tribute near Dallas. Influenced by the great U.S. courses, The Old American demands a smart approach. And if your golf swing is suspect, this Tripp Davis-Justin Leonard collaboration will make you pay, Mike Bailey writes.
... full article »Locals in the know tee it up at Teravista Golf Club near Austin, Texas
So many different golf options abound around Austin, Texas, there's a course that can satisfy just about anyone. The same can be said for Teravista Golf Club north of Austin in Round Rock, an upscale daily fee that boasts a championship test from the back tees. The course design is all you can ask for: tough for low-handicappers and enough tee-box options to please everyone.
... full article »Tom Fazio's Butterfield Trail is a golf oasis in the El Paso desert
Tom Fazio created some intriguing holes at Butterfield Trail Golf Club in El Paso, Texas. And he crafted a course that El Paso golfers could have only dreamed of a few years ago, Mike Bailey writes.
... full article »The Republic Golf Club: A favorite with San Antonio locals
One of the best things about a metropolitan golf course is that it can offer an escape from the nearby, bustling metropolis. At The Republic Golf Club in San Antonio, it's hard to believe you're just minutes from the heart of one of America's largest cities. That each hole is lined by mature elm, oak and mesquite trees means you're in for a quiet day on the course.
... full article »Quarry Golf Club: Former mine turns metro San Antonio gem
Golfer or not, you've got to give the developers of the new Quarry Golf Club and residential commercial complex some serious props. Once a working limestone quarry mine just north of downtown San Antonio, Texas, the land for the course has been transformed into a top daily-fee round of golf.
... full article »Redstone Golf Club near Houston, Texas: As close as you may ever come to playing Augusta
In an effort to get as many top players as possible, Shell Houston Open organizers prepped the Tournament Course at Redstone Golf Club like Augusta National. The players raved. Nothing attracts players like perfect conditions, and from February to late spring, that's pretty much standard operating procedure at this Houston-area course.
... full article »The original Tour 18 Golf Club near Houston still a must-play
In the early '90s, Tour 18 Golf Club in Humble, Texas, created a fervor with its copycat holes from venues like Harbour Town, Augusta National and Pinehurst No. 2. Some of the original venues weren't happy and took legal action. Tour 18 survived and is still going strong. It's perhaps your best chance to experience the golf courses you thought you'd only see on TV.
... full article »The Crenshaw Cliffside course at Barton Creek brings throwback golf design to Austin, Texas
It's fitting that a hometown boy from Austin, Texas, like Ben Crenshaw would plot a golf course that caters to the land's natural contours and bounces like his effort at Barton Creek Resort & Spa, the Crenshaw Cliffside course. While the entire golf course is set on rugged, Hill Country terrain, it's the back nine that really begins making use of some dramatic elevation changes.
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Bobby Weed designs a Jacksonville, Florida gem: The Golf Club at Fleming Island
Bobby Weed has done some fine work in northeast Florida. Surprisingly, some of Weed's best holes can be found on a relatively unknown place south of Jacksonvill [...]
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